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doorway to left of daggerboard, to make front room tomm joyhnson at 11:20pm 10.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1575 Has anyone put in doorway to left of daggerboard, to make front room which if bathroom is opened up
Flying a Spineker JMonda at 9:07pm 10.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1957 Hi Folks, I have a Mac 26S (I think its about a 1993 model). I've learned to sail on it...sort of.
Old sail threads ripped, can I fix it myself effectively? Hermit Scott at 7:50pm 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 25/3968 I tried putting the main sail on in heavy chop and high winds by myself with Txtowman at the helm. w
searching for winch handle 1974 mac 21 (1) shine at 7:34pm 10.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1617 Im looking for a winch handle for a mac 21 . 1974 here is a picture.
Deck Fairleads tonycathy68 at 6:27pm 10.07.09 Morgan 2/2093 I am looking for deck fairleads, I broke a couple of them and I am haviing a hard time finding a rep
Play in Rudder - Bad Bushing? (1) remo7e at 6:14pm 10.07.09 Yamaha 3/3326 I've had a Yamaha 30 for the last year. After a recent typhoon I noticed a lot of play in the tille
Should I buy an ODay 21' for $400?? vintagephilg at 6:14pm 10.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 9/7833 I have an oportunity to buy an ODay 21' (or 23'??) for $400, I think its from the 1970s or 1980s, no
Baltoplate vs VC 17 In Freshwater Ducati at 5:57pm 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 2/2991 Will Baltoplate Offshore work in fresh water? Generally we use VC 17 on the Great Lakes and are hopi
need trailer jwyoxall at 5:50pm 10.07.09 Day Sailers 1/1276 Hi I just was gifted with an O-day 23 from a friend. It needs some work and I need to get it out of
Bilge cover sole aluminium trim jorge fife at 5:34pm 10.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2230 I will be rebuiding my sole with teak ' holly Where do I find the aluminium trim that goes around t
yanmar 3gm30f to a new yanmar 3ym30-hints Jana Barter at 4:44pm 10.07.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/10793 Hunter vision-32- Our Yanmar 3gm30f needs to be totally rebuilt, so we are considering replacing
New Boat Purchase Franklin at 4:09pm 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4783 Due to the recent post about a purchase of a new Hunter and the problems the new owner had, I though
Depth Meter markmcb at 3:23pm 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2893 I once saw a post in this forum that someone had a depth meter that was attached inside the boat, no
reefing bobcat at 3:12pm 10.07.09 Catalina 30 3/2623 I am presently refurbishing my 1981 catalina 30. I am now running all new lines and have hit a probl
I can make curtains for a Catalina 30 montyk at 2:19pm 10.07.09 Catalina 30 9/5423 Hi If anyone is interested I have made two sets of curtains for Catalina 30s. One for our boat and
Hunter 170 in pretty rough shape.... fendertubeman at 12:58pm 10.07.09 Day Sailers 25/7147 Well folks, my 1998 Hunter 170 is in pretty bad shape. If you owned this boat, what would you do?
Hull cleaning...safely...sans diving BobM at 11:48am 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 11/6623 I have seen racers clean their hulls with a long handled brush. Does anyone use one as an alternati
fuel filter cross reference ?? JimGeddes at 9:41am 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 17/17804 What other fuel filters will fit my application... I need them for my universal M-18 ... filter #298
Converting from the Dark Side darthvader at 7:54am 10.07.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3542 Hello all We are new to sail boating. We have been boating for over 20 years. To give you an idea
Proper Mooring Setup PJ at 7:27am 10.07.09 Big Boats 1/9457 We will be moving our 35.5 to a mooring and was wondering about mooring setup ideas. We had our last

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Battery Gremlin Rodd at 7:00am 08.10.21 when battery switch is set to the "bad" battery, I hear pulsing through the VHF, 12v light flickers
Invest 94L --> PTC #6 kappykaplan at 6:56am 08.10.21 Friday the 13th Just what we need on Friday the 13th!
best places to install vents on a H280? (1) sail sfbay at 6:55am 08.10.21 If you do an internet search on "Hunter 280 sailboat vent images" you will find a 1999 (left) and 19
How does the Hunter 240 sail? patbratton at 6:46am 08.10.21 I found this comparison of four different ballast types with equal hulls. True or false? https://www
Can I unkink this bilge pump hose? Joe at 6:20am 08.10.21 Why in the heck does your bilge hose have a crazy connection that causes it to kink in the first pla
Touching up with polyurethane Joe at 6:13am 08.10.21 This is professional level paint... linear polyurethane... There a many YouTube videos on this type
Battery Gremlin Rodd at 6:12am 08.10.21 Blue Seas switch, about 5 years old. noise coming from VHF speaker
How does the Hunter 240 sail? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:05am 08.10.21 @waterman30 The max heel of any water ballast sailboat is 12-14 degrees controlled by use of sails
Battery Gremlin Maine Sail at 6:03am 08.10.21 How old is the battery switch? Where is the noise emanating from?
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:55am 08.10.21 This is not a water ballast boat but a wing keel fixed boat. The first 10 boats was a swing keel wi
Beneteau courtesy light controller kodiak1120 at 5:55am 08.10.21 Why don't you put the the two wires on a voltmeter and confirm polarity and voltage? I can try ne
Touching up with polyurethane dlochner at 5:19am 08.10.21 The first thing to determine is whether the paint was a one part or two part polyurethane. Two part
Beneteau courtesy light controller DougM at 5:12am 08.10.21 12v DC yellow wires should be negative. That standard changed awhile ago from black so that the DC w
Will 3/8" Sta-Set X be a good replacement? Joe at 4:36am 08.10.21 3/8 is fine.... depending on your budget.... almost every chandlery online will have a strength char
Newish Beneteau 41.1 2017 owner with a few questions Davidasailor26 at 4:09am 08.10.21 For the solar panels and generator questions you should figure out what your energy budget will be a
Can I unkink this bilge pump hose? (3) sailcapt340 at 3:45am 08.10.21 Can you get a washing machining hose plastic bend shaper in that area? They come with washing machi
Solar panel installation - Oceanis 31 - advice LRsunnyB at 3:39am 08.10.21
Rigging with Roller furler SVJourney at 3:36am 08.10.21 After looking through the manual again it seems that the instructions apply to boats that do not hav
Can I unkink this bilge pump hose? Captain Larry-DH at 3:04am 08.10.21 Any suggestions on how to unkink or remove the collapse? Sorry, I know it's not what you want to h
O'DAY Widgeon Manual Sunbird22358 at 12:03am 08.10.21 There has been a long-running thread on this forum about Widgeon Manuals, https://forums.sailboato

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