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Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2105 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10113 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1989 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1384 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1598 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2814 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6043 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/14388 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/6926 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1726 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2116 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting
trouble logging in Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 05.21.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2873 I can login fine on the home page but if I try to login on the Hunter forums I get an error, user na
Coolant Change Siamese at 1:26pm 05.21.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/4974 I need to change the coolant on my 309's 3YM20 Yanmar. Can anyone speak with authority on the best
New Panel (1) c_witch at 12:59pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2066 HIee, Just thought I'd post a picture of the new panel I've made for our boat. It has mounted a n
Well...Hello There rhr1956 at 12:44pm 05.21.11 Pearson 0/1056 I just joined the group. I have sailed off and on for about 20 years and I am just getting back into
Keel jlgregg at 11:05am 05.21.11 Ranger Boats (WA) 0/2618 I will soon need to replace the swing keel in my Ranger 20. Does anyone make replacements?
Cruise to Ensenada Levin at 9:34am 05.21.11 Destinations 30/12665 Hello all... I've been toying with plans for a cruise to Ensenada later this summer and wonder
Mast Climbing? cscott at 9:24am 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3474 Question? Have any of you ever climbed the mast of your Mac 26? If so, what equipment did you use?
New to Forum Whitebeard at 8:39am 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 18/2785 Just joined the forum and wanted to say hi. I hear the world is supposed to end at 6:00 PM today so
Mast (1) bowlinguy800 at 8:32am 05.21.11 Catalina 22 5/1519 Hello all, I'm getting ready to put my Cat 22 in the water for the first time. However I have a ques

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Service life of nylon anchor rode? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:13am 08.27.22 208755 That's the manufacturer's advertising department talking, not me. 208758 When the ad depar
INVERTER SET UP (1) twodzusfittings at 11:03am 08.27.22 Ok guys, I know you are all chomping at the bit to hear what I finally did. So the inverter is a 100
Frozen prop shaft Crusty Ol Salt at 10:47am 08.27.22 Since we have now ventured off topic - contracting with Sea Tow or any other service I did use th
Need Advice Regarding Sunfish that Has Rarely Been Sailed PaulK at 10:33am 08.27.22 There may not be enough "meat" in the deck flange to drill a new rivet hole and have the metal strip
Service life of nylon anchor rode? PaulK at 10:22am 08.27.22 We bought our J/36 in 1997. It came with a nylon anchor rode, shackled to about 20' of chain and a
Shroud and forestry tension Davidasailor26 at 10:19am 08.27.22 Could you please send me this again? I love the book! You can always get back to it just by clicki
Shroud and forestry tension WI Rigger at 10:16am 08.27.22 Generally you tension rigging to a percentage of the breaking strength of the wire. 15% is pretty t
Service life of nylon anchor rode? Kings Gambit at 10:10am 08.27.22 I don't know how much you anchor out, but my recollection is that the safe useful life of stainless
Service life of nylon anchor rode? CarlN at 10:09am 08.27.22 The ins company can require purchase records, etc., if it wishes to. For the moment I defer to the
Service life of nylon anchor rode? thinwater at 10:03am 08.27.22 Yes. Time gets away from us. Poor seamanship on my part to have a 10-yr-old rope-chain splice on my
Service life of nylon anchor rode? thinwater at 10:00am 08.27.22 ...Remember, if you want it to last ten years you must store it properly and that means no ambient
Service life of nylon anchor rode? (1) Kings Gambit at 9:57am 08.27.22 a. Resplicing the chain rope join is maintenance and should be done every 2-5 years, depending on w
Service life of nylon anchor rode? (1) thinwater at 9:51am 08.27.22 Actually, it's a bit more "complicated" regarding my anchor rode which includes a chain-rope splice
Service life of nylon anchor rode? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 08.27.22 My rigger will not replice to the chain the aged rope; so, new rope or do it myself which would lik
Service life of nylon anchor rode? Kings Gambit at 9:33am 08.27.22 The only one who knows the life of your rode is you. Get the point? True, of course. But in any e
Service life of nylon anchor rode? Head Sail at 9:30am 08.27.22 The only one who knows the life of your rode is you. Get the point?
Exhaust blower on an 11a Ralph Johnstone at 9:24am 08.27.22 @Stu Jackson where is a link to your electrical publications rather than @Halvern having to purchase
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Ralph Johnstone at 9:13am 08.27.22 Arghhhhhh :yikes: ! These last pictures are a horror story with nut tightened against FG with washe
Service life of nylon anchor rode? Kings Gambit at 9:04am 08.27.22 Actually, it's a bit more "complicated" regarding my full anchor rode which includes a chain-rope sp
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Ralph Johnstone at 9:04am 08.27.22 Almost forgot we were waiting for these pictures. Two more items: - Do you trailer the boat with t

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