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Cushion Material carboman at 12:43pm 06.20.11 Smaller Boats 2/1152 What have you used in the past? Looking for comfort and durability with some decent thickness. Th
Anchor up right on windlass Samaral at 12:15pm 06.20.11 Ask All Sailors 18/4039 Hi all, This is probably a dumb question.... But. How can I have my anchor up right when retrievin
Correct mast step? (3) dstrong464 at 11:58am 06.20.11 Catalina 22 7/2311 Purchased a 1970 C22 for $500, starting to restore it. First thing I noticed was the mast and mast s
Stern Rails for Oday 22 Arthurg at 11:43am 06.20.11 Smaller Boats 0/1345 I would like to install a stern rail on my 1983 Oday 22. Where do I buy a stern rail? I just bou
Standing Rigging Tuning dmort at 11:34am 06.20.11 Bigger Boats 0/1081 Have my new (to me) 1979 Oday 28. Got the mast stepped but noticed the pin locations relative to the
2002 Hunter 306 engine mount replacement dgrunderman at 11:24am 06.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1531 Does anyone have experience with replacing the motor mounts for Yanmar 18hp diesel (factory installe
check out my blog thomasgoodmaniii at 11:17am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1031 got a couple pictures and some video on there. going to try and add some pics of the build when i ge
Daggerboard surprise - Mac 26M (2) Cameo380 at 10:59am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/3250 Lowered the mast while doing some modification only find out the damaged daggerboard. Now what? I
Need to replace floor boards & Door hatch covers kkrew at 10:45am 06.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1612 I just recently bought at 1981 Hunter 27. The floor board covers (covering the bilge draings, are r
Air Cond. short cycling Snotter at 10:40am 06.20.11 Ask All Sailors 10/6775 I have an older Cruise Air 16000 reverse cycle marine air conditioner that is starting to short cycl
Just when you think.... Roger Long at 9:45am 06.20.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2609 nothing else can go wrong. (I like that part of the thought better) The primary schedule factor in
1985 Hunter 23 halyard question taichi at 9:20am 06.20.11 Smaller Boats 8/1771 Hello all - looking for a knowledgable H23 owner who can help with this puzzle - have stepped my mas
Break out those paper charts! John at 9:08am 06.20.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3865 Interesting prediction: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7819201/Nasa-warns-solar-flares-fro
water leaks delibob at 8:42am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1014 i have a 1999 26x i seem to have some water leaks i think some of it could be leaky windows?
Help with exhaust hose replacement pimerese at 6:11am 06.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2221 I need to replace the loop of exhaust hose in my 1985 Hunter 31. This is the loop in the aft rope lo
Wisconsin Mac Venture 25 sailors David M at 5:46am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/915 I am a new Venture 25 owner and am looking to converse/share with other Wisconsin Mac/Venture sailo
Swim ladder asweany at 5:41am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/4150 Just got our 26m delivered. Great boat except that my wife and I are both older and have found that
Wouldn't this be a blast! (1) Joe at 5:31am 06.20.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2921 Mini Fastnet....... 21 footers compete in 500-600 nm ocean races. These are NOT displacement hull ve
Bimini Top and curtians for 40.5 (8) Bill Roosa at 5:19am 06.20.11 Big Boats 7/2334 Hey everybody Been working on a new bimini for my boat. I promised a BOM to several of you and here
Finally Launched My Mac 25 ChockFullOnuts222 at 5:09am 06.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1848 Well, my new-to-me '83 M25 is finally floating at the dock. I'm missing my V222.:cry: Haha. In all

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Keel bolt DArcy at 7:59pm 06.20.22 A trick for figuring out the thread pitch is to place a piece of paper against the bolt or screw and
Main prop strut Ward H at 7:41pm 06.20.22 I installed four new thru hulls and the series 93 in-line ball valves the spring of 2019. Then in
O'Day. 40- reefing setup? DonEvans at 7:39pm 06.20.22 Louis, your first message may not have gotten posted. were you able to run 3/8" (10mm) or 7/16"(11mm
Edson steering, Catalina 250: conduit blocking rudder sebastko at 6:59pm 06.20.22 Thank you very much, Ward! Just to give an update on the thread, in case anyone else finds themselve
Drain cover PaulK at 6:38pm 06.20.22 It would be simpler to take sfbay's idea and use different materials. (It' a MacGregor, not a Hinckl
Mainsheet block (2) Sutric at 6:24pm 06.20.22 Thanks for the response but the one that I have looks more like this. I've found out that the design
How do you keep the birds at bay? Project_Mayhem at 5:55pm 06.20.22 One of the most common things we see at our marina is birds perching on lifelines. It also doesnt he
Keel bolt Triple B at 5:49pm 06.20.22 Mighty fancy tools ya got there :biggrin: ! I know what you mean about getting enough torque on th
Forestay transportation HEINZIR at 5:47pm 06.20.22 http://msogphotosite.com/Scripts/StoryTechnical/storytechnicaldetail.php?id=162
Widgen date range jssailem at 5:43pm 06.20.22 Try here at the SBO website store. What parts? Most boats, well nearly all boats, are an assembly
helm canopy (1) David in Sandusky at 5:35pm 06.20.22
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 jssailem at 5:35pm 06.20.22 I fixed it and 13 years and 10,000 miles later everything is still tight. It is what happens when
Keel bolt Ralph Johnstone at 5:23pm 06.20.22
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 ice breaker at 5:21pm 06.20.22 There are lots of bolts that after commissioning and some time in service are supposed to be re torq
Keel bolt Triple B at 5:11pm 06.20.22
Keel bolt Triple B at 5:10pm 06.20.22 And Pidek is ....................... ? Autocorrect kills me. Pitting is the word
Bahamas Hurricane History Revealed jssailem at 5:08pm 06.20.22 Very interesting. It appears that the hurricane activity coincided with the grand age of sailing. Be
Keel bolt (1) Tally Ho at 5:01pm 06.20.22
Yeti Goal Zero Davidasailor26 at 4:55pm 06.20.22 What are you looking to power with your AC circuit? That will help you decide if the capacity of th
Yeti Goal Zero (1) Tally Ho at 4:52pm 06.20.22 Aloha, Saw the Yeti Goal Zero power supply and was wondering if anyone was able to basically power

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