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Pop up top restraints Ron Q at 4:12pm 09.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2022 After 50 years my wife and I have decided to sail again and have purchased a 1985 Mac 25. The boat i
Looking for a 260 Gregg9020 at 3:23pm 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1202 In California. Am I living a pipe dream?? I ccan't find one in Cali anywhere. I am deciding wet
Legend 37.5 Water Tank Replacement Steve Carpman22174 at 1:10pm 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/999 Has anyone replaced the water tank on a Legend 37.5? If yes, where was the replacement tank purcha
Engine Fails to Turn Over Sometimes Steve Carpman22174 at 1:00pm 09.09.09 Big Boats 14/2354 We are having a problem starting the engine in our Legend 37.5. The problem we are experiencing is i
White Smoke from 1995-3GM30F James Dugan at 12:37pm 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1356 While comming in this weekend, we were at 2800 RPM's heading directly into 8 knot wind pulling my 8'
Cabin Floor renom2 at 12:12pm 09.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1323 I have an ODay 25 and just noticed that when I step belowdecks it sometimes flexs a little. Being m
finally ready to tackle the hoses Shooter II at 11:41am 09.09.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2551 Peggie, I am finally about to act to change out the hoses on the boat, an '83 H31. I am following yo
Fiberglass Repair-Vancouver Area morris at 11:34am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1510 Anyone know the best craftspeople for fiberglass hull repair in the general Vancouver, BC area?
Search for Cat 27 to buy delandz at 11:06am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1451 I am looking for a Catalina 27, mid late 80's or early 90's model w/ wheel steering, inboard eng. s
small Blue Water boat cedarpoint at 10:34am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 43/9659 So, sailing the ocean blue in a Mac25 is uncomfortable at best and life threatening at worst, and th
Installing AC on Hunter 33.5 bugsboat at 10:27am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 5/3844 Has anyone installed air conditioning on a 1988 Hunter 33.5? I am considering doing this myself and
Macgregor rudders CPCLIPPER at 10:18am 09.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3950 Looking for someone that has an orginial rudder for a 1974 25' venture / macgregor and the true meas
Macerating head packman at 10:13am 09.09.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/2445 Hi Peggy, I'm shopping for a new head, Can you recommend a good electric macerating head for my L27?
Vision 32 Side Window, NEW T. Allen at 9:58am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1010 I found a new starboard side window for a 1989 Hunter Vision-32. It is available at http://www.bound
Compass Pedestal The Baber Family at 4:56am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1253 Looking for a replacement pedestal mounted compass for a 32' Morgan... Some one stole the compass th
Clam Shell Ventilator Kerbs at 9:27am 09.09.09 Big Boats 1/1169 Looking for a clam shell vent cover for the diesel fuel tank vent port for my 2009 Hunter 36...thank
Help a fellow sailor with a dream JimGeddes at 8:33am 09.09.09 Ask All Sailors 38/6235
Catalina 28 Purchase Assistance DaveWitt at 8:33am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1589 Hello, I am looking at C28's and specifically considering a 1992 boat called Heart Throb in OH at
Jib furling line location Scott B at 8:27am 09.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/1854 Not sure of all the H33's have the jib furling line run to a cleat on the outside of the cockpit. O
Pumping Waste Problems Not-very-jolly-Roger at 8:26am 09.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1600 Hello to all: I have had the current 37-C for three years.... and in the beginning, before I knew e

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Renogy RoyS at 5:11am 04.13.22 Customer support is often a joke. Years ago, my wife wanted to go back to work after our kids were m
Removing lettering stain dlochner at 5:10am 04.13.22 Time and a rubbing compound like TotalBoat Total Buff. https://www.totalboat.com/product/totalbuff
Removing lettering stain Parsons at 5:09am 04.13.22 I was thinking the same, @Davidasailor26 - perhaps this is just 'shadowing' of the gelcoat like what
Lake Ontario Sailors take notice Davidasailor26 at 5:06am 04.13.22 Navionics on iOS looks correct in the chart. @DArcy you might just need to update the charts in your
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? RoyS at 5:01am 04.13.22 Multiseason ablative here South of Boston. I use Petit Hydrocoat SR, power wash when hauled, never s
Removing lettering stain Davidasailor26 at 5:01am 04.13.22
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? (4) kjdoyle1 at 4:57am 04.13.22 Ok, so after pulling the rudder I am not seeing any cracks in the shaft (see attachments). However t
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jviss at 4:50am 04.13.22 Yea, there's only so much halyard to wrap, you wouldn't be able to roll that sail in much if the hal
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult smokey73 at 4:47am 04.13.22 Haven't had that problem myself but I thought I recalled seeing several threads related to the angle
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jviss at 4:44am 04.13.22 Sounds like the halyard is wrapped around the headstay when you are furling. There are several thr
Head hose replacement shemandr at 4:43am 04.13.22 In a general sense warranties do not cover maintenance issues. If there were something defective ab
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult smokey73 at 4:37am 04.13.22 Sounds like the halyard is wrapped around the headstay when you are furling. There are several thre
Head hose replacement AwwShucks at 4:34am 04.13.22 Are you fresh water flushing after each use? If flushing with seawater only, possible that bacteri
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? Will Gilmore at 4:22am 04.13.22 Will, Thank you for the response and welcome! It makes complete sense that each boat would vary in
O'Day Sprite Rudder. SFS at 4:01am 04.13.22 Just curious, but did you contact the source I gave you?
Removing lettering stain randerson5726 at 3:49am 04.13.22 I'm going to try FSR and scotch brite first. Then I'll move on to more sanding. The gel coat is a bi
Head hose replacement BigEasy at 3:05am 04.13.22 Should have mentioned, hoses / boat in use 2.5 years. Thanks for the insight Ralph. Hopefully, P
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Apex at 3:03am 04.13.22 different furler in my experience, but i had a bad bushing which allowed the drum to ride on the tur
A lost art: Conserving ice. jssailem at 1:53am 04.13.22 Vundabar! Thats a very nice. :clap:
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult jssailem at 1:49am 04.13.22 John. A functional furler of any make should not require a winch to make it work when there is litt

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