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Foresail furler home made question (1) Slavik at 12:34pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1551 Got a sailboat. It has a furler that's home made. The pink line was wrapped around the drum a few
Took out our new to us 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 formerly of BudGates (7) Slavik at 12:25pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1340 After driving the boat from Riverside, CA on very rotten tires 9 hours, we made it to Phoenix. The
Cockpit drain hole sticking up, incomplete draining. Solution? (1) Slavik at 11:59am 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1026 Have a 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 w a cockpit drain hole that is horizontal and near the keel winch
standing rigging juan rius at 10:35am 10.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1101 hi i just took down my mast to replace rigging and i found something i do not like , the spreader ha
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:25am 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1317 Hi all, I'm refitting a 1980 Catalina 30 and want to upgrade the electrical panel. With one breaker
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 5:28pm 10.17.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2414 Vetus water heater WHT025 is a duel coil 6.6 gal water heater sold in Europe. Are there any twin coi
How many impellers? (1) flightlead404 at 3:34pm 10.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1458 I had some slightly reduced cooling the other weekend, thought I'd investigate. I've owned the boat
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs (1) Orbweaver at 8:02am 10.17.22 Smaller Boats 4/985 I want to replace all my bulbs with LEDs, but I'm not sure what type of bulb this is. I tried search
Sink in C&C 30 MK I? ManuKai at 5:30am 10.17.22 C&C 6/2025 The sink in my 1982 C'C 30 has a hole. I told my mate that scrubbing the rust so aggressively was a
Where is the Mac 25 cored? "Crackling" sound in the cabin benches? HeelBoy at 4:58am 10.17.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/901 Well, the decks and soles and cockpit etc were all great, It was stored in a pole barn out of the el
Passage 456 saloon upgrades (6) discovery at 8:59pm 10.16.22 Big Boats 12/1444 Posting the latest upgrade I made on my 2002 passage 456 Discovery..we've been cruising full time si
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul (4) Ralph Johnstone at 8:44pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 14/5727 Has anyone experienced the endless amusement of working on the drive head of their Raymarine Autohe
Opinions on Rigamanti anchor chain discovery at 5:20pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1267 Need to replace 200 feet of G4 high test chain...Looking at Rigamanti chainfg in Italy...anyone have
Anyone re-rig OUTHAUL using low friction rings? Apex at 1:01pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/2189 I am in process of rigging a new outhaul. C'C30mkII. I searched this forum, and googles but found
Electric motor for Highfield dinghy nitrogenase at 12:00pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1766 After a full season taking our dog to shore for a pee on our stand-up paddleboard, I am planning ahe
Emergency engine shut off? (1) xavpil at 9:04am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2992
engine: belt too much slack and water drop (1) xavpil at 8:57am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 25/2113
Diesel tank gauge not working (2) xavpil at 8:41am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1669
J 24 winter storage papa_goat at 8:11am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 3/935 Has anyone come up with a solution to keep water out a J24 during winter storage with the mast up?
Sails gt Ken at 7:41am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1284 Looking for set of used sails for 1988 Catalina 22 WK . Helping a friend get his boat in the water.

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New 216 owner with missing parts fred1diver at 2:37pm 07.27.25 Lake Aylmer as in Aylmer Qc? If so, look at the chandlery in Ottawa If you have access to a caliper
Edson steering brake question dmax at 2:15pm 07.27.25 2-blade props are known for causing pull - there's a pulse when the blades line up with the rudder.
Where is the fuel shut off valve on my 1984 Newport Mark iii?? (Universal M25 xp engine) Tally Ho at 2:07pm 07.27.25 There is no way to trace it beyond a certain point when it enters the cut out by the raycor. I coul
New 216 owner with missing parts Subzero at 1:32pm 07.27.25 Thank you. I had already browsed that content but did not find the information I'm loking for.
Sailing at night capta at 1:30pm 07.27.25 There are numerous line cutting systems for your boat. I wouldn't sail up here without Spurs, the ty
outboard throttle extension Lorilie at 1:30pm 07.27.25 I have one on my 7.5 foot inflatable dingy engine which is a Honda 2.3 HP. I like to be able to sit
Edson steering brake question GBeck at 1:27pm 07.27.25 You can rebuild the brake, but it won't ease the steering,. In general, I've never found a brake wo
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? colemj at 1:23pm 07.27.25 I've had Kevlar, polyester, and Dyneema halyards. Unless you adjust your halyard tension a lot, yo
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? colemj at 1:19pm 07.27.25 Once the halyard is tensioned, the only way tension increases is if the head of the sail moves fart
outboard throttle extension thinwater at 1:14pm 07.27.25 I've used a cut-off broken boat hook. Very light and a nice fit, if the right size. I screwed a ~ 1
outboard throttle extension colemj at 1:07pm 07.27.25 I see a lot of DIY types of these that involve a PVC pipe with ID close to throttle OD, some slits c
Selden inmast furler system failing shemandr at 12:53pm 07.27.25 I've posted about my troubles with my Selden in-mast furling system. In my case in retrospect I thi
outboard throttle extension (1) twodzusfittings at 12:26pm 07.27.25 I have one on my 7.5 foot inflatable dingy engine which is a Honda 2.3 HP. I like to be able to sit
Selden inmast furler system failing (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:31am 07.27.25 Hard to say without being there. Gotta start somewhere so I guess #1 is : do you have the Selden m
Where is the fuel shut off valve on my 1984 Newport Mark iii?? (Universal M25 xp engine) knotimpossible at 11:27am 07.27.25 There is no way to trace it beyond a certain point when it enters the cut out by the raycor. I could
Low-Stretch Halyards actually worth it for cruising? thinwater at 11:25am 07.27.25 Perhaps I'm being a bit dense here, won't surprise me. I'm not thinking of a main sheet halyard bu
keeping a 26D in a slip? ART005 at 11:18am 07.27.25 I've kept 26S in a fresh water slip summers for years. Ballast in/out often nearly impossible with m
New 216 owner with missing parts kappykaplan at 11:15am 07.27.25 Welcome to the forum! :beer: You may find some of the information you seek in the Hunter 216 Downloa
Edson steering brake question shemandr at 11:03am 07.27.25 On an older Atomic the water passages in the engine block may be partially occluded and water could
Edson steering brake question Calif. Ted at 10:35am 07.27.25 You can rebuild the brake, but it won't ease the steering,. In general, I've never found a brake wor

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