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BECKSON Ports instead of Gray grfg8r at 1:54pm 06.26.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1399 Searched the archive for Beckson Replacement ports. Can't find exactly what size would be used to re
why was h-23 built only a couple years? b.gregory at 3:59pm 06.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1019 why???????????
help on rigging GARY at 7:00pm 06.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/890 I have just joined the mac family I have a "77" 25' mac.realy good shape. this is my first sail boat
Hello everyone Capt. Valdez Seaweed esq. at 9:30pm 06.24.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1018 Hello everyone. I reg. with your forum when I first got my Mac 25 and a lot of you didn't want to de
4 HP 2 stroke, or 5 HP 4 stroke ? Hal at 9:45pm 06.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/837 I recently purchased a 1973 O'day Mariner 2+2. It came with a 1974 Evinrude 4 HP 2 stroke outboard,
Grills and cook tops, what do you like? Mergatroid at 9:47pm 06.24.08 Smaller Boats 5/1160 Our boat came with an alcohol stove and it works o.k. for boiling the morning coffee. Not sure if
Steel nut on stainless side stay turnbuckles Capt. Valdez Seaweed esq. at 10:03pm 06.24.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1120 On my 1983 25' I have a steel nut on my stainless steel turnbuckles. Trying to save them has become
trouble hoisting main Dave D 94 H26 at 10:46pm 06.24.08 Smaller Boats 5/1112 Hello all, I'm having trouble with the main on my '94 H26. I can raise it about 85% of the way, then
O'Day 23 boarding/swimming ladder svey at 8:16pm 06.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1068 I'm installing a boarding/swimming ladder on my 1976 23' O'Day. I drilled 2 holes yesterday on the
Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA Jim Seamans at 10:59pm 06.24.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1053 Has anyone been to this museum and how was it?JimS/V Java
Proper running lights Tom23400 at 11:45pm 06.24.08 Smaller Boats 4/901 Last week while sailing at night on Lake Michigan I noticed all theother sailboats (sailing) had th
Spinnaker frmreilly at 11:51pm 06.24.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1171 I am new to spinnakers and I have an asymmetrical on my Pearson 323. Sailing downwind, do I fly the
Raymarine S1 Autopilot In An H34 - Anyone? Joe Mullee at 11:55pm 06.24.08 Big Boats 5/1032 Raymarine has pushed back the delivery date yet again on the X-5 series. Now it's the end of July "a
Need Help from experienced sailors!!! sailingyaya's at 12:03am 06.25.08 Smaller Boats 14/1335 new on the water... We are looking into a 1995 Hunter Pac 23 for our family. We have NO SAILING EXP
learning to sail in style sailortonyb Allied Mis at 1:26am 06.25.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1166 This is a recent true story of a friend of mine.I met Alan last year. We worked on the same platfo
Engine Shut Off Problems Johnny Jr at 1:30am 06.25.08 Big Boats 5/1308 When pressing the red shutoff button, engine does not shutdown. Previously this was intermittent but
mainsail reefing lines--need help russmalik at 1:34am 06.25.08 Smaller Boats 4/1558 We just bought a 2006 216 and are having trouble rigging the reefing lines on the mainsail. Does an
One More Time--PoliGlow Removal cscott at 1:35am 06.25.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/4862 Has anyone had the experience of removing PoliGlow? I applied one coat of Poliglow on the bottom thi
how is my system grounded rob9799 at 11:24pm 06.24.08 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1189 although my batteries are up, I can not get juice in the system. First I thought it was the battery
Edwin, are your coming to the Yankee Doodle Regatta TimHayes at 11:18pm 06.24.08 Day Sailers 2/1250 Edwin,I noticed that you placed 2nd in the Huddleston Cup. Congratulations! Just wondering if you

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Jerk MitchM at 2:31pm 05.12.21 sounds like nice little outboards should be painted in wild carnival colors with boa
2001 Catalina 250 Bottom Paint Barrier Coat Question Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 05.12.21 Their process for a never before bottom painted boat is 2 coats of epoxy barrier, Welcome to the
Selden IMF on H38 - How to remove main halyard pin? (1) sail sfbay at 2:23pm 05.12.21 Agree the Selden manual is pretty vague on your question. Might have to cut the halyard eye to sepa
Surprise!! Shaft wear by packing nut MitchM at 2:20pm 05.12.21 not to get into Gieck's engineering formulas in detail, but : the engineering formulas fo
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Scott T-Bird at 2:16pm 05.12.21 Welcome to the forum and to sailing. It is a great past time. The short way from Newburyport, MA t
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Rick486 at 2:04pm 05.12.21 I must relocate my boat a gift , Catilina 30, w/ factory diesel . I am going to sail it under power
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Scott T-Bird at 2:01pm 05.12.21 BTW, when I say dangerous, I really mean that you will not know how you react to bad conditions. It
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Scott T-Bird at 1:53pm 05.12.21 Welcome @jbstuebner, if you want to spend the appropriate amount of time and you have help, you can
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom swshogren at 1:50pm 05.12.21 Claud L - Thank you for sharing your photos and how you have laid everything out. In my case aboard
Universal M25XP not starting...air in system? (1) jibes138 at 1:50pm 05.12.21 Check your fuel hoses, if they are old they could be cracked and leaking (I speak from experience).
New Prop jssailem at 1:43pm 05.12.21 the diver who installed it said there was 1/8" to 1/4" clearance between the new prop and the hull.
Do all Hunter 34s have a false bilge? swshogren at 1:22pm 05.12.21 Thanks for the feedback and the photos. So if I'm seeing red that might be 5200 and not the true bil
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal dlochner at 1:20pm 05.12.21 Welcome to the forum and to sailing. It is a great past time. The short way from Newburyport, MA to
Relocating and recharging Cold Machine JRT at 1:11pm 05.12.21 My AC is installed in the bow of the boat under the berth access panel. Noise seems acceptable to u
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal jbstuebner at 1:10pm 05.12.21 Welcome to the forum! How much time do you have to make the trip? You might want to consider havin
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal (1) jbstuebner at 1:09pm 05.12.21 jb, Universal didn't make a 20 hp, Westerbeke may have. An M25 is 21 hp, an M25XP is 23 hp (but th
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Davidasailor26 at 1:00pm 05.12.21 Welcome to the forum! How much time do you have to make the trip? You might want to consider having
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Stu Jackson at 12:58pm 05.12.21
Traveler Bar replacement -- Has anyone succeeded? (1) pclarksurf at 12:51pm 05.12.21
New Prop Stu Jackson at 12:50pm 05.12.21 Just for grins & giggles, I did a forum search on "C310 prop", not "+c3120+prop" or anything else fa

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