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Did Mac 25 change to 600 lb keel/winch being placed on cabin floor & no longer on cockpit-big change mntjohnson at 10:57am 08.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3613 Did Mac 25 change to 600 lb keel/winch being placed on cabin floor ' no longer on cockpit - so a big
Replacing flooded batteries with gel jrpla at 9:52am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2720 Replacing flooded batteries with gel Is time to replace my batteries, I was thinking in changing
mast step replacement (2) Steve22124 at 9:26am 08.14.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/2238 Last winter I found that my mast step had cracked. I assume it was due to metal fatigue and temperat
Howdy All! Zoomie at 9:14am 08.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1132 Howdy All! Brand new guy here. I live in SC and work in NC. I'm a DOD air traffic controller and fly
New Here, Hi to all O'day 25 Coty137 at 9:06am 08.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1624 Good day to all, I am new to your community and would like to salute all of the O'day owners here!
Raymarine ST6002 problems bman88 at 8:51am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3757 I recently hooked up my Raymarine ST6002 auto pilot to my new Garmin 540 GPS, and after considerable
removing mast step pin R.S.Cape at 8:01am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 7/2026 Does anyone have any tricks for removing the mast step pin? We lowered the mast for the first time o
leaky sink drain hose tombow88 at 7:52am 08.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1245 Hi folks, I just bought an '05 Mac26m and it stunk! turned out, kitchen hose was leaking waste wate
Cutting through fibreglass core decking suggestions? Starfish at 7:28am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 20/7016 Hi, I am replacing the forward hatch of my Seidelmann S299 and need to cut out the decking for the o
Gelcoat thinner RichH at 7:25am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1565 Am looking for east coast supplier of "Duratec High Gloss Additive" -- a thinner used for spraying
Some many parts ,so little knowledge Mitchell Slochower at 7:00am 08.14.09 Pearson 1/1592 I just moved up from a very basic O'day 22, to a 1984 Pearson 34. I am looking to replace some of th
Swimming with friends (1) amcmahon at 6:52am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1521 In a previous thread (1 gm heating) I mentoned that I had gone in the water to clean the coolant wat
Painting Hull sgreenest at 6:50am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 1/2605 Painting Hull/need "pick points" We are new to this, we need to have the hull repainted and need to
Lewmar Hatches Richard E. ("Dick") Craig at 6:22am 08.14.09 Big Boats 2/1274 Has anyone replaced the lens in their Lewmar hatches?
Forestay replacement????? steveebryant at 5:17am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1703 I need to replace the forestay on my 1989 Hunter 30. I would like to replace it as soon as possible.
Holding Tank Leak MikeWilkinson at 7:38pm 08.13.09 Big Boats 8/2465 My 2005 Hunter 36 holding tank has a hose fitting cross threaded from the factory. It has taken 3 y
Air conditioner mold odor Rxman47 at 6:46pm 08.13.09 Ask All Sailors 8/5497 In my Hunter 336 when we switch on the A/C we get very strong odor of mold. Probably the PO didn't u
1968 Ericson 30' Restoration TipsySailor at 5:38pm 08.13.09 Ericson 2/5499 Hi, I would love to talk with anyone who owns another Ericson 30 Sailboat, we haven't had ours long,
Roller furler replacement dduhaime at 4:03pm 08.13.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1196 I have a 1993 First 35s5 with the original Profurl roller furler. I replaced the upper bearing last
Galley Counter Mod Siamese at 2:12pm 08.13.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/1925 Okay, so I haven't done this mod yet, but when the snow flies...... I'm not in love with the hatch

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r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? Davidasailor26 at 3:28pm 04.03.22 Interesting philosophical question. I'm not so sure that it does depend on the point of sail. In e
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:24pm 04.03.22 I believe you are misinterpreting what I've said. The load presented to the alternator is what det
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 3:23pm 04.03.22 Interesting that you suggest continuing the bus bar for the positive side. That amount of exposed p
Life's little lesson dlochner at 3:15pm 04.03.22 love the berries. been a while Any place special that we should check out? We're in Great Harbor
Rescue? I must be missing something (1) dlochner at 3:10pm 04.03.22 The bottom line, the boat rescued had no business being where they were when they were. It was a 27
Life's little lesson jon hansen at 3:10pm 04.03.22 love the berries. been a while
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Rescue? I must be missing something shemandr at 2:58pm 04.03.22 When the Sail magazine guy was rescued from the brand new cat a few years ago I think they just left
Rescue? I must be missing something dlochner at 2:57pm 04.03.22 I read the published coast guard write up and it said the crew was airlifted off the boat. It did
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 2:56pm 04.03.22
Life's little lesson dlochner at 2:55pm 04.03.22 We've been through a few of those ourselves. Fortunately we have a little RIB that will float even w
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 2:51pm 04.03.22 Have you had a chance to deeply discharge the batteries to see if the engine has any trouble idling
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 2:20pm 04.03.22 ill
"renewable" diesel? Richard19068 at 2:20pm 04.03.22 What are the lubricity properties of this fuel substitution. Are they the same as petroleum diesel?
Rescue? I must be missing something Will Gilmore at 2:19pm 04.03.22 I read the published coast guard write up and it said the crew was airlifted off the boat. It did n
Oceanis 400 switches (1) joker460 at 2:10pm 04.03.22 That's precisely what I was looking for, thanks! You're right, very expensive and uneconomical for
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Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 1:35pm 04.03.22 Haul out not bailout
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 1:34pm 04.03.22 Sailing friend likewise sounds like the encapsulated keel has been compromized and this a drain tube

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