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Prop Spin joshw5144 at 4:19pm 10.18.22 Big Boats 4/1015
Advice on new purchase and winterization xavpil at 3:10pm 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1087 Hey all. Seeking advice. A week ago or so I got my first boat: 1980 cat 27. Great lake area is col
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft _peterD at 2:58pm 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 30/2895 Looking for a fixed keel 26-27ft, 4ft or less draft that isn't a total dog to sail. I will be sail
Identify This Boat? (1) Rick Webb at 2:35pm 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1424 This boat is being to our youth sailing group as a donation I am told the title says it is a 1978 2
Garhauer E-Z Glide (2) SailingCal21 at 2:27pm 10.18.22 Bigger Boats 7/1581 So after 40+ years of sitting in the UV both my Schaefer jib blocks disintegrated. Can't say that I
Keel and G/flex and should I worry? (6) High Current at 2:15pm 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 13/3150 I'm looking for some insight into what I should realistically expect from G/flex epoxy and keel move
Foam Seat Chiriqui at 2:09pm 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1086 I want to replace a foam seat for my H26. I can not find a similar one for sale online. It props me
Mast light power on H240 chriscampbell at 1:24pm 10.18.22 Smaller Boats 7/1234 My mast lights worked earlier this season. I tried to turn them on a few weeks ago and nothing. I fo
Forestay decking coming out (1) Slavik at 12:35pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1376 The forestay decking was popped out when we bought the boat. We took out the rivets and replaced th
Foresail furler home made question (1) Slavik at 12:34pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1449 Got a sailboat. It has a furler that's home made. The pink line was wrapped around the drum a few
Took out our new to us 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 formerly of BudGates (7) Slavik at 12:25pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1199 After driving the boat from Riverside, CA on very rotten tires 9 hours, we made it to Phoenix. The
Cockpit drain hole sticking up, incomplete draining. Solution? (1) Slavik at 11:59am 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/959 Have a 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 w a cockpit drain hole that is horizontal and near the keel winch
standing rigging juan rius at 10:35am 10.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/972 hi i just took down my mast to replace rigging and i found something i do not like , the spreader ha
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:25am 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1193 Hi all, I'm refitting a 1980 Catalina 30 and want to upgrade the electrical panel. With one breaker
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 5:28pm 10.17.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2037 Vetus water heater WHT025 is a duel coil 6.6 gal water heater sold in Europe. Are there any twin coi
How many impellers? (1) flightlead404 at 3:34pm 10.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1338 I had some slightly reduced cooling the other weekend, thought I'd investigate. I've owned the boat
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs (1) Orbweaver at 8:02am 10.17.22 Smaller Boats 4/904 I want to replace all my bulbs with LEDs, but I'm not sure what type of bulb this is. I tried search
Sink in C&C 30 MK I? ManuKai at 5:30am 10.17.22 C&C 6/1783 The sink in my 1982 C'C 30 has a hole. I told my mate that scrubbing the rust so aggressively was a
Where is the Mac 25 cored? "Crackling" sound in the cabin benches? HeelBoy at 4:58am 10.17.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/837 Well, the decks and soles and cockpit etc were all great, It was stored in a pole barn out of the el
Passage 456 saloon upgrades (6) discovery at 8:59pm 10.16.22 Big Boats 12/1293 Posting the latest upgrade I made on my 2002 passage 456 Discovery..we've been cruising full time si

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Battery recommendation - anchor windless Davidasailor26 at 3:18pm 05.03.25
New Boat! Snarkhunter at 3:05pm 05.03.25 End of the line for #42. DM for details.
Chain splice Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 05.03.25 I was looking at the dimensions on this Crosby G-335 link in the 3/8" size and it does have the sam
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 2:21pm 05.03.25 I assume the existing circuit would have already been fused, correct? I have traced the circuit tho
Chain splice Foswick at 2:06pm 05.03.25 Just to give an opinion, not a real answer - I doubt it will jam or hurt anything. Full disclosure:
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 1:59pm 05.03.25 I assume the existing circuit would have already been fused, correct? I have traced the circuit thor
Battery recommendation - anchor windless Foswick at 1:56pm 05.03.25 Lots of follow-up questions. How many amp-hours do you need? Is space limited? Do you need to start
Chain splice Hayden Watson at 1:41pm 05.03.25 The ACCO 5/16" G43 chain has a WL of 3900#. The Crosby G-335 link is 3/8" (that is the proper size
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 1:29pm 05.03.25 10 ga wire can support 60a. Can't remember what I used, it was 20a or 30a. The switch is probably ra
Starter switch sporadically engages starter skunther at 1:26pm 05.03.25 Well dang. Any info on what size fuse for this? I see a fuse on a wire going out from the switch to
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 1:25pm 05.03.25 Sailing Anarchy :beer: is that a sister forum to this one?
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? chipmonger at 1:16pm 05.03.25 sure let me figure out where to get some Kraft paper. Jo Ann fabrics? Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Michae
Non binary boaters kappykaplan at 1:12pm 05.03.25 Just wondering what is an SA thread Sailing Anarchy :beer:
Folding prop sizing for y3ym30ae sd25 on Oceanis 35.1 (2) Tally Ho at 1:03pm 05.03.25
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? morbidfollower at 1:00pm 05.03.25 If you could trace it out on Kraft paper, put it in a tube and mail it, I'd gladly pay for postage
Fitting PYI Flexible Coupling (3) Tally Ho at 12:51pm 05.03.25 :plus: That picture says it all! Doug, The Volvo or Radice seal would solve your problem i
Non binary boaters (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 12:40pm 05.03.25 Good Lord man, that would work out to be a short shaft outboard with ED. Maybe OMC discontinued th
Sleeping, quarter berth or settee? dlochner at 12:36pm 05.03.25 Quarter berths often become garages, full of supplies, spare parts and what not. Hard to sleep with
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 12:30pm 05.03.25 Does a fuse go anywhere between the 2 wires to and from the starter solenoid and start switch/start
Non binary boaters Muttondressedaslamb at 12:25pm 05.03.25 Let's keep this thread going. Maybe we can aspire to a SA thread.:biggrin: Just wondering what is

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