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Stepping the mast for the first time! An anonymous user at 1:02pm 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2643 Well we raised the mast for the first time by ourselves. I added a friction winch to the ladder on t
Hunter 49 Jabsco Solenoid location mrmarch at 12:58pm 08.08.11 Big Boats 2/1381 Does anyone know the location of the Solenoid Valve ' Siphon Breaker for the Jabsco head in the main
holding tank system on Catalina 30 abaron at 12:45pm 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/15087 I crew on my brother's new (old) Catalina 30. Circa late 80's. While he is replacing all standing ri
Beneteau 343 Rig Tension pmunger at 12:44pm 08.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1953 Does anyone know the Loos-Gage Tension for a 343? Uppers and lowers???
adding files to downlaod section of resources Richard19068 at 12:14pm 08.08.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/5621 adding files to download section of resources I tried to upload a pdf of an O'Day 31 manual to the
New member...Hello! tjar at 11:39am 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3223 I'm the new owner of a Macgreggor 26D, planning to pick it up this week. I've been looking at Macgr
New Photos Roger Long at 11:33am 08.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/2430 Shelburn to Lunenburg http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1709929248503.71118.1846284215'l=2f2
Muffler Replacement Dean Strong at 11:16am 08.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1508 I need to replace the muffler on my 1990 H30. There are lots of posts regarding older H30s, but can
Blocks sailman57 at 10:35am 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1031 looking for help locating cheak/turning blocks for 1985/H34?:)
replacement spreader info getting thicker (1) ybrad at 10:20am 08.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/3680 Unless someone has a servicable port side spreader they want to sell, I'm going to have to get speci
Dry storage-Naples/Fort Meyers rognvald at 9:26am 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2887 My uncle is moving his 34 Searay from Illinois to Ft. Meyers/Naples area. Any suggestions for a clea
Newbie with Macgregor Venturecat 15 petermb72 at 9:24am 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/9016 I just purchased my first sailboat. We have a lake place in MN. It seems that the boat that I bought
Angst update: in boom reefing rognvald at 8:16am 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1363 I inspected my fore and aft ends of the boom this weekend and found and rerove a twisted block for t
Angst update: in boom reefing rognvald at 8:13am 08.08.11 Pearson 0/1280 I inspected my fore and aft ends of the boom this weekend and found and rerove a twisted block for t
Folding Prop? Fly4hire at 8:10am 08.08.11 Big Boats 5/1720 Contemplating putting one on this winter - seems like 2 bladed are not that unreasonable in price. A
Hunter 356 Bimini Fly4hire at 8:07am 08.08.11 Big Boats 5/2138 Does anyone know a canvas shop that sells pre-patterned bimini's for the above?
Jib car repair Paul17630 at 7:35am 08.08.11 Day Sailers 0/1125 I purchased a 1973 DS II. The jib car was frozen. I broke off the nut attempting to free it up. I ha
House Batteries Boiling - Suspect Battery Charger Wiring cbsura at 7:28am 08.08.11 Bavaria 2/3200 Last year I purchased a 2005 Bavaria 32 with DC switch panel 201 and distribution panel 205. There a
Upgrades and advice - Hunter 40.5 redunculous at 7:17am 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 37/8657 So I've been reading a while, had my Hunter 40.5 just over a month and I've been going through it ma
Knocking on a bit Sailing Poodles at 7:08am 08.08.11 Big Boats 6/1731 Now I'm getting older, climbing up the rear arch to undo or do up the sail bag zip is becoming a bit

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Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar karellen at 11:59pm 10.24.22 I'll second the cooling system flush. Worked well on my 3GM30 that had muddy brown cooling water (su
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Sanfelice at 11:40pm 10.24.22 I use a heated motorcycle jacket ( Gerbing) which is very lightweight and use my foul weather jacket
Keel separating? Dean Strong at 10:15pm 10.24.22 Very typical of Hunters with iron keels. Hunter advised me 20 years ago to open the crack with a Dr
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? jon hansen at 9:46pm 10.24.22 wool what kind of bikes yawl ride. me, bmw 1150 r 2004 ski suit, snowmobile suit, bibs & parka
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? sail sfbay at 9:39pm 10.24.22 No, too restrictive.......why not consider a diving dry suit?............used that wind surfing in t
Valve needed Leeward Rail at 9:24pm 10.24.22 you'll need a strong valve to prevent the seasick from, well doing what the seasick do, until it ca
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Leeward Rail at 9:20pm 10.24.22 I have wondered about the battery heated waterproof jackets.
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 Calif. Ted at 9:18pm 10.24.22 I have not tried but have seen advertising for a product called DeBond marine formula that is suppos
Help Me Choose A Boat !! Barnacle Bill at 9:12pm 10.24.22 I, for one, have written a lot about this topic. You might take some time and search the site.
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? Leeward Rail at 9:11pm 10.24.22 The only way to remove VC 17 is with a sander and aggressive sandpaper. Been there, done that. :(:
Bad spider cracks ? Barnacle Bill at 9:09pm 10.24.22 There are tons of reasons for crazing or cracking in gelcoat. To name a few, too much gelcoat thick
Installing a Spinnaker Tedd at 8:58pm 10.24.22 Thanks, @Barnacle Bill ! That was good information about the set up for an asymmetrical spinnaker,
maybe a dumb water heater question.... Barnacle Bill at 8:51pm 10.24.22 The tank in your hot water heater has two sections. One section contains the cooling antifreeze tha
Where can I find taller stanchions ? Barnacle Bill at 8:43pm 10.24.22 Garhauer Marine will make up most anything stainless to your specs.
Installing a Spinnaker Barnacle Bill at 8:42pm 10.24.22 I'm not sure you got an answer to your question. I'll try. There basically are four lines that att
Precision 185K Advice Barnacle Bill at 8:25pm 10.24.22 First of all Precision Boat Works is not building boats anymore, unlike what someone above suggested
Buy now or wait for recession? Barnacle Bill at 8:11pm 10.24.22 If you find the boat you want, buy it before someone else does.
Identify This Boat? Barnacle Bill at 8:08pm 10.24.22 It's a US Yacht 22.
Wing Keel repair Morgan donor at 7:56pm 10.24.22 I've seen "bolt on bulb kits" in the past. Perhaps even from Mars Metal. I don't remember, it was lo
Voltage Meter Issue PlaneTom at 7:53pm 10.24.22 Our 310 has a bum voltmeter in the engine panel, it shows 14.0 volts with just battery power, 15.5 -

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