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First Time Owners: Mac Venture 2-24 (5) lambert170 at 3:04pm 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/12537 First off, this site is great. I have already stumbled upon tons of useful information. My buddy
H216 Spinnaker Bill Perry at 2:35pm 06.01.09 Smaller Boats 6/2021 Hello, I am contemplating adding a spinnaker to my boat. Is this something that a reasonably
SR Mariner Knotmeter kk23 at 2:31pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/4047 Hi, Quick question - the knotmeter has a three wire system...red, black, green. Just want to mak
Splice on halyard or not? Victoria28 at 1:39pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1822 I have a 1992 Catalina 28 with single spreader mast that is 35'3" from mast step to masthead. The ma
Prop size rules of thumb ? cbinfl at 1:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/5667 My memory is not what it used to be, but I seem to remember there were rules of thumb for changing d
Looking of Data Marine Depth and Knot Meter Manuals Nelsonhow at 12:44pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/2477 Both the dpth and knot meter on my old H-30 stopped working at the same time. I'm getting power to t
26M with ICOM 706 captjimholley at 12:25pm 06.01.09 SSB and Ham Operators 5/6135 I've been on Macgregor owners for about 3 years now, but have never noticed this group. I just put m
pfd's on airplanes? John at 12:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2036 I will be catching a plane to S. California to help a guy bring a boat up the coast. I'll be bringin
how come my boat is lighter than most??? sand sailor at 12:21pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1473 its a santana 27' its got a thicker hull (single layer not cored) than any I've seen,its got a bigge
Spiders Again !! George H260 at 11:57am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1379 This is a continuation of a previous thread on Spiders. A friend alerted me to an article in the la
Ancor light Larry14133 at 9:04am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1437 The anchor light on my 87 O'day 302 ha failed. Does anyone know or have a best guess what bulb it u
Adding automatic bilge pump float switch Vegas at 11:41am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2022 I'm surprised my 1992 38s5 does not seem to have an automatic bilge pump. A switch has to be manuall
What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/15355 Peggy, Well the time has come to replace the old head in my Hunter 30. I should have done it when
26S fwd hatch dimensions (1) Justin_NSA at 10:22am 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1904 I have a strut on my forward hatch and I'd like to get a bug screen for it. Does anyone have the hat
Best cleaning product I found- Marine Spray Nine breweraz at 10:14am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/11213 We recently purchased a boat that had been sitting for some time. I had small black spots all over t
Squeaky Wheel Mark3755 at 10:13am 06.01.09 Big Boats 3/1810 The wheel steering on my Edson pedestal has a squeal that I can't seem to tame. The only thing I had
Compounding & Waxing - Sailors Helping Sailors (6) Maine Sail at 9:53am 06.01.09 Musings With Maine Sail 13/5359 This past weekend Tim R. organized a work party for a friend of ours who's lifelong sailing companio
Boom Vang during Jibe oldiesrocker2001 at 9:02am 06.01.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/7762 While looking at a post regarding using the Vang as a jibe preventer a question for me came to mind
25 ft oday, center board stuck dennyg4 at 8:41am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 15/8819 Purchased this boat this spring, have it in water, but center board is stuck, how do I free it up, c
Signal Flags Nodak7 at 8:25am 06.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1806 I recently purchased a couple of signal flags from West Marine. When I went to attach them to my fla

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Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 5:21pm 03.30.22 WOW.. I never knew the standard... Lets see. My boat was launched in 1974. So that makes her 48 yea
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. jssailem at 5:17pm 03.30.22 at least 20 years old WOW.. I never knew the standard... Lets see. My boat was launched in 1974. S
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 5:16pm 03.30.22 Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve a
Reuse shrink wrap? (1) quadrille38 at 5:11pm 03.30.22
TV removal Hunter 50 joshw5144 at 5:07pm 03.30.22
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 4:54pm 03.30.22 what is a classic yacht? Great question. I'm currently trying to sell a bunch of bows I own and an
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. SEMPERAVANTI41 at 4:35pm 03.30.22 SeaStar Solutions (formerly Teleflex Marine), a leading supplier of marine steering and control syst
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. jon hansen at 4:32pm 03.30.22 what is a classic yacht?
TV removal Hunter 50 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 4:30pm 03.30.22 I have removed the TV. You do not need to remove the frame. You can get access to the bracket holdin
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. (1) Screen Saver at 4:23pm 03.30.22 Is it a metal or plastic tank? We cleaned our plastic tank by cutting a hole in it pumping the fuel
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. shemandr at 4:14pm 03.30.22 Our very own TomJ has posted many beautiful images of classic yachts on this forum. Search under hi
Problem Raising the Genoa on a Furlex 200S dkinzer at 4:01pm 03.30.22 I dropped off the head sail at a sail loft today for it to be inspected. They said that the luff and
TV removal Hunter 50 joshw5144 at 4:00pm 03.30.22 Josh. You might send a message to the staff at the SBO store. They are Hunter experts. One of them
TV removal Hunter 50 jssailem at 3:47pm 03.30.22 Josh. You might send a message to the staff at the SBO store. They are Hunter experts. One of them
Houston, we have a Problem - H36 Compression Post (2) chichiflys at 3:40pm 03.30.22 I think I can call this complete barring any issues when I re-step the mast. Replaced the fiberglas
Reuse shrink wrap? shemandr at 3:35pm 03.30.22 I don't wish to sound like a wise guy but once shrunk, I don't think you can re-shrink it. If you
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 3:21pm 03.30.22 Are these at sea or dry docked in land? Doesn't seem obvious? One of the moderators of the classic
Reuse shrink wrap? PaulK at 3:20pm 03.30.22 We got a Fairclough cover for the reasons mentioned above. We can also set it up and take it down ou
In support of the shop brockangelo at 3:15pm 03.30.22
In support of the shop Phil Herring at 2:46pm 03.30.22 Hi Brock, thanks for your input, which is sound. What you're describing is the parts store we have f

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