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Fairleads and horn cleats on Mac 25 Deck dancing bear at 8:56am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1953 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 6/1475 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 8/6412 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 3/2788 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 12/2848 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 5/2172 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 7/3269 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 3/1427 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 3/1129 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 1/1375 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 81/15989 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 13/9003 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 18/5576 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 26/3915 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) 4/2091 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 2/4670 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 4/2050 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 11/1927 SYDNEY: Two Burmese men, who said they spent nearly a month floating in an icebox on storm-battered
What's this on my Cal 20? (1) Wahiawa at 3:20am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/4934 Aloha, Can anyone tell me what this bracket is for on the back of my Cal 20's mast? I recently bo
Knotmeter or GPS jibes138 at 2:39am 01.22.09 Ask All Sailors 48/9296 What is the opinion of this group regarding using, and maintaining a knotmeter versus just using the

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Loose Leech Line on Jib Cause Halyard Wrap? LeeandRick at 6:28am 12.29.21 If it's worked before try dropping the sail and cleaning the upper swivel. Most don't need lube so j
Hunter 40.5 Water heater to hydronic diesel (1) dkinzer at 6:24am 12.29.21 Here is an image of the Kuuma 11841 water heater that my 41DS has. rizontal centerline are the heat
The Proper PROP Barn-dog at 6:24am 12.29.21 My bottom remains clear of marine growth throughout the season, but I did see a lot of barnacles on
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 eherlihy at 5:16am 12.29.21 Remember if you do get the PSS in place successfully - you will need to go through the same thing a
Self tailing winches Crazy Dave Condon at 5:02am 12.29.21 You can purchase beige ceiling liner caps from a good hardware store to cover up the two holes which
Hunter window reseal Crazy Dave Condon at 4:53am 12.29.21 Greg. Good morning Others in the manufacture of sailboats use to say that as there were a coupl
Loose Leech Line on Jib Cause Halyard Wrap? Apex at 2:42am 12.29.21 leech line no, luff tension (halyard) can improve furling, along with a slow furl. MikeHoncho is co
groups of spider hair line cracks in deck exterior jmczzz at 2:08am 12.29.21 This is for my new sailboat an 85 O'Day 26 it is a good one. We negotiated the price down to 6500. S
groups of spider hair line cracks in deck exterior jmczzz at 1:43am 12.29.21 Check out a Dollar Store or similar place. Also look in the house wares dept at a grocery store. A
PacificNW weather update. MikeHoncho at 12:09am 12.29.21 Just started back up again
Loose Leech Line on Jib Cause Halyard Wrap? MikeHoncho at 12:06am 12.29.21 The PO of my boat had the marina rigger add a anti wrap block on the front of the mast that increase
searching for a leak and needing advice JamieB at 10:22pm 12.28.21 As I understand it you have taken the boat out of the water and the leaking bow water tank is no lon
searching for a leak and needing advice JamieB at 10:20pm 12.28.21 Edit: I got to my laptop and was able to edit this post It is easier from the inside but you can d
True Internet-worthy WiFi on board justsomeguy at 10:00pm 12.28.21
Hunter 40.5 Water heater to hydronic diesel baycloud at 9:47pm 12.28.21 One thing I did notice is that I have two expansion tanks - my theory is that one is connected after
Hunter 40.5 Water heater to hydronic diesel baycloud at 9:32pm 12.28.21 So basically, the 120VAC water heater either has the extra water heating coil hookup to utilize engi
True Internet-worthy WiFi on board JamesG161 at 8:56pm 12.28.21 I hoist our HOTSPOT up the pennant line to about 40 feet and get good streaming service within 15 m
Stern rail size? sail sfbay at 8:49pm 12.28.21 Likely 1.25" diameter (same as my Hunter 46) but suggest measuring the circumference and divide by 3
True Internet-worthy WiFi on board DArcy at 8:47pm 12.28.21 When working on the boat I've found it better to use my phone as a hot spot than depend on the unpre
True Internet-worthy WiFi on board Stu Jackson at 8:27pm 12.28.21 Consider looking at www.panbo.com

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