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Rudder modification 1974 21ft Mac (2) shine at 4:21pm 11.28.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1805 My wooden tiller has seen its last days, so while I am making a new one out of solid wood, I went to
hull question seebreeze at 3:55pm 11.28.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1479 Can anyone tell me about the hull construction of a 222? Today I brought my boat home and had a tra
Sunbird's Question (1) Shoaldrafter at 3:51pm 11.28.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1232 Sunbird, September/October 2005 is not directly about 25, but on page 13 Ted Brewer gives one of h
Cal 2-30 bulkhead repair Painter at 3:00pm 11.28.09 Cal 0/2043 I need to repair a dry rotted port side bulkhead which holds the chain plate for the upper shroud. W
Mainsail foot paphman at 2:16pm 11.28.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/8274 We will be replacing our main on our Catalina 22 soon. My question is does it make a differance if
VC17 prep. question sbailey64 at 1:57pm 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 20/11908 I just bought a sailboat that has been bottom coated with VC17 over the past ~10 years. It has 5 coa
Toe Rail & rain leak BobT at 12:06pm 11.28.09 S2 19/7377 It appears as though my vigorous core repairs at the chain plate port side last spring has vibrated
Battery help bigsick at 10:44am 11.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1138 I have boat up for the winter and have stored the two batteries in my basement. Should they be on a
Amp Ratings wufibugs at 10:25am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1903 I am installing an 800 watt generator and to do so, I am wiring in a 3 position selector switch . F
Old Mac Sailors David F at 9:21am 11.28.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3276 I read a thread the other day that I believe was written by a 65 year old Mac owner. That was my ag
CNG Capacity Frank P at 7:39am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3365 All, I will eventually be converting from CNG to propane and would like to know what the capacity of
bolt rope foot Quoddy at 4:30am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1750 I'm trying to decide what the best way is to rig the foot of the main; I have a choice between loose
O'Day 30 emergency tiller deck plate TinKicker at 7:10pm 11.27.09 Bigger Boats 3/2613 I just bought a 1980 O'Day 30. When trying to open the emergency tiller deck plate, the edges of th
Central water manifold Grady17631 at 5:20pm 11.27.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1701 Happy Thanksgiving to all. My boat is located in Northeast Alabama and stays in the water year round
Adding an Inverter need fuse info som1335 at 3:55pm 11.27.09 Ask All Sailors 14/5758 The instructions for the inverter I am installing state you need a fuse or circuit breaker in the ba
Comfort and Climate Control Propnut30 at 3:19pm 11.27.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2230 Hi Folks Im new here and wanted to ask for some opinions and advice. I just bought a 1984 Mac and Im
How does it come apart svmakai at 1:42pm 11.27.09 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1388 How does the WC waste deck fill come apart on my 1980 H37C? It appears that the plastic part below
Getting to Lake Huron (1) David in Sandusky at 1:11pm 11.27.09 Destinations 9/5761 We are going from Sandusky Bay to the North Channel next summer. I've been considering the trip from
Grampian 23 mast extrusion neillaun at 12:01pm 11.27.09 Grampian 0/3461 :doh:I would appreciate it if one of the Grampian 23 owners could supply me with the actual length a
Mainsheet Article Deadline December 7th bobjames at 10:57am 11.27.09 Catalina 310 0/1403 Hi Captains and Admirals: I am the Catalina 310 International Association Editor for our section of

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Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26 RBryn at 7:51pm 05.09.22 Same problem, but ... What the hell is that? https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/205156
can't pump out waste tank flightlead404 at 7:42pm 05.09.22
can't pump out waste tank flightlead404 at 7:38pm 05.09.22 Your mechanic needs to stick to engine repair if he thinks the absence of device that's illegal to
Sailing the Heel Brian D at 7:33pm 05.09.22 For me, it is not so much the speed, but keeping the boat from turning up into the wind. Plus, keepi
Winch maintenance - how often do you? Justin_NSA at 7:33pm 05.09.22 I had to replace parts in all 3 winches. It wasn't cheap. I keep them covered now. I'll have to see
Loose shrouds? (8) El Pinguino at 7:30pm 05.09.22 Hi. Thanks for all these comments. Here are some pictures that will probably be useful. The firs
Jackline installation Hunter 45DS flightlead404 at 7:29pm 05.09.22 I was contemplating this earlier this year when in 42.5kts! I had set up a spare jib sheet down th
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) stickinthemud57 at 7:20pm 05.09.22 +1 to buying bolts the proper size rather than sawing them off. That said, in order to get the trim
Sailing the Heel flightlead404 at 7:20pm 05.09.22 I did some quick and dirty tests close to beam reaching off fl coast a few months ago. In prob 20ish
Winch maintenance - how often do you? Davidasailor26 at 7:10pm 05.09.22
Winch maintenance - how often do you? dlochner at 7:09pm 05.09.22 My winch servicing is far less often than it probably should be. I've owned Second Star for 8 years
Transmission Cable JoeWhite at 7:03pm 05.09.22 Mike, thanks for clarifying. Looks like you are right and new cables are needed. I wonder if there i
Winch maintenance - how often do you? jssailem at 6:58pm 05.09.22 I look at the winches as to how long are they exposed to the elements not how often I use them. I
Winch maintenance - how often do you? SFS at 6:58pm 05.09.22 Interesting questions. I cleaned mine when we bought the boat. They were filthy, and the liveaboard
There is water under the bed... (1) El Pinguino at 6:49pm 05.09.22
After a lightning strike? Davidasailor26 at 6:26pm 05.09.22 Opinions: Is the marina at fault for placing the boat so close to a building? Without that ground p
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 6:23pm 05.09.22 He's planning to make the replacement out of Teflon, which, of course, nothing sticks to. We'll prob
Help, Please, with Link2000-R Programming edwardc at 6:20pm 05.09.22
PNW flooding, terrible.. MFD at 6:08pm 05.09.22 Seems we have more of that 'california weather' up here nowadays. What is it called, the four seaso
After a lightning strike? Ken13559 at 5:43pm 05.09.22 The last time I've got lightning damage, I spend $3500 in eqpt replacement (no insurance coverage) a

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