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Batteries - Reserve Capacity vs. Amp Hours Maine Sail at 7:07am 04.09.10 Musings With Maine Sail 3/9947 A number of times on this and other forums I have come across situations where a battery owner is co
M25 Trailer - Need Axle. Valdez53 at 6:51am 04.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1526 Has anyone replaced their stock (1983) trailer axle... mine is rusted through and cracked so badly o
M25 - popped stringer! What to do? Valdez53 at 6:47am 04.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2090 Where the starboard side trailer bunk supports the stern of the boat while on land, I have a "dent"
Evinrude 9.9 - 4 bladed prop? Valdez53 at 6:40am 04.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/15709 We have an Evinrude 9.9 (tweaked up to 15 HP) on our M25 which has the stock 9 x 9 3-bladed prop o
Remove wax before compounding? RobG at 6:33am 04.09.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2344 Last year I did the full compound/glaze job on my Oday. It came out great. I didn't consider de-waxi
M25 "best" genoa size to order? Valdez53 at 6:20am 04.09.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1500 Its time to replace our factory original 1983 150 Horizon genoa on our Mac 25. What is the best siz
Stanchions ----- Catalina 28 jansan1 at 5:25am 04.09.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/2891 Any owners out there ever managed to remove the first safety rail stanchion forward of the pushpit s
Doyle Full Batton Main Roller Furling Pat Hooyman at 9:34pm 04.08.10 Big Boats 1/1827 Full Batten Main Roller Furling Jamming Would like to start a discussion on others experiences and
26 Swing Keel Questions/Recondition OnTheBayou at 7:07pm 04.08.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/8151 The previous owner of my 26S really screwed up the swing keel. Apparently he hit something hard, I
Anyone Use 303 HTFG on Leather ? ? ? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:15pm 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1643 We just replaced the reinforcing leather on our dodger with a light grey leather, rough side out.
Beneteau First 42 Keel/Hull Gap; Normal? tekguyonroad at 5:51pm 04.08.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/6572 What's normal? Is it normal to have a gap between the hull and keel on a 1984 First 42? The vessel i
Mast-Up Summer Storage--Chicagoland atwhite2 at 5:01pm 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1470 For all you Trailer-Sailors out there in the Chicagoland area, I am looking for summer mast-up trail
H37C gooseneck question (3) MATHURIN2 at 3:53pm 04.08.10 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1744 Could someone post pictures of the gooseneck on their hunter cutter 37, mine came with with a hyde s
MacGregor Winch Terre McMurtrey at 3:39pm 04.08.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1814 I have a 1977 22' MacGregor Sailboat that has a dagger board instead of a fixed keel. How do you mo
H216 Lifelines Paul Wash at 1:50pm 04.08.10 Smaller Boats 5/1253 We are considering installing lifelines on our H216 this year. Actually we have been considering thi
Flex Fold Prop wufibugs at 1:03pm 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3942 I was looking into a Flexofold prop for my boat since it will be out for bottom paint this month. T
roller furling & trailering glocke17 at 12:23pm 04.08.10 Trailer Sailors 28/13905 Ok it's been three months, rigging all replaced and tuned. Inside is better on my 71 Venture 25, goo
Topside shine comfortzone at 11:42am 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3988 With two bad hips and a bad back I'm not about to do the compound, polish, wax routine so I did the
External Raw water system flushing setup? Blue Nose at 11:40am 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 11/5718 Does anyone have any experience desiging and installing a flushing system for the raw water cooling
Rudder delamination repair DannyS at 11:14am 04.08.10 Ask All Sailors 8/3179 Last Fall I removed the rudder and brought it home to repair some delamination. I'm about two thirds

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Leak from my rudder tube? Tally Ho at 5:52pm 09.13.21 I have no idea except that the fitting looks like a thru-hull whose nipple end has broken off at th
Bringing dogs aboard (1) quadrille38 at 5:50pm 09.13.21 Curious how you all handle the dogs needing to use the bathroom. Use a pee-pad? Teach 'em to use th
Fuel delivery issue KZW at 5:43pm 09.13.21 Tom J Can you post a picture of this connection?
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? Tally Ho at 5:33pm 09.13.21 Lots of opposing views on dripless vs standard stuffing box...I like the idea of no water in the bil
Sailrite Sail Kits Garbonzo at 5:18pm 09.13.21 Emphasis on the we, I hope.. sewing a straight line while feeding the sausage (apt term) through th
Sailrite Sail Kits Hayden Watson at 5:10pm 09.13.21 So, the long arm version of the sailrite machine is pretty much required for a sail kit build (mayb
Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. Rich Stidger at 5:08pm 09.13.21 And who was the dimwit (IMHO) that installed the fire extinguisher system with a (presumably) unmark
1999 H410 Forward Shower Sump Replacement Issues artboas at 5:02pm 09.13.21
H26 from lake to sea twistedskipper at 5:01pm 09.13.21 If your boat does not require full throttle to reach top speed through the water in a flat calm, the
Hunter Passage 42 Forward Window artboas at 4:59pm 09.13.21 Hi I did an extensive write up on how to remove windshields very easily: if questions, pm me
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? artboas at 4:56pm 09.13.21 Ok, a few things Pity in a dripless stern tube: either PYI or Lasdrop: get rid of your standard stuf
Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. flightlead404 at 4:22pm 09.13.21 Was the engine running? Seconding dLj's comment could the material have been ingested by the engine?
Synthetic oil for a M-35B Mechone at 4:06pm 09.13.21 I have used synthetic for over 10 years and have not had one of these problems. engine runs smooth
Synthetic oil for a M-35B LakeMSailor at 4:00pm 09.13.21 I have used synthetic for over 10 years and have not had one of these problems. engine runs smooth
Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. dLj at 3:59pm 09.13.21 Way more modern and fancy than any sailboat I've ever owned... Do you know what kind of fire extin
New H240 owner - portable toilet question chriscampbell at 2:53pm 09.13.21 BTW, models I'm considering are the Dometic 962/964, the Dometic 972/974, or the Thetford 345. I th
Well, I made a $800 mistake by flipping the little switch on the engine on panel. sail sfbay at 2:52pm 09.13.21 Ouch!! Consider removing the manual switch. My Hunter 46 engine fire supression system is automatic
Synthetic oil for a M-35B (1) Mechone at 2:44pm 09.13.21 Unless you have rebuilt your engine with Viton seals like they switched to in automotive stay away
Synthetic oil for a M-35B Rick Webb at 2:07pm 09.13.21 Synthetic oil messing up your seals is in the same category as having to wait a half hour after eati
Climbing my mast? Hire someone or woman-up? :) (1) Carmelmike at 2:06pm 09.13.21 Hello! My wife and I live on a 1979 Cal 34 and I replaced the VHF with a Standard-Horizon a few year

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