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Water under seats. BreezyCricket at 7:27am 06.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2642 I would like to know if anyone owns a MacGregor, any model, that does NOT get water in the under sea
Sealing Washers and M-1 Sealant robert19954 at 7:14am 06.07.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/881 I contacted Best Materials in California about secureing deck hardware to stop leaks and they mentio
Rigging an Asymmetrical Spinaker on a Hunter 36 deacm at 6:40am 06.07.12 Big Boats 7/2339 My rigger is scratching his head a bit as to where to put the asym halyard. All the the coachtop cl
water toys for the kids - any suggestions (1) iSailor at 5:54am 06.07.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1064 My daughter loves the water and we plan on doing a lot of swimming this year in the bay. Any sugges
Need a new mainsail. Ward H at 12:26am 06.07.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2412 Today the Admiral decided we needed a new main sail. The old one is yellowed and looks crappy. The N
Today it all came together! Thanks! (4) Ward H at 12:23am 06.07.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2336 There were many reasons for buying my Newport 17 back in November. The main one was the Admiral was
How to seal fibreglass deck after cleaning? Cruiser1 at 10:59pm 06.06.12 Musings With Maine Sail 13/14948 By deck I mean all the deck including the moulded non-skid areas. Not worried about the topside or t
How do I fix the bend in my mast? (4) finding41 at 8:27pm 06.06.12 Ask All Sailors 40/12408 I was out racing tonight and got some pictures of my mast. It is bent toward port and seems to be ra
Perko Steming light lens removal? DougM at 7:20pm 06.06.12 Ask All Sailors 7/3040 I have a Perko steaming light that has a probable burned out bulb. the problem is that I cannot figu
H34 Head Rebuild/Redesign zds at 7:14pm 06.06.12 Big Boats 6/1821 I have a 1983 Hunter 34. Sometime this year I plan to redesign the head, which I've never really lik
Force 10 Stove BJSSailing at 6:46pm 06.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1330 Anyone know what the bottom blue button does on the Force 10 stove? http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/24
Another Frustrating Battery Failure... Maine Sail at 5:42pm 06.06.12 Musings With Maine Sail 20/7286 I just came from a customers boat and his start battery is flat dead. The battery is a less than two
Tired BobM at 5:35pm 06.06.12 S2 5/1519 My boss is on vacation thru today, so I escaped from work early to work on the boat. Taking the cov
Water heater making fizzy water John_F at 5:33pm 06.06.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1836 I have a Quick water boiler on my boat which heats water from shore power and when the engine is run
Leaking Holding Tank fivejakes at 5:18pm 06.06.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1333 Have developed a slow drip from lower corner of tank on my 2007 B343. Doesn't appear to be joint rel
Flotation blocks? Emory M at 5:12pm 06.06.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1424 Afternoon Folks, I've got a question on my restoration project. When I pulled my V-25 out of the p
Help!!!!!! marraanthony7 at 5:11pm 06.06.12 Com-Pac 2/5310 I am purchasing a com pac legacy at a extremley good price , however it has no boom! i am a very h
Learn on a Hunter 49 SettleMeDown at 3:28pm 06.06.12 Big Boats 8/2202 I'm almost 50 now but sailed endlessly as a kid on a laser and spent quite a few weeks on my parents
Oday 192 Magazine Review smallcraftadvisor at 2:49pm 06.06.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1108 Hi All, We're preparing to write a feature review article on the 192. If you own (or have owned) th
Pearson 303 Gear Shift jrezab at 1:54pm 06.06.12 Pearson 3/1727 I bought last month a 1986 Pearson 303 with a Yanmar 2GM20F engine coupled to a Kanzaki Transmission

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UPenn Senior Engineering Capstone Project shemandr at 6:04am 09.29.22 Uh oh! Jacob said anchor. This website has a long history of threads concerning anchoring, anchors
Help Me Choose A Boat !! dLj at 5:43am 09.29.22 I understand you are looking for as much input as you can get. But in my opinion, you need to make y
Invest 98L Rick486 at 2:35am 09.29.22 My brother met Jim Cantori at a beach bar in Pensacola, years ago, when some storm or other was com
Internet entrance test jibes138 at 11:45pm 09.28.22 Pair up in threes."
SW Washington or Portland OR Trailer Sailors Scuppers at 9:17pm 09.28.22 Thanks for the tip Stu ... I'm still getting my bearings around here.
Invest 98L Gene Neill at 8:28pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree wit
Folding Prop? Mikem at 8:27pm 09.28.22 I do not have a specific answer but some observations. My daughter has a 1984 H37C with a 3qm30 Yan
Invest 98L Will Gilmore at 8:19pm 09.28.22 Hopefully it's not dimissive to say that one reporter stands out in the wind and claims a gust is o
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 6:46pm 09.28.22 Thanks again all. I would like to focus in on the Bristol 29 for a moment. There are certainly a lot
Invest 98L jssailem at 6:22pm 09.28.22 @Don S/V ILLusion happy to hear you guys are safe.
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:09pm 09.28.22 Mine has the same flaking paint. Sure, it looks terrible now, but I'm sure when it was fresh it pro
Anchor self-deploys jssailem at 6:08pm 09.28.22 When installed correctly there are two switches that disable the anchor motor. Primary is the heavy
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:07pm 09.28.22 Don't you just love portable digital cameras? I've been able to take photos to figure stuff out tha
Invest 98L jssailem at 5:44pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models? GFS. Every 6 hrs About these data Forecast
MastStep Help Catalina 16.5 Leeward Rail at 5:25pm 09.28.22 recently purchased a Catalina 16.5 that has needed a lot of love. I had a bent mast step that I rep
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:21pm 09.28.22 Job of the windlass is to lower and raise chain and/or nylon warp; not hold the boat against the for
Anchor self-deploys Siamese at 5:17pm 09.28.22 Can't rely on the windlass to secure the anchor. I have a carabiner attached to a line...clips onto
Anchor self-deploys Kings Gambit at 5:05pm 09.28.22 Of course, anchor shank should be kept fixed or locked in place until anchoring so it cannot deploy
Invest 98L smokey73 at 5:01pm 09.28.22 Anybody know how often and when they update the models?
Invest 98L shemandr at 4:31pm 09.28.22 I don't want to get into the TWC hype, which is prodigious, and has been for years, but I agree with

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