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26M with ICOM 706 captjimholley at 12:25pm 06.01.09 SSB and Ham Operators 5/6133 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 12/2035 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 11/15345 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 7/1902 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 9/11210 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 3/1809 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 13/5349 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 6/7760 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 15/8817 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
Foam in forward bilge garylinger at 8:23am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1654 A PO apparently sprayed or had sprayed a dense foam in the blilge beneath the access panel located u
Ground wire connection - seacock garylinger at 8:12am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2786 I believe the ground wire from my sanitation system seacock is not connected. If the end is what I
windlass for Hunter Legend 40 ehelms7477 at 8:00am 06.01.09 Big Boats 12/5587 I have a 1987 Hunter 40 Legend and would like to install am electric windlass. Has anyone done this
Spiders cymeyer at 7:53am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/36 Any tricks to keeping spiders off the top of our mast? I know how to clean off the webs, but they
Flag halyard regor-123 at 7:50am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/19887 Has anyone made their own flag halyards? Need ideas on how to. Thanks.
Companionway Steps Advice Needed Steve Liggett at 7:22am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1413 Just completed refinishing the sole of my 1988 O'Day 302. Used Ultimate Sole finish -- it looks abs

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Spinning Prop While Under Sail jssailem at 9:00am 03.29.22 @Gulf Arbutus Welcome to SBO. Your sailing from a great city, PT.
Mast rail jssailem at 8:51am 03.29.22 Grant Your boat is not unusual. The goose neck is fixed in the place so that the sail is the correct
Mast rail GrantBrown at 8:50am 03.29.22 Yes, I saw that. So I can pull the sliders out at that point? In your pic is the gate closed, locked
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) kappykaplan at 8:46am 03.29.22 Use of channel 16 is for Emergency Communications...." International hailing and distress . . .
Mast rail (1) Scott T-Bird at 8:41am 03.29.22 Probably looks like this ...
New 22 Owner jssailem at 8:37am 03.29.22 how will the rules be different? Rudders longer than the keel get stuck in the mud. Rudders unlike
Mast rail Scott T-Bird at 8:30am 03.29.22 When you took this picture, was the sail fully raised or was the sail down and gathered above the bo
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) jssailem at 8:29am 03.29.22 I believe you only need to register the radio and pay a fee, there is no test like with a HAM licen
Mast rail Scott T-Bird at 8:12am 03.29.22 Thanks for the replies. I'll be back out there this afternoon for a closer look. It's just strange
Mast rail jviss at 8:12am 03.29.22 Thanks for the replies. I'll be back out there this afternoon for a closer look. It's just strange
Mast rail GrantBrown at 7:58am 03.29.22 Thanks for the replies. I'll be back out there this afternoon for a closer look. It's just strange
Spinning Prop While Under Sail (1) sail sfbay at 7:56am 03.29.22 To add to what others have said about sailing in neutral please refer to attached Yanmar service adv
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust flightlead404 at 7:54am 03.29.22 Great answers guys---I definitely plan on finding the other two vanes but I just wanted to be sure
SEALING THE MAST sail sfbay at 7:49am 03.29.22 Have you considered a mast collar or tape Deck Collars / Mast Collars (rigrite.com) to help prevent
Water Pump Running dlochner at 7:43am 03.29.22 At the risk of being pedantic, water, like most liquids, doesn't compress :) The water pressure com
Hunter 23 Hull/deck joint R&R? dmax at 7:42am 03.29.22 I think more pictures, especially of the affected area, would help. If the rest of the hull-deck joi
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) mikeracca at 7:40am 03.29.22
Water Pump Running dmax at 7:39am 03.29.22 Basic understanding of the accumulator. When your pump runs, it pressurizes the water in your syste
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 7:21am 03.29.22 203886
Mast rail Scott T-Bird at 7:19am 03.29.22 That gooseneck looks like it is riveted to the mast. Unless it is not the original location for it

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