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Looking for Mac 26M owners in Southern New England MrWhibbley at 2:52pm 08.21.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1361 I am interested in buying a 26M but as many may know, there are no dealers in Southern New England d
Best Varnish? (2) Jfelkins at 1:29pm 08.21.10 Ask All Sailors 8/4288 I just made a new tiller for my Oday 23 out of figured oak I had. What do ya'll think is the best ec
Fuel Filter Location? EVERETT TAYLOR at 12:38pm 08.21.10 Catalina 30 9/3019 Hello All, I just purchased a 1979 C30 and am trying to resurrect an A4 that has not been running fo
Help with deck repair bigsick at 12:34pm 08.21.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1676 I just recently chipped my deck down to fiberglass and also noticed a place where slight bubble is c
norcold conversion kit-SCQT 4407 kenhubbard at 11:53am 08.21.10 Catalina 30 1/2709 I want to install a SCQT 4407 conversion kit in my C-30 Mark II. ny suggestions?
amateur needs help/lessons mihalis at 11:20am 08.21.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1180 Hi, I would like to learn sailing on a Macgregor, hopefull in long beach or around. I live in the hi
Boat to put my old engine in (2) druid at 11:08am 08.21.10 Ask All Sailors 10/2571 (This isn't EXACTLY sailboat-related, but... well, the engine IS out of a sailboat, and there's lots
Cleaning overspray/paint from rigging dstaylor95 at 10:16am 08.21.10 Catalina 30 1/1481 I recently painted the deck of my boat and despite my best effort of taping the rigging off, there i
Southern California C-22's? CaptDon01 at 9:24am 08.21.10 Catalina 22 3/1485 Just wondering how many folks with C-22's living in the Southern California area check into this sit
Com-Pac16 sailing assistance bauerg at 8:47am 08.21.10 Com-Pac 0/4252 Looking for someone in Northern Michigan near Harrisville to help me sail the ComPac16 I just purcha
remove rudder 27 catalina frank viscardi at 7:32am 08.21.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/2520 i have 27' catalina sail boat with a bent rudder how iget ruddeer out:doh:
trailer boat under tarp for 7 years, couple of questions. CoreyTMorine at 5:07am 08.21.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2457
H22 Bulkhead Replacement newsailor130 at 11:24pm 08.20.10 Smaller Boats 0/1146 I am in the middle of replacing my bulkheads. It seems a lot of you have done this before. I need so
NEED COMPLETE STANDING RIGGING FOR 74' O'day 20. Danny Correll at 9:36pm 08.20.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1628 Hello, I own an O'day 20 for 74'. I purchased it a wk. ago and noticed that the standing rigging is
Need shaft keys SMACGW at 9:18pm 08.20.10 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1381 1983 Hunter 33, Yanmar 2 GM15 I need shaft keys; where can I purchase? I'm installing a flex coupl
How to rig jiffy reefing? gregclapp at 9:17pm 08.20.10 Big Boats 3/3227 1984 Hunter 34. Tie the bitter ends of the reefing lines to the boom vertically below reefing crin
tiller/rudder play norpacsm at 6:53pm 08.20.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4774 looking for information on the tiller/rudder post for my 26s and were to get a new one if needed or
Lady J, week four, progress seems slow, though it really isn't. (8) CharlieCobra at 6:47pm 08.20.10 Ask All Sailors 8/1821 Time for an update. Some of the issues faced this week are iron sick floors, sprung planks and a ba
Boat stalls out on port tack, close haul/reach SailTahoe2010 at 6:37pm 08.20.10 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2870 Hi all, have an '87 O'Day 222 which has been a good little boat so far. It had sat on the hard for
S2 8.0, Yanmar 1cyl won't start ChockFullOnuts222 at 6:19pm 08.20.10 S2 5/3108 The boat in question is my father's boat, a 1982 or 83 S2 8.0 with a 1 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine

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Hiring a skipper capta at 10:08pm 06.12.22 Depending on when you want to go, my wife and I might be free. PM me please.
Legend 40.5 Chainplates baycloud at 9:52pm 06.12.22 Totally different design. Good news and that's what I thought...so any tips on how to inspect? How
Fuel Puzzle Hollyberry at 9:27pm 06.12.22 A friend had similar symptoms a while ago on a Hunter 40. Eventually found the pickup tube had a pin
Grounding two isolated battery banks Hayden Watson at 9:19pm 06.12.22 How are you protecting the alternator if the LPO BMS suddenly shuts down charging? by connecting b
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dLj at 8:53pm 06.12.22 I'm not certain all this consolidation is a good thing. It doesn't seem to be.... dj
Legend 40.5 Chainplates Rick D at 8:41pm 06.12.22 Hey all, how are the chain plates constructed, and how can we (or can we) inspect them? It seems li
Asymmetric spinnaker on oceanis 37 (2) SoSound at 8:41pm 06.12.22 OK, @macdoug, I finally made it down to the marina with my phone for a picture. If the goal us to j
315 Winds & Sails & Heel Angles stephen_i_w at 8:01pm 06.12.22 Today, I was out on Lake St Clair. According to my wind instrument it was gusting up to 20 knots, t
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced (2) Rjm st.petersburg at 7:29pm 06.12.22 Cord protection. Plug protectors are coming soon.
Water Line Fitting Terry Cox at 7:15pm 06.12.22 Hi Tom, I suspect your water system was built very much like the system on our 1991 boat. A Bing sea
Hiring a skipper The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:13pm 06.12.22 Darned, I didn't include that... The boat will be insured, from So Portland ME to Florida's east coa
Hiring a skipper Phil Herring at 7:09pm 06.12.22 Yes, from where to where?
Hiring a skipper FastOlson at 7:09pm 06.12.22 Where are you bound? Do you have insurance for the trip & route?
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? AaronD at 6:44pm 06.12.22 A few owners have revamped the cockpits of older boats to slope aft (I believe the new design alread
Fuel Puzzle DBoss at 6:10pm 06.12.22 Folks, thanks for all the great comments. The engine seems to be running okay now with a full fuel
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? Hollyberry at 5:57pm 06.12.22
Grounding two isolated battery banks dlochner at 5:30pm 06.12.22 I have three lfp batteries in parallel that are connected to pos and neg bus bars.The neg bus bar i
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dlochner at 5:28pm 06.12.22 The CP and chart format decisions in part rely on where you sail. If you are an international cruise
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? ShawnL at 5:27pm 06.12.22 The 2 forward scuppers in the cockpit and the galley sink, though I never use the sink.
Grounding two isolated battery banks heritage at 5:04pm 06.12.22 I have three lfp batteries in parallel that are connected to pos and neg bus bars.The neg bus bar is

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