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charts for automotive GPS teddybear at 4:36am 07.18.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1499 I have an old Garmin 76 GPS, which works fine buy wonder if there's marine software I can get that
Backstay Lever (1) dscribner at 4:23am 07.18.10 Trailer Sailors 3/3261 http://forums.macgregor.sailboatowners.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30003'd=1270937807 I installe
Kudos in Maine dscribner at 4:02am 07.18.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1379 I was going to cut down my backstay to install a Johnson Lever but since 20% of the cable was cut th
Cathodic protection and bonding Peter Lynch at 2:43am 07.18.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1411 Hi, Has anyone experienced corrosion problems with the Hunter 27? Our nearly new boat now needs
jib sheets paul1938 at 11:14pm 07.17.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/2919 I have a 2005 hunter 33 and the jib sheets, i was told by the prior owner that the sheets are run be
Syringes for glue Billbeard at 6:35pm 07.17.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/98 Hi all I have a few hundred 12ml saline syringes I have been useing them for pumping glue into open
Lewmar Port Gaskets Nauti Dawg at 8:28pm 07.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2319 We are trying to find a supplier for port light gaskets for our 2000 MKII. Does anyone know what our
Sticky Trans Linkage? rpell46 at 8:08pm 07.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1654 Hi all, I hope this has been a great sailing season for all.....so far. I have a '91 Catalina 30
Rigging Guy in Vancouver? druid at 7:23pm 07.17.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1594 I need someone to have a look at my rigging, probably replace the uppers this year, and to figure ou
Bilge Batteries sandpiper10471 at 5:47pm 07.17.10 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2487 Has anyone actually put a set of six volt batteries in the bilge of a 37C? I want to install 4 Troja
Lockley Newport Panther manual? knighthawke2k at 5:47pm 07.17.10 Newport 1/5283 I recently purchased a 14 ft. Lockley Newport Panther and am having problems trying to figure out ho
1978 Oday 22 Mainsheet Rigging cmartin729 at 5:46pm 07.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/5342 Can someone please send me a picture of the backstay with the triangular plate and how it attaches t
1968 21 Rigging bbmiller at 5:11pm 07.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1639 Hi, just bought a 1968 21, and I notice the conspicuous absence of a backstay. The rig has two fore
rusted exhaust Chuck Creel at 4:41pm 07.17.10 Big Boats 3/1450 how hard is it to get to and replace the exhaust manifold/ or mixing elbo on the 1989 hunter 33.5?
weight of a v21? berryessa at 4:27pm 07.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1900 i've had 3 sail boats and now thinking about buying a venture 21. question is,,,my chrysler convt, 3
170 Rumble Question... BlueRunner at 4:03pm 07.17.10 Day Sailers 3/1857 I've noticed that my 170 rumbles, vibrates, groans or moans when the breeze freshens and the boat ac
VHF Cable - Thru Hull myerssl at 3:35pm 07.17.10 Ask All Sailors 12/5944 All, I'm mounting the VHF antannae (sp) on the mast and have not decided whether to run a two way
Broken Whisker Pole - Replace Inner Tube? dennisp at 3:28pm 07.17.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2331 Any suggestions? I just sent off to Forespar and asked them for a quote for a replacement for the i
Forward Deck Hatch scott737 at 12:33pm 07.17.10 Smaller Boats 2/1404 Has anyone replaced a forward deck hatch on a Hunter 22. Mine is getting to that time to repalce it.
battery power problems penderboy at 12:12pm 07.17.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1330 I have a 2009 Hunter with continuing battery troubles.The batteries(three of them)test as well charg

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Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. Sandy Stone at 6:56am 06.27.22 Are you doing the calculations by hand, or will your existing instrumentation take care of it once i
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. Davidasailor26 at 6:53am 06.27.22 I think there should be a pair of settings to use Speed Over Ground and Course Over Ground for true
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:37am 06.27.22
Good exercise of older boaters Siamese at 6:26am 06.27.22 :laugh:
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller Matt White at 5:42am 06.27.22 Thanks all! I have worked on the finesse of tap-tap-tapping the shank over onto the roller. I also r
Oday 19 centerboard help shemandr at 5:23am 06.27.22 If you build a centerboard there is some latitude about its size and the material. If you are not l
Battery bank question Scott T-Bird at 5:17am 06.27.22 It's really difficult to provide any rational answers when we don't how you use your boat. Do you j
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? jssailem at 5:13am 06.27.22 You could also try Ballenger Spar in Watsonville California. https://ballengerspars.com The can make
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? Claude L.-Auger at 5:07am 06.27.22 Hitching a ride on John's suggestion, not only could you try to match the extrusion, but looking at
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 5:04am 06.27.22
Hunter 26 taking on water David in Sandusky at 4:55am 06.27.22 Our mystery, high volume leak under weigh was the cockpit drain hoses. On our boat, the stern wave n
New owner of neglected 1986 Capri 18 (1) SailingLoto at 4:10am 06.27.22 I used stands on my 25, but you should easily be able jack that little boat up and block it to get u
Dock line noise. Will Gilmore at 3:29am 06.27.22 I'm fairly sure I could find the anser for under $150,000 :wow3: That sounds like a real deal. Ho
Fridge time-on measurement MFD at 9:19pm 06.26.22 For $30 you can get a cheap charge monitor and it will log how much power you use, but not cycle ti
Hunter 26.5 owners. Soonersailor at 9:17pm 06.26.22 Thanks John. Just the info i needed. I did notice all the images I found on google showed mains mark
Hypalon vs pvc MFD at 9:11pm 06.26.22 I can't speak from direct experience and overall service life, but I would also say that like many t
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap MFD at 9:02pm 06.26.22 Yeah - that scammer place has been around for quite some years. I am surprised they are still in bu
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 8:58pm 06.26.22
Hunter 26 taking on water twalker H260 at 8:48pm 06.26.22 Lots of possibilities. There are a number of common leak points on the 26 & 260 and some not so com
Dock line noise. rgranger at 8:39pm 06.26.22 Oh boy @rgranger another grant test is possible. Can a teflon Lube spray make lines squeak-less? I

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