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H23 Mian Sheet Traveler Car carboman at 5:44pm 06.28.12 Smaller Boats 7/1994 Has anyone ever replaced theirs? I just need the car. What did you end up going with? I think min
1985 O'Day 192 leaking jdroster at 5:19pm 06.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1697 My O'Day just starting leaking and it appears to be coming from the keel area but it's hard to detec
Capri 26 sails gt Ken at 4:48pm 06.28.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1743 Looking for some usable sails. Just got boat sails are shot left on boat for 10 years. Want some thi
Potty time dj2210 at 4:42pm 06.28.12 Catalina 30 16/2733 Well I've been smelling some not so nice odors on board especially after the boat has been closed up
Dead inverter therobesons at 4:41pm 06.28.12 Big Boats 22/8709 We went out last weekend for the weekend and low and behold, our inverter did not work. NO curling
Bottom paint freemacr at 4:11pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1551 I just bought a 26m and I'm thinking about keeping it in a slip. Has anyone had problems with bliste
Modifying cockpit porthole McZube at 3:37pm 06.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1300 The Gray porthole on our H31 protrudes into the cockpit. The surveyor recommended modifying it by s
clutch organizer (2) Navicula at 2:54pm 06.28.12 Big Boats 8/1870 I have 5 clutches on the port and 5 clutches on the starboard, but my deck organizers can only handl
c n c bilge puump Dan McElwreath at 2:44pm 06.28.12 C&C 1/2006 All, new owner of 1980 cnc 32. Confused about bilge pump , which requires battery switch to be on,
LPG Shutoff Lost Parent at 2:28pm 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1878 Just picked up a electric LP solenoid for my tank and was wondering if it goes before the regulator
gps & depth sounder javelin at 2:12pm 06.28.12 Catalina 30 32/5063 On a recent sail, the GPS showed 6.8 knots but the depth sounder ( with the little wheel under the h
26R project---Mission Complete!...well...almost (5) Right On! at 2:05pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 76/13087 I'm one of the people that has been pursuing the rotating mast theory...and I have completely finish
Venture 21 main sheet rigging peacock at 1:59pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/5965 I acquired a 1976 Venture 21, sail 3227 and it is missing block at swivel cam cleat on port side. An
Boat leaking r.bostic356 at 1:14pm 06.28.12 Catalina 22 4/1575 Replaced a weldment from the top this spring, while grinding out put a small, (less than 1 cm) hole
replacing steering cable earthdogbob at 1:07pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/886 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 6/3282 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 8/8480 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 5/4123 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

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Beneteau 373 (2007) rig tension/tuning specs Lfarquhar at 7:45am 01.11.23 If you have the original blue binder book that came with the boat, it has all the specs for your ri
Reefing Sail Trim David in Sandusky at 7:45am 01.11.23 What Hayden said.
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? JBP-PA at 7:42am 01.11.23 Goo-gone, soap/car wash and water are all I would use. Any abrasive to clean the spreaders will rem
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. isaksp00 at 7:39am 01.11.23 There are two drains to check. One is the cockpit drain that should be at the aft end of the cockpit
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics christophermoorkelly at 7:37am 01.11.23 Ok great, thank you all. Yes, it's steel and will be replaced with the same.
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics JBP-PA at 7:33am 01.11.23 Even a fiberglass center board will stay down from weight alone. There isn't much force pushing it b
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. steve_d at 6:58am 01.11.23 Thanks for the additional info. Didn't know of a cockpit drain. Will check that out.
Considering a Catalina 27... RoyS at 6:36am 01.11.23 I had a 1970? Catalina 27 in the past. Sailed it for years from Buzzards Bay to Casco Bay. One day,
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics shemandr at 6:31am 01.11.23 What about the rudder? It's likely set up to kick up in one method or another. On both of my cente
Considering a Catalina 27... tfox2069 at 6:23am 01.11.23 If you aren't aware, a guy named Patrick Childress made significant structural modifications to a Ca
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics shemandr at 6:13am 01.11.23 Weight alone, I think. I'm seeing rust so I'm assuming it metallic and therefore has enough weight
Centerboard Mechanics and Physics Timm R Oday25 at 5:51am 01.11.23 If I'm to understand the picture correctly ,the left side is the forward edge . There "appear" to be
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Kiwidrew at 12:41am 01.11.23 Its a 1995 anks for the links. There are some that look close but dimensions are wrong. I have con
Considering a Catalina 27... David in Sandusky at 12:40am 01.11.23 We have sailed our similar Hunter 27 on Lakes Erie and Huron for 23 years, and chartered twice on a
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Kiwidrew at 12:39am 01.11.23 Its a 1995 fortunately not. It would need a sleeve or would always be a weakness.
C310 Spreader boots, cleaning and masthead maintenance? Clydo at 10:35pm 01.10.23 Was that TV antenna mounted up high on the mast? I have one just like it, but I keep it stored on
Installing a Spinnaker (1) Hayden Watson at 10:29pm 01.10.23 I recently bought a boat that came with a brand new asymmetrical spinnaker that, so far as I know,
Reefing Sail Trim Hayden Watson at 10:02pm 01.10.23 but once you do you're stuck with the SET of the sails you have because one of the mainsail adjustm
Mast light wiring - Catalina 27 Joe at 9:06pm 01.10.23 Mast wiring is imbedded in cabin ceiling between liner and deck, same as interior lighting. The co
I fixed my GPS Rollover issue Rick Webb at 8:45pm 01.10.23 Rick, if you need to software, it is here. You will find it at the bottom of the page and is called

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