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Venture 22 Keel theland39 at 9:57am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1273 I'm looking to buy a 1971 Mac 22, good rigging, rough gelcoat. I'm not planning on winning beauty c
Cool photo application Merry Prankster at 9:03am 01.23.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1273 CNN created a combined, 3d, multi-view, cool, web photo of the moment of inauguration. Does anyone
Fairleads and horn cleats on Mac 25 Deck dancing bear at 8:56am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1857 It seems all Mac 25s have a set of fairleads and cleats on the deck. Does anyone use these? I supp
Lightening, as in weighing less dancing bear at 8:12am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1391 I am thinking about taking some excess cabin weight out of the Mac 25, and wonder about others exper
Yanmar 3GMF oil change nemo99 at 6:55am 01.23.09 Big Boats 8/5610 Hi; I have a yanmar 3gmf and change oil in the engine by inserting a small tube into the dipstick h
Fiberglass Repair (1) jaymenator at 8:28pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2701 What is the best way to repair pitting? I have several areas topside with some pitting as shown belo
Hand Held GPS Shooter II at 8:27pm 01.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 12/2568 Looking to get a hand-held GPS for use on the Chesapeake. Anybody have any recommendations for brand
Low profile vent Hunter 34 dperreault at 7:00pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2107 Does anyone know where to get the low profile vent for the Hunter 34 , year 1983 -1984 ? It was onc
Swing Keel locked or unlocked? Chic questions tanya09 at 5:28pm 01.22.09 Catalina 22 7/3190 Just purchased a 85 Cat 22. I had the bottom painted last fall and had the swing keel and bolts che
Joe Trinkky Dinky Shoaldrafter at 5:04pm 01.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1361 Thank you for your post on the plant visit. Question about use of roving guns to spray inside th
Question about connecting my VHF to my GPS mschenk at 4:37pm 01.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1097 Hi Sailors: I have a Standard Horizon Intrepid model GX1270S VHF radio and a Garmin GSMap 492 and I
Westerbeke instrument replacements NautiBuoy at 4:20pm 01.22.09 Bigger Boats 1/1296 The Tach/hour Meter and Volt Meter on my '87 272LE have both failed. Any suggestions for replacemen
What do you cook with? Trinkka at 1:54pm 01.22.09 Trailer Sailors 81/13996 The last Thread that I entered on cooking on a small boat has been languishing. So I offer a questio
butyl tape John at 11:16am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/8165 Maine Sail uses butyl tape instead of caulking for sealing deck penetrations. I have never worked wi
Power Inverter Question Rick2413 at 9:52am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 18/5194 I presently have a xantrex 1750 watt inverter(1500 watt continuous) on my boat. It has two outlets.
starting engine first time in 2 years. (1) luvitt at 9:45am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 26/3475 hey all, Ive been working on restoring this 40' hunter legend for about a year now. Its a beautiful
Table of Rigging Sizes & Lengths Donalex at 8:15am 01.22.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/2027 Hi Phil, In the Halcyon days of HOW I think we used to have access to a table of Running Rigging siz
strictly sail chicago discount code duality at 7:56am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/4646 here is a discount code for the chicago show! 50% off SSC09CD anyone have any others mike
Backup outboard tom.watson at 7:55am 01.22.09 Catalina 30 4/1882 Last year, I had trouble with my A4 that turned out to be a gas line pinhole after weeks of looking
Simply amazing Alan at 6:35am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/1881 SYDNEY: Two Burmese men, who said they spent nearly a month floating in an icebox on storm-battered

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H310 heeling (2) jssailem at 7:46am 06.14.21 I think there is some photo trickery at work. Trying to identify the image presented by the poster
Steering Cable Fell Off Don Guillette at 7:42am 06.14.21 Brian: I had never heard that story about the Intrepid so I just looked it up - very interesting rea
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 RitSim at 7:40am 06.14.21 Does the head door close correctly? are the door margins exactly even? also stick an awl or screwd
U-bolt Chainplates shank at 7:37am 06.14.21 Thanks, Joe. I'll check for those backing plates next time I'm out next time on the boat. Hopefully
U-bolt Chainplates shank at 7:30am 06.14.21 Oh, man. That sounds scary, Roy. I'm glad that you were able to recover from that with minimal damag
battery charger Don S/V ILLusion at 7:27am 06.14.21 Follow the wires. There is no designated, single location for a battery charger especially on a 35
Is tuning the rigging necessary? dlochner at 7:25am 06.14.21 The shrouds and stays do more than just hold the mast up, they transmit the energy developed by the
H170 versus H18 experience mark2 at 7:22am 06.14.21 @shemandr I looked at the owner resource pages, but not sure where this would be appropriate. The "O
Leaking deck blocks! mister_j at 7:21am 06.14.21 Best practice is not to seal thru bolts from inside the cabin. If you seal the leak from the insid
Is tuning the rigging necessary? FastOlson at 7:21am 06.14.21 If the present rig is tight and is actually vertical.... and you have read up enough to be satisfied
Waste System - How does it actually work? justsomeguy at 7:19am 06.14.21 Golly!
Is tuning the rigging necessary? jon hansen at 7:14am 06.14.21 like a guitar, it only is worthwhile when in tune. we are checking the tune every sail. eyeballing
Is tuning the rigging necessary? justsomeguy at 7:13am 06.14.21
Leaking deck blocks! mister_j at 7:09am 06.14.21 I think the 4 fasteners on the organizer just go into the hardwood. I don't think they go into or
Leaking deck blocks! mister_j at 7:04am 06.14.21 I mounted new deck organizers last year - they didn't need to be raised so they're mounted right on
H170 versus H18 experience mark2 at 6:56am 06.14.21 @CurtisC thanks for the reminder on the spinnaker kit, that is an important point. Ours did not come
U-bolt Chainplates Joe at 6:53am 06.14.21 I've owned mine 27 for less than a year and I'm not sure how to check to see if I still have the ol
Got a new sailing dinghy kappykaplan at 6:44am 06.14.21 Lookin' good, @Davidasailor26 ! :thumbup::beer:
Here's something you don't see everyday justsomeguy at 6:44am 06.14.21 never seen an AD barge before. As in "advertisement"?
Chartplotters and GPS how do you decide. Scott T-Bird at 6:40am 06.14.21 A lot of it depends on how much money you are willing to spend and whether or not you want your inst

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