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compliance notice (1) utila at 6:34am 07.11.11 Smaller Boats 6/3101 hello everybody, i am do some day charter with a hunter 23 in magdeleine island (Qc) For compliance
Spiderweb Crack Repair Mick at 6:25am 07.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/3848 I am restoring a 79 Windrose 22 ,to go along with my Mac. Back in those days I understand they use
Need Gooseneck Diameter Measurement ChockFullOnuts222 at 4:54am 07.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2085 Can someone provide me with a measurement for the gooseneck shaft diameter (part that fits into the
Holding Tank Issues? Fly4hire at 3:02am 07.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2334 Have a recently purchased 2002 Hunter 356 that appears to have the orginal holding tank in it. The t
Where to install the new A/C (2) guidera48 at 10:30pm 07.10.11 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1437 I have made a cardboard box 18x18x12 to mimic the size of my new A/C unit. I cannot find a place for
H26 poor steering mschoap@msn.com at 10:20pm 07.10.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1322 My H26 is difficult to steer when beating. The tiller becomes very heavy. Part of the problem is the
Edson Throttle Cable wufibugs at 9:25pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 10/5490 86 Hunter 31. The throttle cable seems to have broken somewhere as there is no throttle control from
Cockpit ignition panel wufibugs at 9:20pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 11/2932 My 86 Hunter 31 has the panel with the tac, idiot lights, kill knob, igntion and start switch. Or it
Ignition Switch wufibugs at 9:11pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3120 Windmistress broke her ignition switch. My 86 Hunter has a 2 pole setup with a push button starter.
O'day Puffin 14 Pictures of complete rudder and cockpit floo Johnweikel at 8:29pm 07.10.11 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1930 Still trying to find a photo of the floor hardware if any and what the rudder looks like. My Puffin
Brand New to sailing - Rigging question Flyinlo at 8:26pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1673 Took a sailing course and was enough to sell my motor-boat and purchase a 2000 MacGregor 26X which a
jib boom saileclipse at 7:04pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1723 Hi I read the manual and read that there is a boom jib. Have any of you used on and do you like it.
1981 22' Mac Greggor Swing Keel Questions for Newbie saileclipse at 7:00pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1773 Hi, I bought the boat in teh winter and doing some upgrades and long over due maintenance. How d
Catalina - Avalon Harbor problem rfrye1 at 5:49pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2229 I came across this article on another blog. Too bad. I guess another reason to spend more time elsew
Seagull droppings (to be nice) mellis18 at 5:00pm 07.10.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2173 How does someone get the stains from seagull and other bird droppings off the hull? I am having a ha
Securing The Jib Sheet Don Guillette at 4:44pm 07.10.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 41/22261 Sometimes very simple things get us in trouble. I talked to a sailor today from Apalachicolo (hope t
Found out what happens when you forget to put down the keel patrickfarley at 4:34pm 07.10.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3499 I went out on the lake single handing. I had everything set up so it only took a few minutes to rai
Rubbing Compound vs 1500 Grit Sandpaper Ducati at 4:25pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 6/7558 Noticed some minor gel-coat stress cracks and repaired them with a Beneteau color matched gel-coat k
Easy new-to-me range fix or am i toast? Stephen Trapani at 3:58pm 07.10.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4065 The flame on the burners of the Hillerange range I just put in are very low. Anything I can do?
H37C Halyards (2) Ed Schenck at 3:48pm 07.10.11 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2190 For those of us sailing old cruising boats. Any reason to worry about stretch in the halyards? I'd

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Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:58am 06.28.22 I was the first owner of my 07 41DS. I also had the four windlass bolts fall off the studs, which I
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings Calif. Ted at 7:56am 06.28.22 Had to replace the upper a couple years after the lower, lucky for me they had a "floor model" and g
Fridge/freezer use John T1594 at 7:50am 06.28.22 And don't forget to plug the drain hole at the bottom so all that cold air does not flow into the bi
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Muttondressedaslamb at 7:09am 06.28.22 I'd never use plastic throug hhulls below the water line but it's just me. any kind of wood backing
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) DeniseO30 at 6:58am 06.28.22 I'd never use plastic throug hhulls below the water line but it's just me. any kind of wood backing
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Muttondressedaslamb at 6:44am 06.28.22 Looks fine to me, just a flush mount thru hull just spoke to Grant Coney at Coney's Marine in Long
Oday 19 centerboard help rschuss at 6:41am 06.28.22 D&R Marine. All things O'Day.
Not sailing but I thought interesting with Independence Day approaching Mikem at 6:33am 06.28.22 Great story. A couple years ago, my neighbor died. Old guy, lived alone. I never met him. After
little egg inlet nj Scott T-Bird at 5:52am 06.28.22 Good job! Navionics seems to indicate that channel markers at the inlet can't be shown on the chart
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Steve_Catalina at 5:10am 06.28.22 Looks fine to me, just a flush mount thru hull
Selden Furling Main Wrinkles (1) JamesG161 at 4:45am 06.28.22 Is it wise to attempt to compress our boom vang to bring her down another degree or two? NO! The
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 RoyS at 4:37am 06.28.22 Suspect loose bolts. Once one loose bolt falls out the load on the others increases. Loose bolts pro
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings Muttondressedaslamb at 3:56am 06.28.22 Many may already be aware of this, but for those who aren't I'll post the info anyway. Our 310 furl
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Muttondressedaslamb at 3:46am 06.28.22 Looks just like mine Even from the bottom of the hull? Some here think I am missing a piece, and
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Muttondressedaslamb at 3:45am 06.28.22 @Muttondressedaslamb , sorry to hear about your near sinking. The things that heart attacks are ma
Catalina 310 almost sank due to faulty starboard though hull fitting. (galley sink) Muttondressedaslamb at 3:43am 06.28.22 I give up. What kind of a thruhull is that thing? is that the Martha Stewart model? Very "taxing"
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D stickinthemud57 at 10:07pm 06.27.22 As a 26S owner, I can see a definite and obvious advantage to the swing centerboard over the daggerb
Selden Furling Main Wrinkles knackers at 9:57pm 06.27.22 make sure the leech string is released before furling
Catalina 250 wheel to tiller conversion sebastko at 9:31pm 06.27.22 I have tried many times: cannot login, cannot reset password and cannot re-register with my email :)
Need to figure out what model Universal diesel Alan Gomes at 9:13pm 06.27.22 Just bought a 1990 C&C 30' MkII fin keel and having looking for diesel information. The engine look

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