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Pictures of my new companionway door (5) MartinLanglois at 9:50pm 09.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/3149 I was tired of the ugly tinted plexiglass door on my Mac25. It was big and hard to hide anywhere on
3 years, 30,000 miles, 19' LOA Joe Blizzard at 7:07pm 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2982 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/06/content_12081661.htm Aron Meder, a 29-year-old Hungaria
Raw water through-hull location xavierlh1 at 6:32pm 09.19.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1521 I just bought a 2005 B373, and as I was tidying the boat at the endof our first cruise, I realized t
rig tuning sailordel at 12:42pm 09.19.09 Big Boats 4/1906 I have a 1989 Legend 37 and am replacing all the standing rigging. Any guidance/information regardi
It's time for a 32ft Mac JoelHoover at 10:45am 09.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1773 Wouldn't it be cool if MacGregor made a 32-36ft water ballast cruiser with 2 100hp outboards? I'm
Do you cover your sailboat for the winter? cromer at 9:53am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 42/41587 How do you cover you sailboat for the winter? Mast up or down? Do you shrinkwrap, use tarps, or use
Need to build a temp rudder for an O25 gabriel.donnelly at 9:28am 09.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1057 Hi there, My name is Gabriel and I just bought an O'Day 25 and couldn't be happier! However, the rud
I need to build a temp rudder gabriel.donnelly at 9:17am 09.19.09 Day Sailers 3/1589 Hi there, My name is Gabriel and I just bought an O'Day 25 and couldn't be happier! However, the rud
SIRIUS Radio Rick Webb at 8:46am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3037 I just bought a Sirius radio for my car and was thinking of adding another for the boat. Anyone o
Picking up a mooring BobM at 8:36am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 40/11520 What a season. I am trying to get in as much sailing as possible in the short period of time remain
Anyone ever had a Walker Bay 8? jackhartjr at 8:23am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 9/5922 Hi folks, looking for any comments good or bad on the Walker Bay 8 and its use as a suitible dinghy?
Winch Ken13559 at 8:04am 09.19.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1388 Can anyone tell me what's Andersen and Harken winch equivalent to a Lewmar ST30 dual-speed ?
winterizing head garyc at 7:39am 09.19.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1953 This year i will be winterizing for the first time. The question is how do I get anti freeze in the
Calling all 222 owners... Zoomie at 7:18am 09.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3401 All, Would someone be willing to provide the demensions from their boat's factory boom vang attachme
Adding a vang to an O'Day 222 (1) Mich222 at 6:10am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 1/2493 My friend has an 87 O'Day 222 with a boom vang. I have a 86 O'Day 222 without a boom vang. Both boat
79 H27 head head valve locations fnuttersny at 5:23am 09.19.09 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2817 I need location of head through hull valves on my 79 H27. There is a level fiiberlass molded porti
fishfinder/gps/chartplotter for Canada Steve22124 at 2:51am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 3/2240 I want to install a fishfinder/gps/chartplotter and keep it under $500. An in hull transducer is pre
If you suffer from BIG BOAT envy you might not want to look. (3) caguy at 11:00pm 09.18.09 Ask All Sailors 19/4659 This boat was pulling out of MDR last Wednesday. Someone estimated its about 140'. I'm guessing th
To much weight for a Venture 17? 2 Sails 2 the Wind at 10:52pm 09.18.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2631 Just gstting back into sailing after a long hiatus. Much heavier now then when we used to sail. Th
Insurance Inter20sailor at 10:44pm 09.18.09 Catalina 30 6/2044 Salts, I am in the pre-purchase phase of a Cat 30 (1991 MkII).... In putting a budget together

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Mast rail GrantBrown at 6:52am 03.30.22 A new halyard does seem like a better option. Thanks,
T3800 Prop Shaft Diameter? jviss at 6:52am 03.30.22 Found it! Sorry for the superfluous post. :) It's 1 1/8" per my survey.
Mast rail Scott T-Bird at 6:49am 03.30.22 The traditional way of attaching that smaller line - in this case called a messenger - to a halyard
Mast rail GrantBrown at 6:46am 03.30.22 Great info on the "electrician's wire pulling basket". I'll have to look that up. The shackle I was
Mast rail Scott T-Bird at 6:40am 03.30.22 Structurally I think the lines are ok but they are very stiff from not being used. I would like to
Mast rail (1) jviss at 6:38am 03.30.22 Structurally I think the lines are ok but they are very stiff from not being used. I would like to
Honda 2000 vs. Lincoln 140 welder Maine Sail at 6:33am 03.30.22 I have a small Lincoln welder and a 2kW generator won't come close to running it..Even our 3500W st
Mast rail jviss at 6:29am 03.30.22 The previous owner was somewhat derelict and it's been sitting for years. I'm just going over ever
Mast rail GrantBrown at 6:22am 03.30.22 Structurally I think the lines are ok but they are very stiff from not being used. I would like to t
Tiller question Joe at 6:19am 03.30.22 That was not my tiller I have the photo of. only different is the Tiller clutch on the bottom forw
Tiller question Siamese at 6:17am 03.30.22 There should be a corresponding bit of hardware somewhere in the cockpit to secure the other end of
Icom m802 jssailem at 6:07am 03.30.22 Good old Daylight Saving Time! Or your living in a different time zone.
Mast rail jssailem at 6:04am 03.30.22 The running lines in your image do not look to bad. Looks like a halyard along the mast. A boom vang
Mast rail jssailem at 6:00am 03.30.22 That sounds like fun.
Mast rail (1) GrantBrown at 6:00am 03.30.22 203915 Sail down. Thanks
Honda 2000 vs. Lincoln 140 welder CYQK at 5:55am 03.30.22 thanks kloudie1
Mast rail GrantBrown at 5:52am 03.30.22 The previous owner was somewhat derelict and it's been sitting for years. I'm just going over every
Tiller question Gene Neill at 5:36am 03.30.22 That's a "tiller pin" for a Raymarine tiller pilot, ST-1000 or ST-2000.
Icom m802 kappykaplan at 5:12am 03.30.22 but the time is off by 1 hour Good old Daylight Saving Time! :beer:
Icom m802 All U Get at 4:54am 03.30.22 After chatting with the Furuno tech, I followed the wires from the GP39 gps unit to the buss bar th

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