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Lightening, as in weighing less dancing bear at 8:12am 01.23.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1510 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 8/6678 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 3/2825 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 12/2921 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 7/3316 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 3/1461 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 3/1157 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 1/1432 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 81/16764 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 13/9248 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 18/5726 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 26/4120 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) 4/2227 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 2/4685 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 4/2125 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 11/1953 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 15/5033 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 48/9603 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 7/2515 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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Starter issues- 1982 Yanmar Tally Ho at 5:14pm 02.15.22 Yeah, let the batteries charge first and see what happens. Do you have any sort of battery monitor
Salon light fixtures Diablito at 5:14pm 02.15.22 I have made several purchases through them. The statement on the website, that the original fixtures
BOLT BROKE OFF RitSim at 4:55pm 02.15.22 One way is to bolt the exit elbow back on and buy/obtain a sleeve to fit snugly in the elbow with a
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling RitSim at 4:49pm 02.15.22 We had a C30 that allowed water into the cabin. On that boat there was a set of two sheaves mounted
Choosing a battery charger dlochner at 4:43pm 02.15.22 the charger needs to be installed in a ventilated area. I believe there are fans to move air throu
BOLT BROKE OFF Hello Below at 4:40pm 02.15.22 Thanks for the responses. I just don't think that I can get the manifold off of the elbows without
Salon light fixtures Hello Below at 4:26pm 02.15.22 Thank you. Hunter Owners has replacement fixtures, made by another vendor. They are not the same as
HUNTER 34 Tranny to prop shaft coupler dmax at 4:02pm 02.15.22 When I asked MaineSail about his opinion on flexible couplers he said he did not recommend them. I w
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling bradm at 3:59pm 02.15.22 I also get water in the bilge after a hard rain, about a gallon after the last storm. The mast seem
Starter issues- 1982 Yanmar dmax at 3:58pm 02.15.22 Sounds like a dead battery or possibly bad connections from the battery to the starter motor. I doub
Choosing a battery charger Mark Maulden at 3:52pm 02.15.22 Under the v-berth is pretty much open underneath on all sides and to the bow. I think the space is
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 kappykaplan at 3:49pm 02.15.22 Do I really need a wheel break? Yes. It will prevent currents, wakes, etc from driving the rudder
CDI Mainsail Furler on Hunter 28 Growl at 3:29pm 02.15.22 Just got back from the boat again! I love my life! First thing I did when I got there was deactivate
Oday 25 portlights racenmotorsports at 3:24pm 02.15.22 @Project_Mayhem Yes I did. We ordered brand new portlights both sets. Coming up with the plan to r
Anyone replaced their pinstripe? flightlead404 at 3:23pm 02.15.22 @flightlead404 - not sure what source for multi-color striping you found online, but I searched the
Precision 23 Cooler Options DAVA390 at 3:22pm 02.15.22 FYI it turns out the current replacement is the Igloo 48-Quart Marine Ultra Hardsided Cooler. Kevin
It just keeps going... racenmotorsports at 3:20pm 02.15.22 Was that just reopening the cockpit drain or putting in a new one?
Starter issues- 1982 Yanmar JoeWhite at 3:11pm 02.15.22 Let the battery charge overnight and check the fluid level.
HUNTER 34 Tranny to prop shaft coupler Tally Ho at 3:10pm 02.15.22
Rudder repairs (1) racenmotorsports at 3:10pm 02.15.22 Oh snap! best to find it now I guess. Found some more work on the rudder over the weekend. I st

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