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Lobster Bake Hour...... Maine Sail at 1:28pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2190 Just wetting your whistles...;) This will be our first official "bake" of the 2012 season.. A buncho
Cable tv kandk at 1:10pm 05.27.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1092 How do you switch a tv from antenna to cable? I changed the switch to B and changed the input on the
1978 MacGregor Keel Dimensions DrBearEE at 12:21pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1495 MacGregor Keel Dimensions, correction 1973(!) I am doing a re-hab on the keel of my 1973(!) MacGreg
Help, struggling with mast raising for 2 days (5) newsailor72 at 12:00pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4694 everyone on this forum seems to say that the mac is easy to rig, but so far it hasn't been the case
Atomic Diesel 5411 (1982) Fuel Pump PeterBeckley at 11:40am 05.27.12 Bigger Boats 1/1215 Help. Where may I buy one? Peter Beckley. (920) 475-1587. pbeckley@new.rr.com
Barney Post alsteck1 at 10:57am 05.27.12 Catalina 22 3/4081 Catalina Direct is selling a Barney Post for the C-22 for about $250. The main advantage is that the
Pearson 37 owners manual benmorr at 10:31am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1432 I'm looking for owners manuals for a Pearson 37-2 sailboat. If you know how I can obtain them pleas
Sureseal Dripless Shaft Seal gpd955 at 10:05am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1268 My Sureseal has become unsure. I've watched the video on how to change out the lip seal while in th
"Burping" Air Conditioning System Buf at 9:31am 05.27.12 Big Boats 2/3696 I am having a hard time getting my heating/airconditioning system to pump raw water through the syst
Fuse for deck light 1992 model year Vegas at 9:23am 05.27.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/817 Replaced desk light bulb but still doesn't work. I find where the decklight connection is on the pow
Cable tv kandk at 8:47am 05.27.12 Big Boats 1/1403 How do you switch to cable tv? I changed switch to B and changed input on tv to cable. It just keeps
Helms 27 grtsct at 8:33am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1587 Does anyone have an opinion good or bad on the Helms 27 also if you have any personal experience wit
Rookie needs some help pat5884 at 8:15am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 28/6470 So I bought my '82 Catlina 22 about 1 year ago. Never sailed or owned a boat so I am still figuring
Fresh water intake on a 1978 Hunter 27 perezall at 8:08am 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2171 Hi Folks, I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 27 and cannot locate the fresh water intake for the water
two shrouds on one chainplate (2) njl at 8:03am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 9/4175 I have two shrouds connecting to a chainplate in an awkward way and would like to fix it. The heavie
questions about my mac 222 newsailor72 at 7:30am 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/900 questions about my mac 22 It's a 1974 so I believe the swing keel is cast iron, have some questions
Need to replace my mainsheet - What type of splice at end? dknape at 7:17am 05.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/5868 Okay, so I went out and enjoyed the boat on Saturday, but ran into an issue where a section of my ma
Replacing masthead sheaves Dmac336 at 7:12am 05.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1227 it is becoming apparent that my main halyard masthead sheave is cracked as my new halyard is becomin
Surfing with a Mac r.oril at 6:56am 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1014 'We had planned a trip to Santa Barbara, SBYC, and had hoped to sail 3 days. Damn WINDS!! We did g
GPS Problem lehigh375 at 6:42am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2110 Went out yesterday and my Garmin 545 did not work. It would give me the time, voltage, and I could

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Running Rigging Supplier for New Benteau Boats Oceanis_Sailor at 7:52pm 11.06.22 Actually, it is exactly like your car since automotive manufacturers make very few of the component
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? dlochner at 7:24pm 11.06.22 That's what I was asking myself. I'm not sure they do. In any case, easy enough to find out. Suppo
Do you put your bimini down? jnorten at 6:43pm 11.06.22 I raced for over a decade with a great group of folks on a slower cruising boat. He had a bimini an
Hunter Vision 32 1989 (3) Mike 58 at 6:37pm 11.06.22 Hi under the better late than never, I just installed a bigger anchor roller and a manual winch. Wa
Insurance for older boats FastOlson at 6:36pm 11.06.22 I re-insured thru an agent last year, after Geico/boatUS refused to cover our boat for an increased
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? jnorten at 6:34pm 11.06.22 When I bought my '82 Catalina 30, my surveyor used several colors of chalk to mark the deck. One co
Insurance for older boats Tin Kicker at 6:18pm 11.06.22 I have Allstate for home, auto, & liability so called them and they put me with Progressive. I'm ins
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... stickinthemud57 at 6:14pm 11.06.22 Thanks for your explanation. Usually physical puzzles are no problem for me, but all these pulleys h
First Oil Change colb218 at 6:14pm 11.06.22 thank you both! I had a flexible tube funnel but the way I had to get it out to where I could pour i
Dyneema for furler line (5) Project_Mayhem at 6:13pm 11.06.22 Here's a few pics. The angle is off but even when I think I had it right, this issue still occurred,
First Oil Change sail sfbay at 6:02pm 11.06.22 You did very well. Oil extractor is perfect for this job as I also use one. You probably only need t
First Oil Change (2) jssailem at 6:02pm 11.06.22 I am guessing your question was not about gettign the oil out of the engine but how to easily pout i
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... PaulK at 5:59pm 11.06.22 Plan A looks like 4:1. The blocks at #2 and #4 only change the direction of the line; they don't add
Running Rigging Supplier for New Benteau Boats jssailem at 5:50pm 11.06.22 Your boat is not like your car. The manufacture buys running rigging from a rope supplier. You could
Can anyone tell me where I can find the length of my topping lift? I have a 2007 Hunter 45cc with in mast furling. Where can I find that information? jssailem at 5:35pm 11.06.22 Let's see. Mast Height = A Boom length = B Length of topping lift mast to boom = C A squared + B
Can anyone tell me where I can find the length of my topping lift? I have a 2007 Hunter 45cc with in mast furling. Where can I find that information? JoeWhite at 5:33pm 11.06.22 If you have a spinnaker halyard, tie a line to it and raise it as high as it will go. Then extend th
Any Guesses Hello Below at 5:09pm 11.06.22 Well then out she goes. No longer needed. Overtaken by modern technology. Last year I turned a gift
Folding prop sesmith at 4:54pm 11.06.22 I'd have someone set it up on a hydraulic press (carefully) with the 1/2" extension like mentioned a
Looking for help with installing a Raymarine EV-200 on a 2006 Hunter 33 Tally Ho at 4:19pm 11.06.22
Coupling removal (1) Tally Ho at 4:08pm 11.06.22 My challenge on my boat is that the shaft lies in the bilge space under the engine with limited acc

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