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Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10294 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 3/1999 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 2/2887 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 13/6094 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 27/14840 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 18/7017 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 2/1761 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 3/2141 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) 2/2892 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 2/5013 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 0/1077 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) 0/2656 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 30/12907 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 10/3486 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 18/2801 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 5/1530 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 5/3453 Worked on the engine this week. New fluids, new hoses, lots of love. Turned the key and Voila. She s

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