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Owners manual 28 Seemeeu at 2:11pm 03.26.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/3516 Hi I am new to the sails, need a copy for a Ranger 28. I also need the specs for a prop and shaft. I
Proud Papa thisoldspouse at 1:19pm 03.26.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1225 I just figured out how to post pics to my profile (it's easy, I'm challenged).Check the Albums. Pict
Tiller pilot !!! yugnoir at 12:50pm 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 18/8495 I have a Navico auto-pilot 1800, haven't used it yet though. Any comments! can you use them only whe
Hunter bad electrolysis 1983 34 cjgrabell at 12:42pm 03.26.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2317 I have a Hunter 1983 great sailing vessel but I am getting reports of very bad electroylisis on the
Hunter 34 Throttle cable problem Roy Page at 12:12pm 03.26.09 Big Boats 19/3650 The complete makeover of my H34 is almost finished, and sporting her new name "Morning Mist", should
Removing the old Head and in with the new... (4) Sumner at 12:02pm 03.26.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1669 Not too long after we got our Mac in Jan. of 2009 Scott Widmier of Kennesaw,GA who has a Mac 26D men
Buying advice for a 1988 240 Etch at 11:56am 03.26.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1204 Hello, I am new to this but am close to buying a 1988 Oday 240 with many extra's. Just wanted some a
Closest public* boat ramp to caladesi island? biorapper at 11:40am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2631 * or private for a small fee. I can't tell from the online chart...hoping there is one around minn
battery monitor accuracy question walt at 10:19am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 34/3518 I recently put a linklite battery monitor in my trailer sailor and it seems to work overall well. H
Ranger 23 rluitjens at 10:01am 03.26.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 4/9594 I recently acquired a 1977 Ranger 23 tall rig. I was wondering if anyone has a source for an owners
Deck Painting sailaway78 at 9:49am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2272 I had asked some questions when I painted my hull, and should have followed the advice given here.
Removing Ablative Paint from Topsides MattObjects at 9:46am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 31/8337 As one of many questionable "repairs," the PO of my Grampian 26 painted the topsides with ablative b
No forum for old men. caguy at 9:24am 03.26.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1998 Is there anything on this frum that is liek ''Tracker'' on the ild forum? I have tried subscribing
Toilet Paper And Sugar SeanMorey at 9:21am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 24/4145 Hi all, More questions from new liveaboard. A pumpout guy told me marine tp is bad for system. Tru
Anybody used a DeLorme GPS LT-20? Roger Long at 6:46am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1811 I'm experimenting with my SO's DeLorme Earthmate GPS LT-20 "hocky puck" USB GPS antenna as a third G
Mounting on cabin bulkheads earlkeim at 6:42am 03.26.09 Smaller Boats 10/1780 This may sound stupid but I need to ask. I would like to mount some things on the cabin bulkhead or
cdi reefer system blue noser at 2:46am 03.26.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3326 Hi all, finally got the furler took apart and its a cdi reefer one, micro spool the luft is type t,
Anyone know how to overhaul venture 17? kreed17er at 2:37am 03.26.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1452 I have already stripped the hardware and need to start sanding. Should I spray sand or hand sand?
Rotating boom furling mainsail paulie 1 at 11:32pm 03.25.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4183 Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone utilises the swivel boom connector to roll up their mainsail
Copper based bottom paint on Bronze Hermit Scott at 9:17pm 03.25.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1892 This topic was brought up not too long ago. While I was epoxying the around my through hulls I thoug

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Adding 115 AC kloudie1 at 12:08pm 02.08.22 Note that the new Honda is rated at 1800 watts continuous. Honda EU2200i Super Quiet Inverter Gene
Raw water pump. Tom J at 11:58am 02.08.22 This would be a good time to replace the pump with OBERDORFER pump. The impeller can be replaced fr
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:46am 02.08.22 The better information that is provided when asking a question the more targeted the responses will
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:23am 02.08.22 And that's how the battle started: in Florida. When we are sweltering in 90 degree weather with
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 11:01am 02.08.22 I note what looks like some pretty severe pitting on the shaft (Pic 1 far left just above some sort
Adding 115 AC Benny17441 at 11:00am 02.08.22
Raw water pump. PlaneTom at 10:57am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang lengt
Adding portable general. Benny17441 at 10:51am 02.08.22 A Honda Eu2000i portable generator puts out a maximum of 13.3 Amps irrespective of whether it has 20
C&C 30 Mk II rudder smokey73 at 10:45am 02.08.22 No sure of who made the C&C 30 rudder. If it was Foss Foam you may be in luck if its a bigger job t
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 10:45am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Raw water pump. kloudie1 at 10:34am 02.08.22 Had a similar problem on a friend's Westerbeke. When we rebuilt the pump I had the drive tang length
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:33am 02.08.22 The states that allow you to document your boat and NOT register your boat are AK, AZ, CA, CO, DE, H
Coast Guard or Nationally Registered jviss at 10:31am 02.08.22 Right. In those cases where states require separate state registration of (USCG) documented vessels
Raw water pump. JoeWhite at 10:30am 02.08.22 If I had to guess what happened, I will guess that you have not used the engine for a long time, lik
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Ward H at 10:26am 02.08.22 My GF keeps one in her Honda CR-V. Had a dead battery one day. The Jump Start worked great. I was a
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... jviss at 10:17am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke Benny17441 at 10:13am 02.08.22 Overfueling. The governor is unable to handle certain load conditions. Fouled bottom or prop or re
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 9:56am 02.08.22 UPDATE... These things still fail to work.. In the last two weeks we have needed to jump-start our
Winter Cruising Question (2) colb218 at 9:38am 02.08.22 It sounds like your head sail had previously been a hanked on sail or possibly on a racing foil. I
Raw water pump. (1) PlaneTom at 9:30am 02.08.22 Yeah. That's had it. Appears to have seized and sheared off the pulley that the belt goes on. So

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