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Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D Kenflyet at 7:01am 06.26.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2347 Hello all.....I have been studying and researching the Macgregor 26 sailboats primarily because I bo
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing duck21 at 6:38am 06.26.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/805 Hi, This is a question for folks (probably 376 owners) who have modified the anchor rode drop from
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? henry.edward.ca at 6:29am 06.26.22 Parts Search 5/1477 Around the BC area looking for a Catalina mast. henry.edward@hotmail.ca
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 3:53am 06.26.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1074 I need a new rib. Everything I read says pvc is bad BECAUSE of UV degradation. So why not install a
Invest 94L --> PTC Two --> TS Bonnie-? (2) JamesG161 at 3:17am 06.26.22 Weather and Forecasting 8/1638 This tropical LOW Pressure began in Mid Atlantic. models or TABx were graded best prediction in 20
Rudder kicks up while sailing (Catalina 250) (2) sebastko at 1:33am 06.26.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/567 EDIT: apologies, I just installed the rudder locking handle incorrectly... feel free to disregard th
Hunter 26.5 owners Soonersailor at 11:09pm 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/337 How is your main marked? Is it H265 or is it H26? My boat is the 26.5. The sail is marked H26. My sa
Hunter 26.5 owners. Soonersailor at 11:02pm 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 2/437 My boat is a Hunter 26.5. My main appears to be 12 to 18" short of the top of the mast. The sail is
Help needed with Magnum inverter problem robertcropdust at 7:50pm 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 3/389 We just purchased a used boat with a magnum ms2000 inverter/charger. When the boat was removed from
Onan 5 KW salt water exhaust manifold needed WileyDave at 1:32pm 06.25.22 Parts Search 0/424 Hi, I need a Onan 5 KW salt water exhaust manifold....not the mixing elbow. Mine is rusting through
Island Packet 32 waste Hose (1) Jim 5757 at 12:19pm 06.25.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/578 206657We're planning to replace the head hoses ' holding tank on our IP32."Ellis Island" this fall.
Water heater blows feed line off. wyctoronto at 12:14pm 06.25.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/961 Boat is a Hunter 44. Help, I have tried Whale fitting onto the input nipple, and after it blew off I
Window saga continues (1) Juice6576 at 10:33am 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/800 Well, here we go again. Arrived at boat today. Opened blinds and found our cabin port split in two.
Main Halyard for Catalina 315 Bill Russell at 8:37am 06.25.22 Catalina 310 8/1261 I'm considering replacing the main halyard on my 2013 315. The current one seems to stretch unaccep
nmea / electronics upgrade advice! adamv at 8:17am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 4/686 Hi, bought a '84 sailboat recently. It has a mixture of electronic equipment from different eras (se
Cordless power tools: best for boat? patagoniadave at 7:36am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 28/3183 I am going to go buy a cordless hand drill later today or tomorrow. Brands often group them with oth
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 7:03am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1010 Greetings, I brought up this topic a few years ago, and I'm considering it again, for my "new" boat
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 (4) Kaysirin at 1:23am 06.25.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/19 Greetings friends! :beer: I am seeking advice on a few issues with a 2007 Hunter 25 I recently purc
Seeking maintenance advice with a few issues on a Hunter 25-2 (4) Kaysirin at 1:15am 06.25.22 Ask All Sailors 5/774 Greetings friends! :beer: I am seeking advice on a few issues with a 2007 Hunter 25 I recently purc
Balmar SG2000 Failure to connect MikeHoncho at 8:18pm 06.24.22 Ask All Sailors 14/2300 Everything worked well for over a year then I updated the system per the instructions. Now I normall

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How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? Jim Legere at 5:14am 12.09.24 There's a pic floating around out there that shows the end result. Basically the glass needs to be
Yanmar Engine mounts. kloudie1 at 5:06am 12.09.24 I changed out my 1985 mounts in 2012 with Yanmar but that was before the price got outrageous! Based
Capri C-15 Coronado parts needed dlochner at 4:48am 12.09.24 The gasket looks like a piece of Dacron sailcloth. Flying Scot, Inc may be able to help you as they
Capri C-15 Coronado parts needed Joe at 4:34am 12.09.24 Here's a parts page from CatalinaDirect.com There is also a customer service department at the
Yanmar Engine mounts. Rodsails at 4:14am 12.09.24 Even though they looked okay they were probably wasted 10 years ago. I learned the hard way. I have
How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? sailme88 at 3:46am 12.09.24 There's a pic floating around out there that shows the end result. Basically the glass needs to be
1989 Hunter 335 Rubbing strip fixing Help Johnny Perrin at 3:36am 12.09.24 Hi Greg, Many thanks, that all makes sense. It appears at some point past it was repaired using s
How do I access nuts to remove prop shaft strut on 1984 37c ?? Jim Legere at 3:24am 12.09.24 On my '83 H37C it was much as @Johnb describes: remove the plywood that separates the plywood divide
Route & weather planning Screen Saver at 1:19am 12.09.24 I haven't invested lots of time into other products at this point but it seems from afar that the pr
Route & weather planning dLj at 10:29pm 12.08.24 For long range planning I use the pilot charts. They are quite good. Then can be freely downloaded f
Route & weather planning jssailem at 9:44pm 12.08.24 I use a group of data sights and the weather models the produce. We have different resources than wh
Antifreeze (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.08.24 * I thought the pan might be full of antifreeze from a previous situation, but the quantity of the
Engine alignment needed mermike at 8:33pm 12.08.24 Motor mount replacement is in my near future. I'm gathering as much info as I can.
Antifreeze JoeWhite at 8:04pm 12.08.24 Cheapest way is to install a new cap.
do I really need winches on my mac 26d? Project_Mayhem at 7:53pm 12.08.24 You'll definitely want winches but you most likely won't use/need winch handles. That might lead t
Engine alignment needed Ralph Johnstone at 7:53pm 12.08.24 Aren't you supposed to do the final alignment in the water? If you have open water nearby. I'm p
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? jssailem at 7:24pm 12.08.24 :plus:Len
AIS/VHF two antennae's or one? Hello Below at 6:12pm 12.08.24 Len, I read your report about the BC and Washington Ferries. They are the very reason I bought my A
Engine alignment needed jssailem at 5:55pm 12.08.24 Yes
Engine alignment needed mermike at 5:11pm 12.08.24 Aren't you supposed to do the final alignment in the water?

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