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26D Boom and Mainsail HELP! JohnnySEA at 4:59pm 02.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2141 I just aquired a Mac 26D in fairly good shape and am looking foward to doing some sailing. Just one
Canvas Shop in (or near) Marina Del Rey? natepap at 4:34pm 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1863 Hey all, Wondering if any sailors/boaters in (or near) MDL can recommend a good canvas shop -- we
batterie / tank monitors Chuck Creel at 4:34pm 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1945 Having been enjoying the recently aquired H-31 I couldnt think of anything that it lacked except may
Window Unit A/C in Galley Area - interesting setup (1) BillyK at 3:58pm 02.01.11 Catalina 30 12/6923 Was poking around yachtworld and found this... looks like a guy installed a window AC unit in the G
Looking for Tim Barnby email scout11 at 3:11pm 02.01.11 Mid-Size Boats 0/1576 I was looking at the catalina 27 boat mods and there was a trailer built buy a company for $2500.00.
Bimini Top For Catalina 22 allantodd at 2:41pm 02.01.11 Catalina 22 13/15982 Thanks to all who help me purchase my new cdi roller furling and sail. Now I need help on bimini top
Just what is blue water? Serious question. rgallagher at 2:14pm 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 43/13480 I have been reading theis forum for years and have gotten a lot of good information from those of yo
Half Hull Models Robinhood at 1:07pm 02.01.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/3238 Hi Group, I'm looking for a source for a half hull model of a Bene 49. Any ideas? Thanks, Ro
Capri/Catalina 18 Spinnaker apetrose at 11:58am 02.01.11 Smaller Boats 0/2636 Does the Capri 18/Catalina 18 class allow a spinnaker? If so, can someone send me dimensions allowed
Garmin GPS Question Sailm8 at 11:11am 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1793 Last week I tried to get tide info from my older GPS's. Both are 1990's vintage. One is a hand hel
Mast Steaming Light ggooch at 10:52am 02.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1556 I am looking at redoing the navigation lighting on my 1982 MacGregor 25. The current steaming light
What's the best prop for a 1989 Vision 32? Phil and Kelly Paige at 10:49am 02.01.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1695 We just got a Vision 32 and on our first voyage, we hit a partially submerged branch. What's the bes
Strickly Sail Chicago (1) Bilgewater at 7:17am 02.01.11 Smaller Boats 1/1454 Had a great time in Chicago this weekend. I found it interesting to compare the Hunter Edge and the
Special advice when fitting jabsco electric toilet Scallywag-l36 at 7:16am 02.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1373 I have just fitted a jabsco "luxury" electric toilet 58220-1012 (12v, saltwater flush with separate
Steps at Dock? Sethic at 6:42am 02.01.11 Smaller Boats 8/2869 In the interest of further chronicling my failures and near-disasters in boat ownership: The dock
Delivered safe and sound Silvio at 6:40am 02.01.11 Catalina 310 2/1696 A quick update for those that are interested. I purchased our boat in Mobile, AL. in December and pl
An overlooked risk and gear item. Roger Long at 6:23am 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2515 The thread on flags reminded me of something I've been thinking about. Look at the same picture of
Solo round the world record try starts a little shakey Tim R. at 5:28am 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2891 http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/24012/french+sailor+averts+disaster+at+start+of+global+speed-rec
Sidestay Flag Rigging jdratlif at 5:18am 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 13/10839 I want to be able to rig my boat so I can raise flags. The flags I want to fly are more recreational
Cell Phone Access in Baja/Sea of Cortez geoffschultz at 4:57am 02.01.11 Ask All Sailors 3/6465 In March we'll be heading from San Diego down the Baja and then spending a few months in the Sea of

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Universal M-12 running hot adamv at 9:06pm 08.08.22 Sounds like youre winning! Hopefully I will soon- I was about to start a new thread on a similar is
hunter 280 main sail effort jssailem at 8:53pm 08.08.22 Not sure if this is normal or I need to replace blocks? No it is not normal. You should be able to
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 8:17pm 08.08.22 It sounds like you are saying when you rotate the alternator out on the bracket to tighten the belt
hunter 280 main sail effort rgranger at 8:13pm 08.08.22 HVe you tried cleaning the slot? Or spraying some dry lube in the slot? If you have sail slugs try d
Gelcoat questions. Kaysirin at 8:09pm 08.08.22 Nice, thank you rgranger, sail sfbay & Ralph Johnstone! :beer::cool:
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 8:06pm 08.08.22 208139
Flush! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:06pm 08.08.22
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 7:59pm 08.08.22 So the kit arrived. With an addtitional CAD$99 import duty and $40 for the gaskets, I'm well over $1
Hot water tank use when at anchor dlochner at 7:44pm 08.08.22 Yep, the water in the tank is replaced with cold water. This is not all bad as the water in the tank
Rebuild Perkins Diesel jssailem at 7:42pm 08.08.22 It made sense to me to practice good maintenance. Cruise the boat and fear not using the engine in k
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:32pm 08.08.22 Of course, you have to find your intake line thru-hull and open it. Do you have a thru hull dischar
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Zinger88 at 7:30pm 08.08.22 Obviously, this topic is dependent on whatever your personal situation may be and there's really no
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:28pm 08.08.22 Just to explain pumping water from a sink ... the premise is to let the sink drain into a line so th
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:18pm 08.08.22 It does work to simply pour water into the bowl and pump it out with the waste, but it's not a good
Flush! Tally Ho at 7:18pm 08.08.22 Here is a bit of video that gives an overall layout of a typical system with a holding tank. ftNRht
Flush! Scott T-Bird at 7:09pm 08.08.22 Take a picture and post it ... It's very simple ... if you have a marine head, you use the hand pump
Flush! Plymouth Sailor at 7:00pm 08.08.22 What's the make/model/approx age of the toilet? --Peggie No idea, looks like 90s or even 80s, how
Flush! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:50pm 08.08.22 She's very open with sharing her knowledge but you should buy Peggie's book. Money well spent. As
Hot water tank use when at anchor JoeWhite at 6:28pm 08.08.22 When you turn on the hot water faucet, the water pump detects low water pressure and pumps fresh col
A jib and a genoa? (1) Gene Neill at 6:19pm 08.08.22 This may or may not help, but here are the luff, leech, and foot measurements for the five headsails

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