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Water storage and gray water removal ffaubert at 7:08am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2586 Hi, How do you hook up the galley to supply fresh water and remove gray water? I checked Sum's
Drilling holes in the inside liner ffaubert at 6:55am 07.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1329 Hi, I was wondering if anyone has drilled limber holes from the inside liner to the bilge area in
TP CLOG!!!! part 2, broke the d*** head duality at 5:32am 07.01.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2016 ok, good news is i got the clog out by taking the pump out hose to the joker valve elbow. it sucked
Cockpit Cushions Bill Jones at 4:31am 07.01.10 Smaller Boats 10/2846 I've checked out a couple of websites for cockpit cushions for our 23.5 and am suffering a bit of st
Wanting to install a Penta Volvo motor in a Macgregor 25 lizardosversoza at 10:57pm 06.30.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2187 I have a 1980 Macgregor 25 and I am wondering if there is a shop or somebody who could install a pen
Do you clean/service your raw water vented loop? Philip_Oceanis 361 at 10:56pm 06.30.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1405 I am sure that most of you have somewhere in the sea water circuit a vented loop (anti sympon loop).
pearson hawk docker1 at 9:49pm 06.30.10 Pearson 0/1359 had trouble installing keel board. keel board came separate and is original. there is a pin with a p
Importing boat from Canada Mac Daddy at 9:04pm 06.30.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1344 Anyone out there done this? How painfull was it?
Need to replace wind instrument calypso42 at 7:55pm 06.30.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1583 My Raymarine ST60 wind instrument is dead, on our newly acquired 1991 Hunter Passage 42. The anemom
Anyone now what these port hull hardware are? (2) joatmon67 at 6:52pm 06.30.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1816 I have some slotted hardware on my port side. Can anyone tell me what there for?
Hunter 216 hydraulic pump problem Erik Garcia at 6:48pm 06.30.10 Smaller Boats 2/2311 Anyone having trouble with the Sailtec hydraulic pump on their 216? Mine is hit or miss with regard
4th of July plans Marc Bergmueller at 6:39pm 06.30.10 Ask All Sailors 32/4737 On Sunday, I'm leaving early in the morning with wife and 4 yr old for a 5hr sail to Somers Cove mar
H34 Rigging Tensions? (1) Jim D at 3:36pm 06.30.10 Big Boats 5/1667 Hello, I found a loos ' co tension gauge box with all the goodies in it with a few boxes that came w
Insulating an ice box Stephen K at 3:23pm 06.30.10 Ask All Sailors 20/9029 I want to improve the insuating qualities of my ice box. I would rate the current condition "poorr".
Anchoring - Rode & Chain catealley at 3:07pm 06.30.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1378 I have a 27ft. Catalina. Need help with the length of rode and chain I need for my sailboat. Than
Is this topping lift correct? (1) betzhunter at 3:07pm 06.30.10 Big Boats 10/2175 What should be here? I know I have to replace it but with what? Any help or pictures would be great.
sail sizes RyLaCade at 2:38pm 06.30.10 Big Boats 1/1238 I have recently purchased a 2008 hunter 45 CC with the original main and genoa received a rating o
oday 20 stay gauge LordNelson at 2:27pm 06.30.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1994 anyone know what size wire was used on the oday 20? i found a used model 91 loos gauge but not sure
Need a New Rudder tcanning at 2:10pm 06.30.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1703 I was working on my rudder and left the boat with out securing the tiller ( Have my boat on a moorin
1987 O'day 272 LE taking down the mast aesop at 12:32pm 06.30.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/3280 Any instructions on taking down and putting up the mast on a 1987 O'day 272 LE?

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Cannot log into TrailorSailor ? Brian D at 7:44am 06.16.22 @Phil Herring While waiting for Admin help, go ahead and completely log out of SBO and then make su
Vented Hatch Covers patagoniadave at 7:37am 06.16.22 If rain is not a big issue, then another alternative is a Wind Scoop. A quick search will yield man
Vented Hatch Covers dlochner at 7:34am 06.16.22 If rain is not a big issue, then another alternative is a Wind Scoop. A quick search will yield many
Bimini mount solar panel install advice seadaddler at 7:23am 06.16.22 I had good luck sending solar wires down my arch where the wires for speakers come out and first I u
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark seadaddler at 7:15am 06.16.22
Vented Hatch Covers (1) rgranger at 7:04am 06.16.22 Okay so the schamatic diagram was bugging me so I edited it. Here is how it should actually be set
Vented Hatch Covers patagoniadave at 7:04am 06.16.22 There three conditions to be concerned about, sailing, moored in light to medium rain, and storms.
Vented Hatch Covers patagoniadave at 7:00am 06.16.22 I think a dorade box is essentially the boat equivalent to what you had on your RV If a wave does
Bimini mount solar panel install advice flightlead404 at 6:58am 06.16.22 I purchased solar panels to install on my Bimini of my Marlow Hunter 37. My plan is to run the wiri
Replacing engine instrument panel (1) Scott T-Bird at 6:58am 06.16.22 Connects to pedestal with 1 bolt which also serves to hold the anchor piece for the trans and accel
Vented Hatch Covers (4) rgranger at 6:51am 06.16.22 I think a dorade box is essentially the boat equivalent to what you had on your RV If a wave does c
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 flightlead404 at 6:48am 06.16.22 Angular shaft misalignment would be a first guess. This is not a high stress area. What is your an
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 flightlead404 at 6:46am 06.16.22 Here is a tutorial on types of high strength bolts: https://www.tfgusa.com/high-strength-bolts-f
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller JamesG161 at 6:46am 06.16.22 Wait till you have mud on your anchor.:facepalm: It looks normal to me, except we have have two rol
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller Matt White at 6:43am 06.16.22 @dlochner - thanks -yes I think practice is the key. This morning I did it better. I also raised the
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller Matt White at 6:41am 06.16.22 @dLj Thanks for the tips - and I have tied the manual pull as you mentioned. I have the roller set
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller Don S/V ILLusion at 6:40am 06.16.22 On our previous boat, we installed a second (lower) roller which facilitated tilting the shank towa
Hunter 260 V Berth Under Bed Hatch (1) rgranger at 6:40am 06.16.22 Yes.... My H26 had the table.... and it fit in the oval under the V-berth
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller dLj at 6:24am 06.16.22 I use both the windlass and hands. I'll get the anchor up tight to before it jumps and then I just g
Bimini mount solar panel install advice tfox2069 at 6:16am 06.16.22 I did this a few years ago on my 2009 H36. Don't know how much is translatable to your 39, but my g

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