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Gear Box Oil Murray16764 at 7:58am 07.21.09 Ask All Sailors 24/11823 I was planning on changing my gear box oil on my Ben 352. The boat has a Yanmar 3GM30 with the stan
Payback>>Push Pole Mick at 7:51am 07.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1043 I have been getting help from you folks since I got my mac a few months ago so I believe in paying b
Mainsail Clutch Setup Mick at 7:37am 07.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1327 I am living in OKC , with a 95 26S, and I don't know of any Mac's that I can check out. I got in a m
1984 Hunter 34- Owners manual please rmisiak at 7:32am 07.21.09 Big Boats 1/2340 Sure could use an owners manual for a 1984 Hunter 34........... Rmisiak@marcrealty.com THANKS
Champlain Lake NY bobertobisonni@yahoo.com at 7:15am 07.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1259 High everybody, I'll be in Elizabethtown working in the VA clinic for 2 months. My homeport is Cle
Anchor Light shemandr at 7:03am 07.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1265 Does anyone know what type of light fixture is likely to be at the top of the mast on a 2002 H356?
Pedestal mount for the new Raymarine A50D cat33705 at 6:58am 07.21.09 Catalina 310 3/3093 Has anyone mounted, located a source for the installation of the "new" Raymarine A50D chartplotter?
installing the deck teak questions (3) emergpa1 at 6:51am 07.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2420 On my oday 26, there are teak toe rails, hatch slides, and grab rails. I have removed them to my sho
SailStar Conquest Winch removal ejhigg at 6:37am 07.21.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2845 I am renovating my 1969 20 ft. Sail Star Conquest and would like to replace the jib winches with som
Anchor Light WJA302 at 6:34am 07.21.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1775 Hello, I just purchased my first sailboat, a 1988 standard rig. I've been chartering for a few yea
Shroud Turnbuckle Material Rick2413 at 6:30am 07.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/4097 My shroud turnbuckle open bodies are the chrome over bronze where the chrome is pretty much worn awa
oday 22 hardware help islandjim at 5:54am 07.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2019 I have a 1977 22' O'day. On each side of the cockpit is tracking where the jib/genoa lines are afixe
B&R rig tuning help ranchu56 at 3:13am 07.21.09 Big Boats 2/1679 Looking for a rigger with B'R rig experience in the Rhode Island area. Getting a lot of different a
Galley Sink Drain (1) Harvestamm at 1:18am 07.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1980 I just restored my 1982 Mac 25 and rebuilt the sliding galley. I replace the old fiberglass sink wit
Fuel Prefilter location Peter at 12:16am 07.21.09 Bavaria 1/2326 I just bought a 2002 Bavaria 36 with MD2030 engine. The fuel prefilter is located behind the engine
How can I set stay tension without a meter ? tasdevil at 10:03pm 07.20.09 Ask All Sailors 16/18688 I've just about finished the refit of my Oday 22 , put the mast up this morning. Can anyone suggest
Rope Word - What do you call this? rpwillia at 8:44pm 07.20.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2287 Even seen on a pole where rope is wrapped around as a scuff cover? I would like to do that to my spi
whats the best reaction Douglast at 8:21pm 07.20.09 Ask All Sailors 26/4210 hope this is in the right forum...anyway i was in a brisk wind coming at me from the North and i was
Hunter 30g Windvane Wire Replacemetn hancock at 8:12pm 07.20.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1036 I need advice on replacement of the wind wire from the mast head (truck) down through the outlet at
not enough head room in cockpit on c25 tall rig bppleas at 7:31pm 07.20.09 Smaller Boats 3/2257 Have a 1980 c25 tall rig and really like the boat but don't like the lack of head room. Have been th

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plastic holding tank odor Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:17pm 04.02.22 Plastic tanks rarely if ever permeate. MaineSail posted several years ago that he had seen only one
PSA it turns out that you actually do need to remove the boom before lowering the mast AaronD at 3:16pm 04.02.22 You didn't post pictures of your gooseneck, but I'm guessing the screw stayed solid in the cast goos
A lost art: Conserving ice. (2) TomY at 1:58pm 04.02.22 3 4X8 sheets of 1" polyiso later. It's a big box,.... des, now 3+" on the bottom and back. Polyiso f
PSA it turns out that you actually do need to remove the boom before lowering the mast Jacktar at 1:43pm 04.02.22 Look for damage in the track that the boom gooseneck rides in (I assume you broke the boom off it wh
Fender cleanup DArcy at 1:42pm 04.02.22 LA's Awesome Cleaner Degreaser works but so does a pressure washer. Just start back a bit and expect
Window Advice Jacktar at 1:39pm 04.02.22 Just a hint, new silicone does not like to stick to old silicon remnants on parts.
Spinnaker, hows and whys DArcy at 1:31pm 04.02.22 If you've never flown a spinnaker I suggest you get someone aboard that has a lot of experience with
Bent Wing (1) Tom J at 1:23pm 04.02.22 This is my C310 being launched on a Brownell trailer. Wing keel is above the level of the trailer.
Circumnavigate in a Hunter DCGULL at 1:08pm 04.02.22 Well, First- sorry I'm so late to the party, and congratulations on just being scared clear of mi
Bent Wing Tom J at 1:04pm 04.02.22 The wings both had yellow paint from the trailer on them, so we assume one may have been stuck unde
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Roland5048 at 12:58pm 04.02.22 My '77 h30 has almost end of boom sheeting with the traveler at the companionway. Never had a probl
C310 anchor light ( Top of mast ) light specification Tom J at 12:43pm 04.02.22 Will have rigger install halyard restrainer in couple weeks so thought will have replace light whil
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Stu Jackson at 12:37pm 04.02.22 My understanding is that if the sheet is at the end of the boom, you can eliminate the need for the
Bent Wing dLj at 12:31pm 04.02.22 Why can't they just do the mirror image of what they did to bend it? :) Sure - if you can figure
Air conditioning Tally Ho at 12:31pm 04.02.22 As @Scott T-Bird said, for the first 3 years of owning my C30 I used a 5k BTU window unit sitting o
Its funny Friday! (1) rbringle at 12:15pm 04.02.22 204011
the great lakes are open. the season is underway Tally Ho at 12:06pm 04.02.22
Window Advice danooxnard at 11:58am 04.02.22 I also tinted the windows while they were out. I bought a kit at the auto parts store and did them m
Bent Wing jviss at 11:54am 04.02.22 that's going to be a bear of a job! Why can't they just do the mirror image of what they did to be
Winter Cruising Question colb218 at 11:33am 04.02.22 A couple of updates. Headsail is sorted and is wonderful. Showed up a few weeks ago with plans to

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