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replacing steering cable earthdogbob at 1:07pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/884 Replacing steering cable on my mac 26x, when ordering, is the length on cable overall or is it the c
Windlass - vertical or horizontal? coquille at 12:14pm 06.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1143 Would like to install a windlass on my 1985 37' Beneteau Idyll. It would be a very tight squeeze in
Global Balance pedestal mounted compass JohanB at 11:54am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/3281 I need to replace my Danforth Global Balance Compass mounted on the pedestal since the globe is crac
Refinishing Teak Handrails carego at 11:47am 06.28.12 Catalina 30 8/8479 Having a problem with color of rails after taking down to bare wood. One rail is dark brown and the
Catalina 22 Roller Furling ggdoby at 10:55am 06.28.12 Catalina 22 5/4119 I just purchased a 1987 Catalina 22, with roller furling. This particular rig uses the forestay as t
Sides of Headliner buckled / wrinkled on 26D (2) dawg2 at 10:38am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1308 There are a couple places where the edge of the headliner is buckled either inward or outward. Is t
Replacing just the wheel in a pulley (1) dawg2 at 10:36am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4386 Is there a source for pulley wheels? This is the pulley for the daggerboard on my 26D and the wheel
Anybody using a gennaker furler? Jim Lanter at 10:19am 06.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/988 Share your experiences if you are. They are beginning to pique my interest.
Hunter 280 Furlex Type A and Forestay tension Cor280 at 10:09am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2135 On my 1996 Hunter 280 I have a Furlex furler. I would like to tune the rig but I don't see how to a
Setting up solar panels, need advice. caguy at 9:57am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 21/5360 I am installing a couple of solar panels on the C27 with a 12v system. I have two group 27 batterie
AC on Hunter 23.5 (2) DJN51 at 9:40am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2725 Someone asked for pix on venting of portable ac on my 23.5 Hunter,finally remembered them.8000 btu u
Total coolant capacity for '08 H36? Ken Honeycutt at 5:59am 06.28.12 Big Boats 10/1672 I know the coolant capacity for the Yanmar is 5 quarts but not sure how much more I need for the wa
H26 Whisker Pole Needed NeverTooRuff at 4:32am 06.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1157 I have a '94 H26 w/a 110 Genoa. Seeking a quality yet "economical" adjustable whisker pole or plans
Mast Light Bulb for 28.5 Jim L at 4:23am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1260 I need to find out what type light bulb fits the mast steaming light fixture. it is the type that a
H49 alexnah at 2:42am 06.28.12 Big Boats 4/2410 I am new to this Forum. My H49 has a Teleflex I5601 that controls the engine RPM, water temperature
e33 (alert) engine cover gas strut fixing PaxiMoon at 1:05am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1201 This may be only our boat, but the lower end of the one of the gas struts on the engine cover pulled
johnson QR levers on forestay centerline at 12:42am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 20/9035 does anyone know what size of quick release lever I would need for the forestay on my 21ft masthead
Not so Hot water mogade at 12:10am 06.28.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1643 Hello all I'm the proud new owner of the Catalina 36 "Mistral". I've replaced all the seawater hose
Yanmar 27 HP smoking when around 3000 rpm Samaral at 9:35pm 06.27.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2526 Have a friend in Brazil that asked this to me. He noticed that when he revs up his engine to 3000 rp
C22 Centerboard Winch bardsong at 9:01pm 06.27.12 Catalina 22 14/5127 First, hello! I just created this account for a friend of mine, for whom I just purchased a 1984 Ca

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Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 3:47am 01.09.23
Occaisional Head Smell (1) john2 at 1:35am 01.09.23 Well.... i got the smell out!
Contessa 32 Owners ... Mifeo at 1:18am 01.09.23 I think this guy is sailing a Contessa 32: https://youtube.com/@ErikAanderaa He is adventuring out
Rain water through the mast (1) jonelli at 10:04pm 01.08.23 I was reading somewhere in another old post about how it is "supposed" to work by original design: T
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? jssailem at 9:38pm 01.08.23
First time sailboat owner jssailem at 9:37pm 01.08.23
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 9:35pm 01.08.23 Actually since 2009 Canadians operating any powered pleasure craft must have a Pleasure Craft Opera
Rain water through the mast jssailem at 9:32pm 01.08.23 That is what I have in my mast. The hole is near the base of the mast, and above the mast step.
New sailing toy for Christmas Leeward Rail at 9:28pm 01.08.23 Wait until you retire. Then you will need one of these That clock is wrong if you are retired...
Contessa 32 Owners ... mermike at 9:22pm 01.08.23
Contessa 32 Owners ... dlochner at 7:58pm 01.08.23 I think the woman sailor in Maiden Voyage circumnavigated in a Contessa 26. Way back when, Tania
Contessa 32 Owners ... Kings Gambit at 7:44pm 01.08.23 The Contessa 32 & 33 have high reputations for seaworthiness, as folks above have noted. We have a 3
Rain water through the mast (2) jonelli at 7:06pm 01.08.23 Went to my boat today and discovered that I have two little access panels on either side of the mast
First time sailboat owner kappykaplan at 5:39pm 01.08.23 What David said. :beer:
First time sailboat owner Davidasailor26 at 5:37pm 01.08.23 Requirements and guidelines for name and hailing port placement for Documented vessels are at: https
First time sailboat owner shemandr at 5:22pm 01.08.23 Not to be argumentative but how would the authorities know if a vessel is documented before an encou
Barlow Self Tailing Arms (1) Zom-B-Land at 4:59pm 01.08.23 Hi. This piece.
First time sailboat owner kappykaplan at 4:49pm 01.08.23 The gov'mint mostly goes by the stickers on the bow. Not if the boat is USCG documented.
First time sailboat owner shemandr at 4:45pm 01.08.23 Warm & peel. Solvents. Hopefully it's not that long of a name. I've lost track of rules regarding
2008 H41DS w/ mixed Raymarine and Garmin dkinzer at 4:35pm 01.08.23 To discover the answers you'll need to examine the wiring and determine what is connected to what an

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