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Tortugas to Tampa sailaway78 at 5:38pm 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2759 After a week anchored up, and basically loafing, in the Dry Tortugas, headed out towards Tampa Frida
mast removal bobbylouc at 5:27pm 10.11.09 Bigger Boats 3/2210 On wednesday I will be removing the mast off of my O'Day 28. I have owned this boat 3 years and I th
Call me stupid because I was higgs at 4:50pm 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2791 I plan on pulling Trav'ler tomorrow so I went down to run the water tanks dry. I needed a couple of
Main Sail Battens - Full or Partial Edwynn at 4:40pm 10.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/5322 Hi all, I just posted this on the all boats forum and then realized that Mac owners would be more
Full or Partial Battens Edwynn at 4:35pm 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 8/4016 I'm replacing tne main sail of my Mac 26x. What is the purpose of full vs partial battens and basic
Blisters! Ken Honeycutt at 2:57pm 10.11.09 Big Boats 6/1888 Just pulled the boat out yesterday for the winter. Today I was casually looking over the hull and fo
Install st60 wind system summerbreeze at 1:52pm 10.11.09 Big Boats 9/2828 Has anyone installed st60 wind system without dropping the mast. Is there a conduit in the mast or d
youtube video Don Crowther at 12:25pm 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1704 I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this but I'm sure someone will let know. Anyway here
Does Anyone Know What This Wire Controls? hughtad at 12:05pm 10.11.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1877 This is a red and white wire located behind the wood panel in the aft cabin port side. I just notice
mainsheet tackle mangroveteacher at 10:42am 10.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2203 I bought a 1980 Venture 21 in great shape. Everything is where it should be, but we cannot figure ou
Alder-Barbour CU-100 Air-Cooled Question jasonearlsmith at 7:55am 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 2/2034 My 1984 Catalina 38' has a Alder-Barbour Cold Machine CU-100 aboard... problem is, ever since a rece
Need Stay Attach Fitting kriening at 6:40am 10.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1114 I am looking for an attach fitting for a 98 26X. There are two stay attach points on either side of
Very interesting video regarding the stepping of a mast! dserrell at 6:36am 10.11.09 Trailer Sailors 4/5537 1
Hull/Keel dimensions for 1979 O'day 28 skipperlenny at 5:18am 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2765 I am in the process of modifying a trailer to fit my 1979 O'day 28 tall rig. My search to locate th
Instruments - repair or replace sailfree at 4:43am 10.11.09 Catalina 30 1/1755 We have a 1980 Catalina 30 with Maretron speed, depth, and wind speed and direction instruments. Som
Maretron instruments sailfree at 4:34am 10.11.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1416 We have a 1980 Catalina 30 with Maretron speed, depth, and wind speed and direction instruments. Som
winter storage dasboot at 7:42pm 10.10.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1745 Hey now, Getting awful chilly up here in VT. Wondering what to do with the sheets and other lines
Rudder on 170 while moored... (1) BlueRunner at 6:16pm 10.10.09 Day Sailers 3/2725 I've had my new (to me) 170 moored in front of my home for about a week. I'll be pulling it out for
safe to work on trailered boat? bbgear at 4:05pm 10.10.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2039 I am new owner of used 22' MacGregor currently on trailer. Is it safe (for the boat and me) to work
Head options on small boat (2) Bonzai at 3:23pm 10.10.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3361 Peggie, I'm looking for the best way to set up a head on a 25' Lancer currently utilizing a porta

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Block size for 84' 31 - Mainsheet Dave Groshong at 1:39pm 05.03.22 I recommend Garhauer size 30 blocks for that boat's mainsheet system, give me a call if you'd like
windlass not working and how to use it solo? Hollyberry at 1:27pm 05.03.22 Our anchor locker has a sloping floor and the chain needs to be cleared by hand periodically when re
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 1:16pm 05.03.22 One item I am up against is once the boat is in the water I need to move around 50 nautical miles t
H34 chainplate revisited. Artey1 at 12:20pm 05.03.22 Well done. I feel like this may become a right of passage for any future H31/H34 owners brave enough
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:02pm 05.03.22
New Anchor Recommendations/Experiences Dr. D at 11:42am 05.03.22 Last season I bought a Vulcan anchor, made by the same company making the Rocna. Although the compan
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension Richard19068 at 11:40am 05.03.22 That is the correct belt, and I (1) compared it with a brand new one and the length is exactly the
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Stu Jackson at 11:40am 05.03.22 Better still, I will pull @Stu Jackson in to provide his expert opinion and resources on this, and
Misc Issues Roland5048 at 11:16am 05.03.22 Just had the same issue. Picked up some mono fishing line around the shaft between the prop and str
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 11:16am 05.03.22 Thank you, I do have the manual. It explains how the system works which helps understand how to com
Hunter 340 Head Faucet Replacement Nichole340 at 11:16am 05.03.22 Kloudie, I like the design of the faucet you highlighted. I'll be at the boat later this week and
Deep stick rgranger at 10:59am 05.03.22 We're still recovering from that Google look up but maybe in the mean time, his best bet is to cont
Hunter 34 Port Light Shroud Length Hans Baart at 10:54am 05.03.22 Did all of mine a few years ago. I set up a jig and used a router and milled them down, just needed
ePaint update (1) Sailor Sue at 10:50am 05.03.22 Well done! Need some photos of the finished product. :beer: Sorry, didn't take any pictures before
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. splax at 10:44am 05.03.22 I made a fuel polishing system by connecting a furnace filter to the fuel line, and then to an elect
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 10:44am 05.03.22 205079
Hunter 340 Head Faucet Replacement kloudie1 at 10:40am 05.03.22 Any way to remove the fixture and clean and lube it? May have some scale build-up in the valve that
Anchor locker leaks LloydB at 10:31am 05.03.22 You might try treating the anchor locker as if it were a fuel tank by plugging the drain and pressur
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 10:27am 05.03.22 Question, you say to fill back into the heat exchanger, why would not pour back into the coolant fi
Funny Friday!!! (1) lehighsail at 10:24am 05.03.22 205077

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