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Lightening, as in weighing less dancing bear at 8:12am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1508 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 8/6661 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 3/2821 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 12/2918 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 5/2204 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 7/3312 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 3/1460 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 3/1156 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 1/1424 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 81/16743 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 13/9236 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 18/5723 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 26/4119 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) 4/2219 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 2/4684 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 4/2118 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 11/1951 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 15/5029 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 48/9596 What is the opinion of this group regarding using, and maintaining a knotmeter versus just using the
Which Mac sails best? wonthaggi at 10:35pm 01.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2514 Hi from a future Mac owner. Prior to the model X. and M (Which I can't afford) Which model Mac s

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Tiller .vs. Wheel Dr. D at 8:36am 02.14.22 More than one fiction book of the sea has been written in complete ignorance of sailing. More t
Rudder repairs racenmotorsports at 8:22am 02.14.22 I watched Andy's (boatworks) series yesterday and west systems fix a big ding, I have both issues wi
1984 Hunter 37C Mikem at 8:12am 02.14.22 Hi Smokey, the original aluminum tank is under the shower seat and is inaccessible. I have ordered a
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 (1) Roger F at 8:02am 02.14.22 Accessed to refill with coolant. Both seem to be working fine.
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Baby Sea Wolf at 7:51am 02.14.22 On one side, maybe near the floor, there should be some ventilation holes for compressor cooling. Ca
B 361 Interior Light Switch Captaindave52 at 7:41am 02.14.22 I just ordered these through Beneteau spare parts before they shut down. Any dealer can get them fo
Tiller .vs. Wheel Will Gilmore at 7:24am 02.14.22 These types of books are my nautical source... not the dictionary... Maybe that's my problem.;) I
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:22am 02.14.22 I have installed 2 of these, Isotherm 2010-SX Compact Air Cooled Refrigeration Component System with
Thru Hull Backing Plates Tally Ho at 7:18am 02.14.22
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 Growl at 7:18am 02.14.22 Auto pilot is absolutely a luxury, and new to me! When I had to leave the tiller helm on my other bo
H 41 large saloon window resealing an some question braddexter at 7:09am 02.14.22
HUNTER 34 Tranny to prop shaft coupler Tally Ho at 7:08am 02.14.22
Hunter 216 Sailing performance rgranger at 7:05am 02.14.22 I defer to @rgranger regarding the traveler but I'll note there are many small boats without travel
Hunter 216 Sailing performance shemandr at 6:59am 02.14.22 Yes, I did add a ring to my mast for the whisker pole. Something like this: RONSTAN 1 3/4" Stainle
Thru Hull Backing Plates Ward H at 6:50am 02.14.22 Yep, similar to my 1980 O 25. I was guessing it was the hull liner with the cutout.
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 (1) Roger F at 6:46am 02.14.22 It is a top opening freezer with 2 sides built in, 1 side hull, and other side is against the front
LiFePo4 Refresh Roy 845 at 6:42am 02.14.22 There's no great answer here because of so many options available these days but I would refer to a
Thru Hull Backing Plates (1) Project_Mayhem at 6:35am 02.14.22 Here are a couple of pics. It definitely looks like it's the liner that has the 3" hole. Items were
BOLT BROKE OFF kloudie1 at 6:34am 02.14.22 Yup, not good news but I agree. Take the whole manifold off and take it to a shop. They should be ab
Eleven Portlights V.Carter at 6:16am 02.14.22 You will be working on her for years. Ask me how I know. Best if you bring up one project at a time

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