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sea sickness remedies John at 8:08am 05.11.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2294 I've asked befiore here and have seen other postings on this issue, but I wanted to give my experien
Hunter 216 PHRF VIVI at 8:07am 05.11.09 Smaller Boats 3/3025 Does anyone know of a general PHRF rating for the Hunter 216? Thanks
Beneteau First 310 Tuning Help drvrdad at 7:52am 05.11.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/11106 We have owned our Beneteau First 310 (Imagine) (shoal draft 4' 3") for a little over a year now, jus
Cabin Teak Cleaning Gerard8532 at 7:52am 05.11.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1219 Any suggestions for products to use to clean and freshen up the interior teak of my 1984. C27 It is
Its 1045 EDT do you know where your fluxgate is on your H49??? Velero49 at 7:42am 05.11.09 Big Boats 4/1323 I need to find out where the factory installed the autopilot fluxgate on H49/50. I have talked to th
Fun dinghy races in Puget Sound (1) mellis at 7:33am 05.11.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1985 For those of you in the Puget Sound region there are some opportunities to do some fun dinghy racing
Center Board Pennant (Line) Oday 25 Dwight Thomas at 7:27am 05.11.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2495 I am dropping my center board sometime in the next few weeks. I want to replace the wire/line with
Garhauer deck organizers kielboatsa at 6:49am 05.11.09 Ask All Sailors 19/4691 Yesterday I tried to install my new deck organizers, but when I removed the nuts off of the back of
Fischer Panda Service Jeff20919 at 6:35am 05.11.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1012 I am looking for the name of a Fischer Panda factory authorized service center in the Long Beach Ca
laguna 24 info greensteel at 5:10am 05.11.09 Other Sailboats 2/2338 I just bought my first sailboat, a 86 laguna 24. unfortunately I can't find much info. does anyone
40.5 Vented Loop Michael G at 3:03am 05.11.09 Big Boats 23/3475 Does anyone know how to get to the vented loop in the Main head ? Mine must be bad as it continues t
buy alternator m1196 at 1:51am 05.11.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1435 Can anyone tell me the best place to buy an alternator for an 8hp yanmar. Would the local auto plac
Garfhauer sandpiper10471 at 8:16pm 05.10.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1214 Have any of you 37 Cutter addicts installed a Garhauer traveler with the Garhauer risers? If so, whi
All cleaned up...Check this out! kreed17er at 7:33pm 05.10.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3647 I read a thread on here a while back that talked about what to clean your boat with. It talked about
Y valve on my sailboat aceventura at 6:57pm 05.10.09 Grampian 5/4676 I've bought an Grampian 26 who is equiped with a Y valve for the toilet. I have to take it out becau
Cottage vs. Boat. Do you deal with both? Trillium73 at 6:46pm 05.10.09 Ask All Sailors 37/10514 After 10 years of owning a cottage in the upper thumb of Michigan , we went out and purchased a Good
Riding turns on jib furler Ken Honeycutt at 6:27pm 05.10.09 Big Boats 4/1637 Every so often I get a riding turn on the jib furler. Seems to happen at radom and at the worst time
Where to locate air conditioning unit 9.2C? Calypso at 6:08pm 05.10.09 S2 4/1746 I ordered a Webasto FCF 12,000 btu reverse cycle unit. The easiest place to mount would be in the a
Genoa sizes compatable with H 23.5 timothy_c at 5:46pm 05.10.09 Smaller Boats 1/1114 I'm interested in info on using different genoas on my H 23.5 I bought the boat 3 years ago and I'm
swamp coolers and boats tsmwebb at 5:36pm 05.10.09 Ask All Sailors 16/8694 This summer I've decided to cruise in the desert... Not my first choice to be sure, but family matt

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I just got Macgregor 19 and the water ballast floods and fills even when compartments are close. Justin_NSA at 10:08am 12.04.21 You may just need the gasket. Blue Water Yachts might have them. Some members here have made their o
Getting cables to reach bus bar chip veres at 10:07am 12.04.21 The "easy" way to extend those cables is to get a same-diameter battery cable the length you need.
What color for your Bimini? sesmith at 10:05am 12.04.21 I read or heard that if you go with sky blue the spiders won't nest, don't know that is true as we
Soft deck spot repair: Never do anything for the first time!! PSR at 9:59am 12.04.21 As far as covering the damge, you could get a 3/8" sheet of Azec (PVC lumber) and fashion a nice co
Third Propulsion Option chip veres at 9:54am 12.04.21 I endorse the middle bracket posted by Jssailem. I use it on my Mac 22 and have for many years. Chi
I just got Macgregor 19 and the water ballast floods and fills even when compartments are close. Ronald A. Berliner at 9:52am 12.04.21 What "compartments"? If it's like my M26S, you should have a hull valve below the water line that l
Soft deck spot repair: Never do anything for the first time!! PSR at 9:52am 12.04.21 In the area that has been exposed, what is the condition of the core wood? Wet and soft crumbling i
Getting cables to reach bus bar Davidasailor26 at 9:51am 12.04.21 I am assuming you plan to remove the Ground Interrupt Switch I'm going to repurpose it as an emerg
I just got Macgregor 19 and the water ballast floods and fills even when compartments are close. Justin_NSA at 9:50am 12.04.21 What "compartments"? If it's like my M26S, you should have a hull valve below the water line that le
Third Propulsion Option Tom J at 9:36am 12.04.21 Interesting idea, Mark. I think a lot of us would say, "Hey, it's a sailboat, you can always sail i
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? twodzusfittings at 9:26am 12.04.21 I'm hiding my wealth from my kids!!!!!
Spinnaker Emergency Brake Line markwbird at 9:25am 12.04.21 Stopper knots on the end of the sheets??? I was hoping no one would ask that. It was blowing 20 an
I just got Macgregor 19 and the water ballast floods and fills even when compartments are close. stickinthemud57 at 9:24am 12.04.21 While not an authority on the 19, I would suspect that those who might be would want more informatio
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? jssailem at 9:19am 12.04.21 Those clean up nicely. Not sure you needed to gold coat them for Christmas.
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? (1) twodzusfittings at 9:17am 12.04.21 Not quite as nice as eherlihy's but still nice
Single handing WI Rigger at 9:15am 12.04.21
CENTERBOARD HELP (1) twodzusfittings at 9:13am 12.04.21 200677
Third Propulsion Option Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 12.04.21 I am assuming your not considering a Chevy Big Block Outboard... And why not ? If a little bit's
CENTERBOARD HELP (2) twodzusfittings at 9:00am 12.04.21 So here is a picture of how the board is at the moment. In addition, I am posting a second picture o
Third Propulsion Option (4) jssailem at 8:51am 12.04.21 Hey Mark. Merry Christmas. It is certainly possible to attach a motor mount to a Hunter 25. I would

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