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O'Day 222 trailer needed anchorclanker at 9:01pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1985 Greetings and ahoy. My name is Paul. I am new to the forum, this is my first post, so take it easy o
Anyone ever order Sunbrella canvas from OutdoorFabricCentral JonnyQuest at 8:40pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 8/4398 I found a website for a company in Clearwater, FL called Outdoor fabric central (Outdoorfabriccentra
Need a Daggerboard for 87 m26d billben at 8:18pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1203 Help. where did the bottom come from!! anyway I need a daggerboad. Mine is somewhere on the bottom o
where are the genoa and main halyards supposed to run!!?? richstar100 at 7:59pm 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1977 OK. I know this sounds a little odd, to say the least but I have searched online for a couple of we
Aft mast 26D singlehanda26d at 7:55pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1571
kitchen sink seacock leaking Nursemnr at 6:57pm 05.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2275 hello Wild Child went on the water today. Problem The kitchen sink seacock leaks. Unable to pull
Stow away (4) All U Get at 6:26pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3052 Hi all, During our trip from RI to Maine we had travelled out of Gloucester, Ma for five hours and I
Universal engine overheat jeagles at 5:52pm 05.27.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1733 1987 ODay with original engine. Engine starts out cool but after 1 hour temp starts rising until ov
How to Attach a Block to a solid toe rail? firehoser75 at 4:43pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 13/5843 My boat has a solid (no holes) slightly curved (inboard at the top) aluminum toe rail. I have been c
Groco water strainer turns white alexco38 at 3:29pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1169 I have a Groco poly water strainer in the engine intake. This year, it just turned totally white ins
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:14pm 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1083 Leaking Fuel Tank I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The ta
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:11pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1428 I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The tank is squeezed into a r
From where do I leak? rpell46 at 1:59pm 05.27.12 Catalina 30 4/1646 Hi all, I've have this leak on my '91 Cat30 for some time now and cannot seem to determine from wh
Custom-made foulies? N1EYO at 1:33pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1464 Is there any recommended suppliers or manufacturers of Tall'Big foul weather gear? At 6'7" and 350
Lobster Bake Hour...... Maine Sail at 1:28pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2198 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 2/1107 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 2/1510 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 26/4769 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 1/1231 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 3/4120 Catalina Direct is selling a Barney Post for the C-22 for about $250. The main advantage is that the

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Another Rave Review For Coppercoat fstbttms at 9:35am 12.02.22 And you can imagine how bad the fouling would be if the boat were sitting in a marina as opposed to
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat Ralph Johnstone at 9:34am 12.02.22 specifically about how badly Bagshaw's Coppercoat bottom fouled while he was underway during the ra
Replace Lifelines (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:30am 12.02.22 The wheels come dozens to a pack and breaking one is common. I wonder if you're using the straigh
Another Rave Review For Coppercoat fstbttms at 9:29am 12.02.22 Point of clarification: The pictured boat may (or may not) be wearing Coppercoat but it is not Jerem
H240 Bilge Pump Location patbratton at 9:14am 12.02.22 I am planning on moving it forward but it seemed odd that is was originally placed so high. Sometime
Replace Lifelines stickinthemud57 at 9:09am 12.02.22 A Dremel with a small carborundum wheel MAY be able to cut the wire. They can cut everything else
Replace Lifelines jssailem at 9:06am 12.02.22 Looks like a normal mess, not a special mess for the photo..
Replace Lifelines stickinthemud57 at 9:05am 12.02.22 I replaced my SS lifelines with Dyneema and am very pleased with the results. In your case it comes
Replace Lifelines (1) kloudie1 at 8:49am 12.02.22 I used thhe same tool as Joe when replacing my Katrina-smitten ones in '05. The swages seem to be as
Stock Color for 85' 22 Leeward Rail at 8:36am 12.02.22 They let me browse through their RAL color swatch to find the closest match. Thanks for that... I
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Leeward Rail at 8:31am 12.02.22 That and all reasonable possibilities. This. Think about what could happen and come up with a pl
H240 Bilge Pump Location rgranger at 8:16am 12.02.22 On a 240... I don't think you will have issues with the run or rise being to long for that pump. I
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover Zencra at 8:09am 12.02.22
Replacing control cables. jssailem at 8:08am 12.02.22 I am encouraging of seeking new cables. After 30 years, do the OEM ones really owe you anything. THe
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? jssailem at 8:05am 12.02.22 the guy didn't understand his diesel engine. Very good observation. :biggrin: Anyone with a boat
Roller furling halyard (1) rgranger at 8:05am 12.02.22 It is hard to tell from your picture but I best I can tell you are correct. That looks like a halya
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? Hello Below at 7:48am 12.02.22
Hunter 49 Ceiling lighting T J Furstenau at 7:41am 12.02.22 yes looking now and it's 10, although after doing quite a few ocean passages now we find the red f
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Leeward Rail at 7:37am 12.02.22 What I find alarming about that video, is the guy didn't understand his diesel engine. :facepalm:
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? Leeward Rail at 7:06am 12.02.22 As long as I can get off the boat, and get out a mayday.. I don't see much difference in a fire or s

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