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Holter Lake, MT (6) Blake at 9:11am 07.25.09 Destinations 1/3343 I do most of my postings in the MacGregor site, but I wanted to share these pics taken on a recent o
Fairing out the trailing edge of the keel. jpekas at 9:08am 07.25.09 Ask All Sailors 7/8760 Working on a 1981 Lippincott 30, and and just completing a fairing out the hull after a restoration
Superstition ? cscott at 8:28am 07.25.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1813 Question. How many of you place a coin, Heads Up, under your mast each time you step your mast?
Owner's Manual for 1989 33.5? Gary Chamberlain at 7:25am 07.25.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1375 Does anyone know where I maight be able to obtain an owner's manual or copy of one for my 1989 Hunte
Destination Advice? oldiesrocker2001 at 7:07am 07.25.09 Destinations 10/4361 This may not be the right forum as it's more of a permanent destination rather than a cruising one,
Staysail boom to furling conversion H37 LunaSea at 6:29am 07.25.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1629 Hello everyone, I am struggling with the idea of converting the factory hanked staysail with boom
need a H23.5 centerboard freedom 1 at 5:50am 07.25.09 Smaller Boats 2/930 Need to replace my H23.5 centerboard and the bracket. Can anyone please advise where to get one? I'm
Masts John Tuckwiller at 4:21am 07.25.09 Day Sailers 2/1357 To Anyone who can help: A friend and I have an Oday trailerable day sailor with a small cabin probab
3 blade vs. 4 bladed prop captian dave at 9:05pm 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1490 I have an 8 horsepower outboard. I understand that when it comes to powerboats, a three bladed prop
Use it as an anchor Bing at 8:31pm 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/3195 Hi Peggy After 8 months on our new boat with a Jabsco toilet with an extremely noisy electric conver
two water leaks Bob 04 H260 at 7:07pm 07.24.09 Smaller Boats 8/1437 We have been having huge rain falls here this week. I just noticed I have two small water leaks in t
Anyone Cruising Maine Next Week..? Maine Sail at 5:42pm 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1997 We're out and wanted to see if anyone else was..? We have no plans other than where the wind and our
Canvas work Hermit Scott at 1:12pm 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 68/12230 This is for you guys that sew your own canvas. what weight sunbrella do I want to use on a main sail
Gunwale & Mast step leaks EGillespie at 12:45pm 07.24.09 S2 6/2138 I recently bought a 1980 S2 8.0 in good shape. I noticed after heavy rains that the cabin headliner
Don't you wish you could work inside your mast? (1) Tim R. at 12:21pm 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1425 Alinghi 5's mast being prepped for unstepping. http://www.sail-world.com/photos/Alt_Alinghi%2014.jp
Hunter 50CC Dave Robinson20509 at 11:51am 07.24.09 Big Boats 1/1390 I'd be interested to hear from any fellow owners of the new Hunter 50CC on their experiences with th
extra weight versus speed txtowman at 11:48am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3751 I have a catalina 22 swing keel I want to take some heavy items with me since I stay out for at lea
Headed for Savannah via Erie Canal (1) tcbilgerat at 10:30am 07.24.09 Destinations 3/3987 I am a solo sailer on the great lakes, but am about to embark on my first long journey. If anyone is
Can I shorten my tiller? Mougly at 10:28am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/6727 Hello all I am thinking about changing my tiller as the one on now was painted and the paint is p
Replacement companionway boards bffatcat at 9:58am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 16/13221 My original 1975 vintage companionway boards made out of marine plywood with a mahogany veneer need

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Its funny Friday! SFS at 3:25pm 04.01.22 Man it was weird reading that potato joke. I have a skiing buddy whose sister dated Tom Brokaw for a
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 3:16pm 04.01.22 In France, they would say that joke was 'og rotten.'
Honda 2000 vs. Lincoln 140 welder thinwater at 2:47pm 04.01.22 No shore power? Make an adapter. It also depends on what you are welding. Tubing and railings at 25
Air conditioning Scott T-Bird at 2:47pm 04.01.22 I see that ... there are not nearly as many on the market as we had 2 years ago. There are a couple
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 2:42pm 04.01.22 A girl Potato and boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got married and had a little
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. TomY at 2:23pm 04.01.22 would i want a plank on frame vessel today? no way :cool: After many years of familiarity with
Bent Wing Ken13559 at 1:27pm 04.01.22 My h326 shoal draft Wing Keel was bent upwards both sides once when I drove over a submerged breakwa
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 1:16pm 04.01.22
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer AaronD at 1:14pm 04.01.22 My $.02 worth: My understanding is that you're right about using 4200 - butyl isn't the right produ
Bent Wing dLj at 1:09pm 04.01.22 Well-meaning strangers on the internet cannot remotely heal that wounded keel. A "laying on of han
Bent Wing dLj at 1:05pm 04.01.22 Try a magnet for iron metal. Lead is non-magnetic. Jim... Good first step. Won't tell you what th
Bent Wing FastOlson at 1:03pm 04.01.22 Interesting and potentially useful comments in this thread about keel material and repair. The poste
Worthwhile Courses by Nigel Calder PaulK at 1:01pm 04.01.22 I enjoyed the line: ... there are no shortcuts in th it.
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cb32863 at 12:37pm 04.01.22
Air conditioning Banooma at 12:36pm 04.01.22 I do like my Catalina and feel a step up to another Catalina is the best way to go for a lot of reas
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 12:26pm 04.01.22
Rescue? I must be missing something jssailem at 12:18pm 04.01.22 Like a diligent husband, he always follows the directions of his wife even though it may mean the en
New Catalina 30 Owner Stu Jackson at 11:25am 04.01.22 A friend of mine used that on his boat and it looked really good. Mike and DAarcy, I actually used
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. jon hansen at 11:25am 04.01.22 would i want a plank on frame vessel today? no way :cool:
Bent Wing JamesG161 at 11:14am 04.01.22 Anyway to know what the actual keel material is? Try a magnet for iron metal. Lead is non-magneti

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