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Venture 21 main sail cover size? nameaneh at 9:23am 06.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1450 I'm looking to buy a mainsail cover. What size do I need? Anyone know the length? Thanks.
Sailboats at Auction? sigbear at 8:16am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1712 Is there a legitamate sailboat auction website out there? I was planning to wait a couple of more
purchase a new boat mainly to put into a charter program? Banooma at 7:39am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 31/4792 I just returned from the BVI for my first charter cruise ever. It was an ideal experience in a boat
Xantrex Pathmaker remote failure jviss at 7:33am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 1/3349 Well, like most of the electrical and electronic things I bought new back in 2000 when I refurb'd th
Lucas CAV DPA injector pump manual tho52mas at 6:47am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/19428 we are rebuilding mine from a Perkins 4108. I need either/or: a shop manual for the injector pump a
Kudos to Baysail Have de Grace MD noprob2 at 6:08am 06.23.09 Big Boats 0/984 My daughter and son in law are preparing to take the boat (340) out when I am not available . My da
Engine starting problems JBorges at 5:45am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2488 The Yanmar HM35F on my '89 Hunter 37 has been having intermitent starting problems. Meaning that wh
Cleaning out '96 26x tc0nn at 5:31am 06.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1498 What's the best way to clean out the inside of a Mac 26x? I thought I could just spray it down with
PowerTwist V Belt jviss at 5:10am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1684 Is anyone using a PowerTwist V Belt on their alternator? I have an M25 with the new alternator bra
Bunk Boards Deckhand at 4:25am 06.23.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1299 I have a trailor that needs some new bunk boards. The boards are about 12' long and have about a 1-1
Finding Spreader mast brackets sailinguy@mchsi.com at 4:14am 06.23.09 Ericson 1/2446
KONSTANTIN leaving Helsinki??? (1) Shoaldrafter at 3:53am 06.23.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1119 Is this KONSTANTIN leaving Helsinki and "Heading Out to Sea"? Ed K 26
O'Day 25' with inboard Inmotion at 11:21pm 06.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/5257 I came across a 1976 25' O'Day with a 7 HP Westerbeke inboard engine, presumably a diesel. Having
Furlex RF issues Andy1237 at 9:54pm 06.22.09 Big Boats 6/3434 Okay, I've read through the archives and my Furlex manual- I'm still not sure what is going on with
Tempest O'Day Motor Sepcs stobbeco at 9:39pm 06.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/970 I am the proud new owner of a 23 foot Tempest O'day and the previous owner had the motor attached to
head re-do ktm500mx at 8:58pm 06.22.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1347 thx for your book and help with my remodel job on my head your the best peggy. later Mike:)
8hp Yanmar Alternator jleigh3 at 8:24pm 06.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1306 The Alternator on my Yanmar 8hp gets really hot when I turn the battery selector switch on. Any ide
Swing keel lock down pin & cable buzzing ssanford8@yahoo.com at 8:12pm 06.22.09 Sirius 21/22 5/7668 Just purchased 85 Sirius 21 and made the maiden sail on Sunday. I would like to learn how to
Toilet backing up catawbarod at 7:54pm 06.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1255 Pump, pump, pump...stuff goes down but bubbles back up. Sound terrible but that is the problem. It
Problem printing private email message Rich Stidger at 7:51pm 06.22.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2552 Phil, I just tried printing a private message that I received and I got the following error message

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I have a Horizon 1500 windless. I have never been able to get it free drop the anchor, does this windless have that ability? drtsr1 at 4:08am 07.17.21 Take a look at page 15 of the manual attached. thank you, but I am unable to open . can you email
Standing Rigging Catalina 309 P54 at 12:02am 07.17.21 Hi Steve, here in Australia insurers typically want standing rigging replaced every 10 years, and ha
Got a new sailing dinghy jssailem at 9:20pm 07.16.21 Thank you for the post. You learned a valuable lesson. Not All Dyneema is created equal. Here is an
Autohelm sailingsoon at 8:11pm 07.16.21 I think the 3000 is designed for a wheel. Does your Bristol 24 have a wheel? Nope, tiller
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? duck21 at 8:02pm 07.16.21 I've found the same as Ed--on both the Catalina and the Hunter we rarely used the sheet to manage pu
Got a new sailing dinghy (1) Davidasailor26 at 7:40pm 07.16.21
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? Ed Caldwell at 7:36pm 07.16.21 Does your comment mean the mainsheet tackle has enough turns that you can trim the mainsheet by han
Hunter 260 Shore Power / Battery Not Charging Crazy Dave Condon at 7:13pm 07.16.21 Shore power was either a dealer or owner install. Can you provide photos of power inlet and breaker
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? Sailfanatic at 6:02pm 07.16.21 Mike, the 340 came standard with the 2 cabin top winches, although I've seen pictures with a second
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? Sailfanatic at 5:58pm 07.16.21 I have a hard time imagining sailing a 34' boat without being able to keep the mainsheet on a dedica
Correct way to secure main and jib sheets? Ed Caldwell at 5:51pm 07.16.21 Mike, the 340 came standard with the 2 cabin top winches, although I've seen pictures with a second
Confused on outhaul rigging (1) sbkidd001 at 5:47pm 07.16.21 BTW, if anybody needs it, I rendered the 310 manual into a searchable PDF, although just a few pages
Confused on outhaul rigging sbkidd001 at 5:29pm 07.16.21 Hunter 310 1998. Tried getting other 310 owners to chime in on the specific forum but not much luck
Using Google Earth to Scope Out a Marina Fairway Clearance sail sfbay at 5:20pm 07.16.21 Used it all the time in my job to make photos of oil, utilities and effluent pipeline routing and me
Boom rests on bimini when main sheeted. 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5 MikeHoncho at 5:17pm 07.16.21 Install telescoping legs on your Bimini and lower it when you are close hauled and need better point
Catalina Mk II (1992) Alternator Regulator Issues Ken_Cat30 at 5:15pm 07.16.21 Thanks Stu! So much to read and so little time!
Using Google Earth to Scope Out a Marina Fairway Clearance Johnb at 5:10pm 07.16.21 More than a decade ago, as an experiment, I used Google Earth to find and measure the length of a wh
Using Google Earth to Scope Out a Marina Fairway Clearance (2) Davidasailor26 at 5:10pm 07.16.21 196289
Using Google Earth to Scope Out a Marina Fairway Clearance dlochner at 4:59pm 07.16.21 Pretty amazing what you can do with Google Earth. A few years ago we replaced the roof on my mother-
Electric repower Tally Ho at 4:19pm 07.16.21

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