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Sailing An Expensive Hobby..? (2) Maine Sail at 10:50am 03.14.09 Musings With Maine Sail 11/5019 This past week I stopped by my dad's house down in NH. He has the ultimate barn/shop for his hobby,
Happy Days! (1) frank balcer at 10:32am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1654 Finally after 15 years of sailing and on my fourth boat I now have roller furling. Just got my brand
VHF Radio Warren Milberg at 8:29am 03.14.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 4/1758 VHF Radio (TAKEN) Free to a good (home) boat: Aged, but working perfectly, "President 5oo" (Uniden)
v 22 traveller Mac Daddy at 7:56am 03.14.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/3364 Don while doing some searches here looking for traveller info I came across a post by you saying you
bow pulpit Bob in LA at 7:51am 03.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/896 I am looking for a source for a replacement bow pulpit for my '95' Mac 26S damaged by Hurricane Gust
Compressed Natural Gas cdonovan at 5:56am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2083 I have a 20 year old CNG tank that I am assuming has to be either replaced or recertified. Does any
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, FL Stan Breaux at 2:57am 03.14.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3472 Does anyone know anything about this place? I'm taking my family there in our Mac26S next week.
Need stay and shroud specs james sundie at 10:58pm 03.13.09 S2 3/2396 I have a 1980 S2 7.3 and would like to replace my stays and shrouds. What are the specs for each? I
Repairing A Marine Alternator (Long/Photos) (16) Maine Sail at 7:58pm 03.13.09 Musings With Maine Sail 8/10047 While I had my alternator apart I actually remembered my camera this time. They are not very complic
Polycarbonate aka lexan Ross at 7:52pm 03.13.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 6/808 I have 22 pieces of 3/16 polycarbonate ranging in size from 4"x22" to 8.5"x29 " if you tell me the s
B-20'S Earthwrk at 5:50pm 03.13.09 Balboa 5/3635 Any one have pictures of their B20. I am looking for pictures of the Main sheet rigging. Thanks
S 1 (4) paulj at 5:03pm 03.13.09 Catalina 310 16/2554 Ray First cut design.... paulj :troll:
River trip coming up (1) gmac at 3:31pm 03.13.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1874 Nearly ready to take a float-sail trip down the Mississippi. Will leave from Russellville Ak. on th
To paint bottom or not MLM at 3:11pm 03.13.09 Trailer Sailors 3/2480 Time to consider bottom paint and I read that some say leave it bare for freshwater. Can I just sand
Rub rail on Catalina 350 Hull No 175 abluemle at 12:56pm 03.13.09 Big Boats 2/2760 I recently damaged a 3 foot section of the rubber rub rail and the track that the rail is mounted to
Oday 23 Shackle (1) Bobbystone at 12:51pm 03.13.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1220 Anyone know where to find this shackle or an equivalent? Mine are all falling apart.
Condensation debate data point Roger Long at 12:30pm 03.13.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3239 During the great tank condensation debate, I promised to come back and report on my tank. It's been
Holder 20 Spreader sailsoul at 10:50am 03.13.09 Trailer Sailors 1/2841 Bent the spreader on my 1985 Holder 20. Looking to find another. Anyone have one or ideas? Thanks W
Replacing fixed ports Aric at 10:37am 03.13.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1368 Does anyone know who make replacement fixed ports? I am looking to replace the whole unit, frame an
Motor problem somers12 at 10:18am 03.13.09 Trailer Sailors 15/3380 I have a 1995-6 Nissan 9.9 NS9.9C short shaft. It's on a sailboat and I just use it to leave and ret

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Selden B & R rig Cap shrouds tfox2069 at 7:03am 06.22.21 Its where you tie off your courtesy flag pennant from your lower spreader.
Selden B & R rig Cap shrouds DayDreamer41 at 7:02am 06.22.21 Used to secure lines on which you would fly flags and or banners, there should be little turning blo
What's in your toolkit? DougM at 7:02am 06.22.21 After owning the boat for several years, I have accumulated enough small tools and spare fittings to
What's in your toolkit? glendris at 6:58am 06.22.21 These are all great suggestions. My overriding philosophy is look at every part of your boat (mechan
Whats wrong with my legs? flightlead404 at 6:57am 06.22.21 Its a 2007. The table top itself does not fold like the one pictured above, its a single solid piec
1990 Hunter Vision 32 kloudie1 at 6:51am 06.22.21 Yup, I agree.. The old one can be salvaged by removing it and opening it up to get the numbers off t
Cat 22 Swing Keel Sailboat Maintenance glendris at 6:42am 06.22.21 My C-22 is kept in a slip, but I take it out mid-summer for a trip to Lake Michigan. In the spring,
What's in your toolkit? Scott T-Bird at 6:40am 06.22.21 I use glad sandwich bags to organize between metric and SAE wrenches & various other articles, like
H410 Start Battery jssailem at 6:37am 06.22.21 a near miss lightning strike that spiked DC voltage to who knows what (was kind of exciting). Kind
H410 Start Battery JamesG161 at 6:36am 06.22.21 That means it get charged through the isolator any time the engine or battery charger is charging
Wema multi tank indicator SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:36am 06.22.21 I bought one last year from Fisheries Supply.
What's in your toolkit? captcoho at 6:35am 06.22.21 So far all good suggestions for the tools you will need. As for the stuffing box, go with service w
1987 Cat 22: Installing VHF Antenna glendris at 6:32am 06.22.21 They used to make a windex / VHF antenna combo, but i've only found one and it was on ebay. You wil
1990 Hunter Vision 32 jssailem at 6:31am 06.22.21 Racor makes a variety of different ones. Your flow demands are not great.
1990 Hunter Vision 32 (1) jssailem at 6:30am 06.22.21 Hi @fiatlux From your description, the image 7599, it appears to be a fuel water separator. An old
H410 Start Battery Don Lucas at 6:24am 06.22.21 Well my boat is wired per the manual . That means it get charged through the isolator any time the e
What's in your toolkit? Terry Cox at 6:14am 06.22.21 So far all good suggestions for the tools you will need. As for the stuffing box, go with service wr
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 6:09am 06.22.21 @dlochner Thanks for tip. We are thinking about selling the boat but I will keep it in mind. I also
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present dlochner at 6:05am 06.22.21 We installed a 150 watt pure sine wave inverter that is separate from the charger. It is enough to c
What's in your toolkit? captcoho at 5:54am 06.22.21 A little mirror in which handle telescopes some to see around corners, or if you want to spend more

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