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Cutting Down the Mainsail oreana123 at 11:01am 02.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1855 I wanted to get the boom out of my cockpit. I have purchased a custom fit mainsail, and the location
Prop line cutter med2463 at 9:35am 02.13.11 Ask All Sailors 16/10137 Well, finally found one thing I don't like about our boat, which we have had for little over 1 year
Ideas on what to replace the cabin liner with..?? gabriel.donnelly at 9:19am 02.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 11/8844 Have any of y'all pulled out the fabric and foam hull liner? I'm looking for ideas ... I should ha
Keels Repro at 6:11am 02.13.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/2360 How high can you point with the winged keel? How big an advantage is the normal keel compared to the
Irwin Citation 30 - drainage and heads Bigboab at 5:23am 02.13.11 Irwin 0/3045 Hi folks, you may find my conundrum strange but I hope you can help. I got my Irwin a few months ag
garmin gpsmap 78sc Mark Maulden at 11:08pm 02.12.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5699 I bought one of these and learning it is driving me nuts... Can anyone help me with how to create a
Is it a hopeless waste? bananaboat at 10:18pm 02.12.11 Smaller Boats 14/2761 Hi everybody. My first post here. I just got a 1986 Hunter 23.5. This might have been a huge mistake
Exhausting below the waterline Snotter at 9:49pm 02.12.11 Ask All Sailors 13/5122 I am in the process of installing a genset in my Morgan OI. The engine room is below the center coc
12v panel breakers CBSanford at 7:06pm 02.12.11 Bigger Boats 19/4519 My 272 has a simple electric panel that has teeny toggles that expose with a round base on the top o
value of pedestal guard fiestaMojo at 6:29pm 02.12.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2540 I need to install a new depth system, seriously considering a fishfinder (Garmin FF 140) with the di
Schematic for water system Weasel at 6:10pm 02.12.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2437 I got my wife one of these water connection things that go on the stern that allows you to hook up a
Replacement keels (6) Redemption at 5:36pm 02.12.11 Trailer Sailors 13/12537 Before anyone starts in I did search this site and the mac site as well. I have come to an inevitabl
Catamaran Question JoelHoover at 5:29pm 02.12.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1808 If it's over 40 years old and still pretty, do you call it a Cougarmaran?
Squamish,B.C. Canada SYC (4) Stretch at 1:26pm 02.12.11 Destinations 2/3227 The recreation capital of Canada, Squamish is an excellent port of call for northwest sailors. Where
H 35.5 Fuse for D.C. Panel Stretch at 12:56pm 02.12.11 Big Boats 6/2194 Hello, we are now proud Hunter owners of a 1991 model 355, here in Squamish,B.C. Canada. I have read
Rain Cover (2) oreana123 at 12:46pm 02.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1291 I finished my rain cover. This cover keeps the cockpit clean and dry, and extends up over the pop to
Electronics question Bonzai at 11:16am 02.12.11 Trailer Sailors 9/3882 I have the chance to add AIS to my trailersailer...just how useful would it be? I plan to do coastal
Dinged up Keel Hal B at 8:42am 02.12.11 Catalina 30 1/1568 Need some help! Last summer i hit a submerged rock in Long Island sound. When the boat was hauled
Stanchions for a Hunter 31 bobmorning at 7:51am 02.12.11 Mid-Size Boats 5/4065 We are in the process of replacing the lifelines and would like to install one gate on our 1984 Hunt
Mag Var. DesertSailor07 at 7:50am 02.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1402 If I introduce 5# of iron will I experience wierd compass variances?

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A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jon hansen at 1:06pm 08.10.22 Hayden, i love to have gents like you as permanent crew. a good wrench is a blessing. :)
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? (1) Jamesiv1 at 12:58pm 08.10.22 Here is a better photo of the two rigs. From what has been posted I'm thinking the left one (blue li
Need input ASAP. Simon Sexton at 12:51pm 08.10.22 @Erbardy , Good afternoon! It looks like that's just gelcoat crazing, not any serious inte
Fuel gauge sender dbirken at 12:39pm 08.10.22 Dave. Fuel volume guages are notoriously inaccurate. For all the time I have been using a boat, th
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Hayden Watson at 12:28pm 08.10.22 ... and quoting myself... I know I started off with the idea of a passive system but I think you
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 12:25pm 08.10.22 If indeed you can get that engine rebuilt for $1k to $2k I would agree. But I have not been able to
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Johnb at 12:03pm 08.10.22 Electric water pump with, say, 20 feet of suction head or more (depends on the depth of the thermoc
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? flightlead404 at 12:02pm 08.10.22 Well this turned out to be easy peasy. Wish all jobs were this simple. I couldn't get the torx hea
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 12:01pm 08.10.22 By the way for cat 22 owners, you can keep your current fire extinguishers unless they are over 12 y
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Leeward Rail at 11:42am 08.10.22 just ordered the C22 Owner's Manual from CatalinaDirect.com so maybe I don't have to ask too many m
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Any Sea at 11:36am 08.10.22 I use mine from a dry slip, fully rigged. I would be very reluctant to keep a boat with a cast iron
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Any Sea at 11:29am 08.10.22 It looks like your missing the rigging to attached the mainsheet to the boom. That will need to be a
Mixing elbow cracked. ggrizzard at 11:29am 08.10.22 He left to buy a propane torch! :biggrin:
Mixing elbow cracked. Scott T-Bird at 11:28am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP? Since his elbow was cracked, I'd assume he read a few posts and has it wo
Mixing elbow cracked. Justin_NSA at 11:24am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP?
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Tedd at 11:18am 08.10.22 So what I'm hearing is that this would probably only work in a deep lake with very cold water down
Universal M-12 running hot Hayden Watson at 11:14am 08.10.22 Interesting! When you overheated, did you find you cooked off or lost a bit of coolant? I am not s
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) rgranger at 11:11am 08.10.22 Now you are doing the Energy Balance. Solar Power is a INPUT of energy. Jim... ... and quoting
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) DeniseO30 at 10:55am 08.10.22 It takes horsepower to compress and move saturated gases even moving warm and cold water takes requi
Mixing elbow cracked. (1) Scott T-Bird at 10:51am 08.10.22 Maybe not. The flanged part is: 1. Expensive. Yes it is. Replacing any of the castings is expen

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