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Raising the profile of my Venture sailfisher at 5:25pm 07.31.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2140 I would like to add about 10" of head room to the cabin of my Venture 21. I already added 12" to th
Plunked down $2200 RECESS at 5:18pm 07.31.11 Ask An Oday Owner 38/7084 We have been doing a lot of deep water fishing in the 10 to 20 mile offshore range. The Mahi Mahi ar
Garmin Data Cards for Bahamas gettinthere at 4:48pm 07.31.11 Ask All Sailors 6/3628 We're looking to buy Garmin G2 cards for our Garmin 3210 plotter. The 3000 series plotters use the
Wiring in an inverter - few questions redunculous at 4:25pm 07.31.11 Big Boats 8/2940 So I'm looking at getting an inverter. The one part I am struggling with is how to wire the ac inpu
HELP gaucho9 at 3:42pm 07.31.11 Day Sailers 2/1513 Is there an specific trailer for the O'Day 23? Or what should I be looking for? We live in Maine b
Wilcox Crittendend Seacock - Part II (2) rdowall at 1:37pm 07.31.11 Ask All Sailors 4/4185 I have 2 Wilcox Crittenden 1-1/2" seacocks that I would like to rebuild. These seacocks are 1995 vin
Wilcox Crittenden Seacock question rdowall at 12:51pm 07.31.11 Ask All Sailors 1/2953 I have a 2 Wilcox Crittenden 1-1/2" seacocks that I would like to rebuild. These seacocks are 1995 v
Hull cleaner Dmarie26 at 12:16pm 07.31.11 Smaller Boats 3/2633 I have been doing some research and decided to post this question anyways. We moor our boat on Lake
Question On Cape May Canal & Inlet Entrance's Joe Mullee at 12:13pm 07.31.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5084 My mast with the antenea is 56'. Reading the charts for the Cape May Canal the two fixed bridges are
Hull Growth/Fouling Protection carboman at 10:12am 07.31.11 Smaller Boats 3/1368 Is there any truth or products, mainly anodes, that can help direct bottom growth to these anodes?
Hand cranking diesel DaveM at 9:19am 07.31.11 Musings With Maine Sail 54/28010 Maine Sail You mentioned in another thread being able to hand start a diesel on a boat if necessary
Mast for sale MATHURIN2 at 8:33am 07.31.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1809 If anyone is looking for a kenyon mast for their H37c this guy seems to be selling one. http://www
Beneteau 375 portlight screens Sandy Stone at 8:03am 07.31.11 Parts Search 0/2385 Hope this is the right place to post this - we recently came into possesion of a 1986 Beneteau First
Oday 35 mast track Steveo25 at 7:30am 07.31.11 Bigger Boats 1/1529 Does anyone know the width of the mast track - for mainsail slides, for Oday 35? 5/8, 3/4 or 7/8?
Cleat replacement Pegfrayne at 4:53am 07.31.11 Smaller Boats 2/1240 I have 83' Hunter 20. A back port cleat broken and I want to replace it with orginal style. The Cl
How to operation centerboard haul line grayleym at 3:49am 07.31.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1633 Hi I a have recently purchased a Hunter 260. It has a stern mounted Merc 9.9 with wheel steering
Hatch opening direction RAD88 at 11:00pm 07.30.11 Ask All Sailors 6/5370 This might be a silly question but I always thought the V-berth hatch opened towards the bow and the
Garmin 640 vs. 78sc yammy at 10:50pm 07.30.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/6321 Hello, Macgregor-ers Between the two portable GPS: Garmin 640 and 78sc, I am debating which one to
Squeal at 2200-2600 rpm Sailkaz at 7:00pm 07.30.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/2096 Hello all For quite awhile now my engine/shaft on 2006 Catalina 309 (Yanmar 21 hp) high pitched squ
Cheap bimini for 9.2A (1) bugbitten at 6:38pm 07.30.11 S2 9/4584 I really needed some shade for my 9.2A, as she came with neither bimini nor dodger. Given the space

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Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) Rich Stidger at 5:38pm 10.13.22 Thanks Dan. Thanks to everyone here I have a list of possible solutions without resorting to C4.
Columbia 28 rudder bushings sronsonet at 5:10pm 10.13.22 I think they are plastic bushings so measurements of a worn plastic bushing might not be the best id
Hunter 240 wind indicator Crazy Dave Condon at 5:04pm 10.13.22 Folks Never go up the mast of a 240 as you have a mast raising system to take the mast down plus i
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? HeelBoy at 4:58pm 10.13.22 Our boat came with a shoal draft keel with wings. Odd sort of thing, I suppose one could cut them o
Winter Cover (1) quadrille38 at 4:56pm 10.13.22 Back in 1993 I did the blue tarp thing on our Catalina 34. Was a nightmare and took most of a day t
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? HeelBoy at 4:52pm 10.13.22 I wonder why any of us would think that we know better than the architect. Because the naval archi
Columbia 28 rudder bushings sail sfbay at 4:35pm 10.13.22 Size: drop the rudder, remove the bearings and measure. Where to buy: do an internet search on "sai
Alternator Bracket jaysweet at 4:33pm 10.13.22 A "belleville" washer will also help resist loosening from the vibration. I bought a very thick, m
Rig on Legend 35.5 replacement kloudie1 at 3:40pm 10.13.22 It also may be possible to sleeve the mast since the top and bottom may be OK. Ya might want to disc
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) smokey73 at 2:24pm 10.13.22 Butch said he didn't take them off himself but he believed they used a combination oh heat and pr
Replacing My Own Standing Rigging shemandr at 2:17pm 10.13.22 . Measure once cut 2-3 times... I think that is the mantra... Ready ... Shoot ...Aim!
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) Rich Stidger at 2:17pm 10.13.22 Did you make them out of plastic or aluminum? Yea, getting that pin out could be an exercise too! I
Rig on Legend 35.5 replacement shemandr at 1:45pm 10.13.22 I expect there are a lot of damaged boats out there. Maybe one sank and the rig is OK. A long shot
Replacing My Own Standing Rigging Hollyberry at 1:37pm 10.13.22 At our ages we need to work smarter - not harder.. Looks like your boat is a masthead rig, that simp
Hunter 240 wind indicator (1) kloudie1 at 1:27pm 10.13.22 Coupla ways to do it. If the threads are done with a good anti corrode like permatex for aluminum or
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? dlochner at 1:03pm 10.13.22 Our boat came with a shoal draft keel with wings. Odd sort of thing, I suppose one could cut them o
Wind angle SPCSail at 1:01pm 10.13.22 My boat has a Simrad 20 wind indicator. I was out sailing yesterday and the instrument is showing w
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) Rick D at 12:43pm 10.13.22 Thanks Dan. A personal experience could be very helpful. Regarding the SBO store chocks and spare
Small fin ahead of rudder? Baby skeg? Terry Cox at 12:42pm 10.13.22 The only question would be why? Dave has a sage question. Why on earth would someone want to remov
Rig on Legend 35.5 replacement Hollyberry at 11:53am 10.13.22 Check the recent storm-damaged areas that felt the effects of Fiona and Ian... even parts of Nova Sc

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