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Marine Survey identified waste hose-concern over type chris11211 at 5:41am 10.22.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2478 Peggie I have received a recent marine survey from a broker. The following description of the hose
How do I remove the centerboard on my OD25 Paul DC at 4:27am 10.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 28/9700 Hi! This is my first boat and my first time on this site. I have to repair the centerboard and do no
Sea Trek "Trouble with tabernacles" (3) emergpa1 at 8:12pm 10.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1478 The saga continues... It seems like a long time ago I posted my first questions here on "sea trek."
Legend 40.5 prop hardaground at 8:12pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 2/1176 I have a 1997 40.5 with the Volvo MD22-L and was wondering if any knew what their factory prop was 2
3YM30 Overheating nautikaljeeper at 7:56pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 10/3453 Hello forum members, I recently purchased a 2006 Hunter 36. I am experiencing overheating with the
Oh Joy refit 10/21/09 (12) CharlieCobra at 6:22pm 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2530 We finally tracked down all of the hidden screws that attached the bulkheads to the house. It wasn'
H216 Rudder Cracks Ranger Paul at 6:07pm 10.21.09 Smaller Boats 4/1657 I recently found multiple horizontal hairline cracks in my rudder starting just below where the rudd
Kootenay Lake Pictures and Journal....... (3) Sumner at 5:59pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1818 http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Macgregor%20Trips-2-Priest/Pries-Koot-193.jpg I finally fi
Anchor roller guide info needed for H37c (4) guidera48 at 5:20pm 10.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1400 Hi I will impose one more time on you all and see if I can gain some knowledge. I am sure many of y
Symetrica Spinnaker For Mac 26 Classic? hodge3000 at 4:45pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/5829 I've been sailing my Classic for a couple of years and would like to try to pick up those slow downw
How can one build booth and real table in 26d? Tom Johnson at 4:01pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1312 One flaw in old Mac 26s is lack of real table to lean back in or really good table to lean over,,, I
26d has 1 underseat bucket/cooler, can one buy similar for smaller seat holes? Tom Alex Johnson at 3:58pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1821 26d has bucket/cooler apparently from manufacturer which fits the hole underneath the large side sea
Water Ballast Cut Into, How Else to Get Ballast? Tom A. Johnson at 3:49pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2028 My new 26d as warned by PO has broken water ballast system, with original owner cutting half-foot s
New primary winch time. Art Gypsy at 1:59pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 2/1907 I have a 1987 C34 tall rig (new to me) with some hard to grind Maxwell 26 primary winches and no hop
Yanmar Diesel - 2QM15 (1) dwgifford at 1:03pm 10.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 6/6769 I posted a question on this earlier but I need some more info. I have a tach for the diesel that r
Reefing the Main sail tore franzen at 12:53pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/2141 We own a 70's Venture 22 and have not needed to take a reef in the sails UNITL LAST WEEK. Just dropp
Bowsprit Dimensions Ksarna at 11:14am 10.21.09 Catalina 30 2/1513 Does anyone have the demensions for the bowsprit. I'm planing on fabricating one and need a little t
309 vs 310 Performance rpwillia at 10:49am 10.21.09 Catalina 310 5/3657 OK, by the PHRF these two boats are pretty close. I have the fully battened main which helps me poin
Attn. San Francisco sailors on sail size pkdailey4 at 10:38am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1909 OK... Some of you have said to ditch my Texas Jib. So I want to have my head sail cut down from a 14
Is it necessary to remove the sail ? pkdailey4 at 10:20am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 40/5391 The boat's being transported by truck. Why would or wouldn't you remove the main from an in-mast fur

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Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. (1) TomY at 4:41am 03.31.22 @TomY there has always been something about wooden hulled boats that is just different. I'm not tal
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 4:25am 03.31.22 @TomY there has always been something about wooden hulled boats that is just different. I'm not talk
Tiller question Joe at 4:21am 03.31.22 Thank you. I do not believe that the boat I just bought last fall came with an auto pilot. Just a
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Don S/V ILLusion at 4:06am 03.31.22 Pardon my ignorance here.... maybe I'm wrong / missing something but once the diesel is started, th
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. (1) TomY at 4:04am 03.31.22 A friend of mine was looking for her second family (4) boat. In explaining what she was looking for,
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor NYSail at 3:15am 03.31.22 Pardon my ignorance here.... maybe I'm wrong / missing something but once the diesel is started, the
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Sefuller at 3:11am 03.31.22 Our boats have always used a rope clutch for the main halyard - only difference being ours is in the
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Sefuller at 3:07am 03.31.22 I am not familiar with the Yanmar engines, but it seems like the problem almost has to be electrical
Beneteau 473 Dripless shaft seal Davidasailor26 at 12:17am 03.31.22 Is it a Volvo dripless shaft seal? If so it looks (from Volvo Penta Shaft Seal ) like they only supp
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 12:08am 03.31.22
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor JamesG161 at 10:48pm 03.30.22 This is a guess... On my 1998 H430 1) The Start Battery supplies my Anchor Windlass power through a
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Richard19068 at 9:16pm 03.30.22 Consider using a cam cleat instead of a clutch for this use. That's an interesting possibility. I'
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 9:00pm 03.30.22 203945
Building a custom hard dodger kbgunn at 8:36pm 03.30.22 Guy on this site built one for a H40: Repairing Hunter 40 damage from Hurricane Matthew Materials we
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Stu Jackson at 8:22pm 03.30.22 The clutch would primarily be used to temporarily hold the halyard when I want the winch for some o
capacitor size for Polar Bay 16K BTU AC in 2005 Hunter 33 kbgunn at 8:13pm 03.30.22 I have a Dometic MarineAirrrr 16K BTU with R22 refrigerant. It has a 30uF run cap @ 370v for the 115
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Will Gilmore at 8:00pm 03.30.22 First inebriation, then incubation? Sounds like a plan. :beer::cool::snooze: -Will
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 7:26pm 03.30.22 Anyone have a working email address for SeaStar Solutions. Im trying to find any tank design doco th
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 6:53pm 03.30.22 wow! love those cal's john +1 dj
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc sirk76 at 6:51pm 03.30.22 Can anyone provide guidance as to how to replace the cockpit drain hoses on a Beneteau 44cc? The h

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