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Shrouds on or off when trailering drock10 at 9:23pm 10.02.11 Catalina 22 5/2107 Hey quick question do I have to take all 3 shrouds off on both sides when lowering the mast or can I
need more head room USCG369 at 8:24pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1720 I have recently been looking at a couple of options to give my 74 mac venture 21 a little more cockp
Good maintenance (2) sailaway78 at 7:58pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2823 For anyone who has any doubts that regular oil changes and quality oil and filters are not well wort
sailing with capt. Obvious! USCG369 at 6:29pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1693 When I bought my first sailboat several years ago and began to actually "learn to sail" I had a big
replacement windows dseaverme at 6:24pm 10.02.11 Pearson 4/2848 we would like to replace the windows on our pearson 36 (1988). any suggestions?
WinchRite Power Winch eliems at 6:02pm 10.02.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2604 Anyone used/purchased one of these? (My wife has trouble getting the Main Sail up using the manual h
Ball Valve Recall elcriollo at 5:39pm 10.02.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1584 The ball valve on my macerator thru-hull is leaking through the inside. That is, no matter which way
Surfing in a V222 rgranger at 5:32pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/901 Hey Guys. I had a first for me last Friday. I got my V222 to plane. Went out on Smith Mountain La
Catalina 30 Chesapeake Fall Sailing Video rbmcintire at 5:27pm 10.02.11 Catalina 30 6/3706 Alright, I know there was a lot of discussion on reefing, BUT those are SPEED wrinkles on the luff :
Reminder about posting boats for sale Phil Herring at 5:22pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1258 Just wanted to remind everyone that boats for sale should not be posted in the forums whether or not
Forum was down today Phil Herring at 5:17pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1229 Hi folks, We had a hardware problem last night that had us down for a few hours today in the the
Production Boats / Circumnavigaton DISCUSSION Joe at 4:17pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 48/12094 EDIT by Maine Sail: I have moved these post to a discussion thread to keep the other one clean.
Oli Filter substitute sutt47 at 4:25pm 10.02.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1482 I have a Perkins Perama M30 Diesel engine in my 1994 320. Is there a filter substitution chart for t
Madison WI sailors? gstep63 at 3:49pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1256 Hi, I'm in town and bored if anyone needs some crew I'd be willing. Thanks
help with Merc 3.9 outboard... elborba at 3:12pm 10.02.11 Catalina 22 7/1571 Hi gang...Elborba here, first post, so i hope i am doing it right. I own a Catalina 22 from 1974, hu
Headed South Roger Long at 2:56pm 10.02.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/2640 The first southern chapter of my grand life plan began with departure after sunset from Southport Ma
Electric windlass Sesail at 2:52pm 10.02.11 Bavaria 2/2075 I've just returned from 2 weeks' sailing on a Bavaria 36 Cruiser. One of the issues I had was, I co
Changing coolant thaeni at 12:50pm 10.02.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1018 How do you drain the coolant. I have a Yanmar 30gmf
1986 S2 11.0a Calypso at 11:26am 10.02.11 S2 2/2063 I learned something today. 1986 11.0 boats have the nav station turned around and the settee shorte
Getting under the bridge ifmdalvey at 10:20am 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 24/9283 I have seen some lateral thinking in my time but this guy takes top prize. How do you get an 85 foo

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Hunter 30T main cabin table Art12050 at 11:36am 07.20.22
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 Tedd at 11:28am 07.20.22 For 90 bucks, replacing the carb is a no brainer. It takes about fifteen minutes and will most likel
There goes the neighborhood! jon hansen at 11:21am 07.20.22 bow thrusters: just when you need them the most, they help you the least! they work OK on a calm day
Difficult To Operate Through-hull Ball Valves Art12050 at 11:21am 07.20.22
1984 O28 starting issues Richard19068 at 11:14am 07.20.22 Good to have it fixed. Did you try cleaning the connections at the starter first or just go straigh
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 11:07am 07.20.22 I've done some calculations on exactly that idea, for a trawler yacht of around 25 feet. All of th
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 10:55am 07.20.22 I saw these two screws on a recent trip to Orlando...
There goes the neighborhood! rgranger at 10:39am 07.20.22 Where I dock now is tight... and a few hours of each day, the tidal current is running close to 5kts
Battery Wiring Diagram Nichole340 at 10:37am 07.20.22
Signet SL172 instrument py26129 at 10:34am 07.20.22 Thanks for the leads everyone. I'm following up on them now. Cheers
depth/chart plotters (1) rgranger at 10:30am 07.20.22 But if depth is all you need and space is limited, get something like this...
depth/chart plotters (1) rgranger at 10:26am 07.20.22 ... would you say the Garmin your using is a good all around unit that could go from a bass boat to
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 rgranger at 10:11am 07.20.22 I have had to replace my gas line twice in the last 3 years. It was a Attwood gas line kit. I just
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 Project_Mayhem at 10:06am 07.20.22 I've been troubleshooting my front nav light for a while. I replaced the bulb. No dice. Then I figu
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 9:50am 07.20.22 Just discovered this thread today. Great job! You should be pleased and proud. Thank you
Starwind 19 project boat SailingLoto at 9:50am 07.20.22 Loto, Awesome pictures and very informative. Your boat turned out amazing and it serves as an insp
How to grow the sport Head Sail at 9:49am 07.20.22 If you shut the door on any discussion in the pretense of politeness, then what is there to discus
How to grow the sport cb32863 at 9:45am 07.20.22 Just have to say, I never thought that this post would become what it is.... Funny thing though, ove
Battery Wiring Diagram dLj at 9:42am 07.20.22 Just a note on your set-up - the current thinking is not to have two separate banks, but to have one
Hello Project_Mayhem at 9:41am 07.20.22 If it were my boat I would order a new bow stop and winch stand, check the bulkheads for rotten wood

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