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Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1998 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 2/1391 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1626 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 2/2867 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 13/6082 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 27/14785 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 18/6998 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 2/1753 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 3/2139 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) 2/2890 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 2/4999 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 5/2073 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 0/1072 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) 0/2640 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 30/12859 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 10/3485 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 18/2797 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 5/1527 Hello all, I'm getting ready to put my Cat 22 in the water for the first time. However I have a ques
Sen-Dure Heat Exchanger (3) guidera48 at 8:22am 05.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 5/3444 Worked on the engine this week. New fluids, new hoses, lots of love. Turned the key and Voila. She s
rudder specifications dennyg4 at 7:19am 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1654 Sending second request, not sure I did the first one right. recently acquired a 25 oday, and found o

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What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? Ward H at 1:50pm 09.17.22
Arch on bigger hunters chowdan at 1:35pm 09.17.22 You're definitely on the right track (as shown in your drawing) but I would strongly suggest you cr
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? MikeHoncho at 1:13pm 09.17.22
Arch on bigger hunters Ralph Johnstone at 12:45pm 09.17.22 You're definitely on the right track (as shown in your drawing) but I would strongly suggest you cra
Reef line separated in boom Ward H at 12:39pm 09.17.22 Glad you got it working well. I hadn't heard back from you after you finished your setup. Sorry I
Strange Belt Wear (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:02pm 09.17.22 I've seen this industrially in my working life several times on belt drives. I took a couple of pho
What to do when the boat is not running... Will Gilmore at 11:32am 09.17.22 That sounds like a great experience, but John... Isn't it time to quit your wining and run those sai
Reef line separated in boom Jwhy at 10:37am 09.17.22
Strange Belt Wear Hayden Watson at 10:21am 09.17.22 My guess, If it was rubbing on something I would expect to see damage over the whole of the belt.
Stuffing box repack (1) Deleted member 117556 at 9:54am 09.17.22 Got this from Emarine for $10 plus $3 shipping. West Marine wanted $30...
Strange Belt Wear SabreToothedEngineer at 9:49am 09.17.22 My guess, If it was rubbing on something I would expect to see damage over the whole of the belt.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? Davidasailor26 at 9:13am 09.17.22 There are many concepts out there to help stop your shaft from rotating. Here are a couple (no rec
Strange Belt Wear dlochner at 9:11am 09.17.22 I think the alternator cover is the culprit, what I can't explain is why the wear is localized. La
Strange Belt Wear jssailem at 9:06am 09.17.22 My guess, If it was rubbing on something I would expect to see damage over the whole of the belt.
Strange Belt Wear (7) SabreToothedEngineer at 8:48am 09.17.22 First, housekeeping: no rodents are involved. The OD has been cleanly scraped, and the ID is simply
What to do when the boat is not running... (5) jssailem at 8:40am 09.17.22 Picking grapes is kind of a euphemism. You really cut the bunch of the vine. I watched a couple of p
Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 8:39am 09.17.22 I followed @Hayden Watson s advice on setting up a single line reefing system. I attached Harkins C
New mast came with wrong base RitSim at 8:18am 09.17.22 Suggest you go to USSpars.com. Not sure of the age of your boat but I guessed Pre-2000. Look in th
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? jssailem at 7:41am 09.17.22 There are many concepts out there to help stop your shaft from rotating. Here are a couple (no reco
Spring for Forespar Whisker Pole? jssailem at 7:33am 09.17.22 Rick, Like a conscientious skipper, when you returned from sailing or cruising you always gave the b

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