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Pulley's Falconer at 8:28pm 05.25.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1574 Is their a science to replacing pulley's or just match them up and switch them out? I have an M25 an
Sailboat stove vhardwaremom at 7:51pm 05.25.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1958 I have acquired a 30ft 1979 Catalina sailboat. I need to find a stove. The pivot points are there. W
Venture 21 Keel Plan Ron the Sailsman at 7:15pm 05.25.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1982 OK, I know I should have taken more measurements and pictures - but I didn't. I need a plan for the
Check your swing keel components!!!! (2) Captnkev25 at 6:57pm 05.25.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2060 Got a surprise call @ 4:30 today that I was in the sling and could I come down and do my keel cable,
Just finished our new interior cabin cushions! (5) jrowan at 4:50pm 05.25.11 Catalina 30 14/12362 Our refit of the interior 1980 C-30 is really coming along. We finally installed the new interior m
Look what I found (1) John Sluder at 4:04pm 05.25.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2749 While sailing a few weeks ago I recover a large harmful object from the ICW between Eau Gallie and M
One door opens, another closes: auto tiller! kpgraci at 1:46pm 05.25.11 Ask All Sailors 18/7255
12ft Widgeon serial number zaneroni at 1:27pm 05.25.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/6351 Hi I just bought an O'Day Widgeon for $100 for a restoration project, this is my first sail boat. I
Maxwell Winches! sailorkoop at 1:22pm 05.25.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/4623 Hi there, I have a 1986 Hunter 25.5 and have an old MAXWELL winch on the starboard side that does
New mainsail Elissatoo at 1:08pm 05.25.11 Smaller Boats 4/1336 Blew out the 25 year old mainsail on my Hunter 26.5. Any suggestions or recommendations for replace
Hunter 216 Single Point Hoist Paul Wash at 12:09pm 05.25.11 Smaller Boats 1/1331 Hi folks - I am moving our 2004 216 to a location that has a single point hoist. I've spoken with hu
H-41 water distribution manifold VelaFella at 11:28am 05.25.11 Big Boats 7/2302 I have very low water pressure for the various water spigots/faucets. Water won't even flow from th
Stuffing box drip quantity? richard965 at 10:50am 05.25.11 S2 1/1768 how many drops per minute should I expect from my 2GM20 Yanmar? It drips about one drop every two s
1976 Hunter 27 Ima90sJezus at 10:48am 05.25.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/5679 Getting ready to look at a 1976 Hunter 27. I researched a little, but would like the opinions of th
Cutlass Bearing S2 9.2c engdude62 at 10:44am 05.25.11 S2 15/4208 Does anyone have some knowledge to pass on in replacing the cutlass bearing on my 9.2c? I am gettin
Connecting GPS to DSC VHF - Options Mike G. at 10:40am 05.25.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2363 There is another thread similar to this, but I don't want to hijack it with my question: While acti
Shaft packing nut keeps backing off Juice6576 at 10:31am 05.25.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2183 OK, so we are having our first little glitch. The packing gland nut keeps backing off. I reset it ag
upgrading holding tank on 9.2A? bugbitten at 9:11am 05.25.11 S2 17/4956 Folks, I bought an '80 9.2A last month and am slowly working it over in anticipation of its move of
Mac 25 cheap vwjon Mac25 at 7:58am 05.25.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/6435 Not my boat or my ad. Just looks like a deal for someone. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/bo
Long-lasting exterior caulk? kenn at 7:22am 05.25.11 Ask All Sailors 13/7880 I tried to stuff this question into another sealant thread, but there were no takers. ;) Our boat h

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2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 8:54pm 09.13.22 Quick update: Minor mods to the new aft cross aluminum backing plate were successful. Both plates n
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Rmalko at 8:46pm 09.13.22 Thank you for all the input. If i decided the boat may be worth looking into further i will definite
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Rmalko at 8:39pm 09.13.22 Welcome to the forum!! Don S/V ILLusion's right............and while the boat is surveyed in a boa
Clevis Pin Forestay higgs at 8:36pm 09.13.22 A pair of properly adjusted vise grips will easily compress the toggle in order to remove what is le
SF Bay Area tiller pilot repair Meriachee at 8:10pm 09.13.22 Lots of water under the keel since this thread ended. I finally opened the old st2000, and this is
Funny Friday!!! Meriachee at 8:08pm 09.13.22
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries mermike at 7:48pm 09.13.22 I understood that the engine mounts on the Yanmars are supposed to be replaced periodically: 4 years
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries JoeWhite at 7:22pm 09.13.22 Do you have broken alternator bracket?
Going back to sailing 60 years later Ted Dorman at 7:09pm 09.13.22 Ted Congrats on getting the boat and yourself back out on the water. Better late than never. On t
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:50pm 09.13.22
Fischer panda generator Question Terry Cox at 6:46pm 09.13.22 If it worky fine, no fixy needed. The lift pump on our Genset (three cylinder Kubota) brings fuel fr
CNG Filling Station MikeO53 at 6:28pm 09.13.22 Buy one of the refill adaptors on ebay and refill yourself. The adaptor is about $200, but the cost
Clevis Pin Forestay Li_sound_cat at 6:18pm 09.13.22
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Caboteur at 6:17pm 09.13.22 From what you describe I would think a large piece of some sort of vegetation or you picked up a len
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll shemandr at 6:14pm 09.13.22 If the crack is on the port rail near the transom it may be the result of a Port/Starboard disagreem
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Tally Ho at 6:09pm 09.13.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida shemandr at 6:04pm 09.13.22 forgot about provisioning further north Newport Northport port washington Add Mattituck, which als
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Tally Ho at 6:03pm 09.13.22 Are you looking for the shaft coupling? Or the transmission output flange. I replaced the shaft co
DC Circuit Breaker Failures quadrille38 at 6:00pm 09.13.22 Quadrille38, according to information from Eddie Breeden when he was still actif the panel on the H
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 5:25pm 09.13.22 One positive outcome of the pandemic for cruisers was the explosion of delivery services. We used In

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