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Shrouds on or off when trailering drock10 at 9:23pm 10.02.11 Catalina 22 5/2241 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 6/1789 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 9/2867 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 6/1756 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 4/3095 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 10/2696 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 3/1633 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 0/943 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 6/3815 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 0/1279 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 0/1247 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 48/12801 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 2/1558 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 2/1295 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 7/1685 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 1/2714 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 2/2189 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 0/1044 How do you drain the coolant. I have a Yanmar 30gmf
1986 S2 11.0a Calypso at 11:26am 10.02.11 S2 2/2122 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 24/9806 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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Filling Instrument Holes Joe at 10:30pm 11.11.22 That's a great idea too with the vents. These old SR Mariner holes are larger than most instruments
Galley table question. JoeWhite at 7:40pm 11.11.22 I do not have a Hunter, but the table setup is the same. You can remove the screws from the base pla
Veteran's Day Soundoff kloudie1 at 6:45pm 11.11.22
aluminum frame portlights or frameless acrylic? FastOlson at 6:21pm 11.11.22 I think 3/8" would be overkill the windows are fairly small on the C 27 ... finally found a pic of
Timidly rebedding stanchions Kermit at 5:31pm 11.11.22 Our old friend @Kermit answered this question : Hunter 260 Backing Plates And @Crazy Dave Condon ch
Starwind 19 project boat (1) SailingLoto at 5:13pm 11.11.22 Well she got a new home last week. I nice guy from Lake Carlyle gave her a new home. I hope he enj
Veteran's Day Soundoff Crusty Ol Salt at 5:06pm 11.11.22 I did some time in the Navy 1978 - 1998 USS Gato SSN-615 USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23 USS Holland AS
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 RitSim at 4:50pm 11.11.22 Thanks. Good to know
Veteran's Day Soundoff smokey73 at 4:28pm 11.11.22 1969 - 1973 USNA Midshipman 1973 - 1980 Nuclear Submarines (Active Duty) 1981 - 1994 Engineering Dut
Need Catalina 34 MKII bow and stern pulpits Calif. Ted at 4:02pm 11.11.22 Railmakers still operating I think, my dockmate has a stainless fabricating business and I've seen h
Any Guesses LloydB at 3:44pm 11.11.22 http://www.cityofavalon.com/howtomooring
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Mechone at 3:27pm 11.11.22 My compressor controller was shot and the repair of the older controller was almost the cost of a n
Veteran's Day Soundoff pipedream at 3:10pm 11.11.22 Greetings, Army 1968-70 B/75 (ABN) 7th ID, ROK
Need Catalina 34 MKII bow and stern pulpits jssailem at 2:51pm 11.11.22 When I had a pulpit damage problem, I contacted a company called "Rail Makers". They had a facility
Need Catalina 34 MKII bow and stern pulpits Stu Jackson at 2:44pm 11.11.22 Not sure how posting here could help you, but my experience is this: I had an accident that took o
Furling jib sail (1) jssailem at 2:40pm 11.11.22 The short luff will set the foot of the sail high off the deck. Similar to a Yankee. What is a Yank
Veteran's Day Soundoff David in Sandusky at 2:26pm 11.11.22 Worked with an all-star team as a Supply Ltjg. 1969-1972 on the sub tender Howard W. Gilmore, AS-16,
Lithium Installation for Legend 40.5? artboas at 12:53pm 11.11.22 Tkx. I installed the genset before the boat ever got splashed by the dealer. The floor was reinforc
Filling Instrument Holes BlowMeAway at 12:50pm 11.11.22 The video on my screen is black and doesn't respond to clicking. Is it just me? :yikes: Not sur
Veteran's Day Soundoff BigEasy at 12:46pm 11.11.22

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