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Boat Registration - Alaska Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 8:59am 10.01.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1826 We are in the process of acquiring a new sailboat. I am an Alaskan resident. Would anyone have any
Port-to-Starboard Gin Pole? Glenn & Deb at 8:54am 10.01.08 Smaller Boats 3/1342 A new gin pole for our 240 came in when we bought the boat. The top wire with loops went from port
H23.5 Rudder Arturo DeVitalis at 8:41am 10.01.08 Smaller Boats 1/923 In Replacing The Rudder Shims I Took A Close Look At How The Line For Raising/lowering The Rudder Wa
Please enable RSS feed on new site Marty A at 7:56am 10.01.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1309 I like to use Google Reader to track the sites I watch for threads that are of interest to me. I ha
What are the differences in a '84 vs an '86 Cat 22 Bukrub at 7:45am 10.01.08 Catalina 22 4/1595 I have an '84 cat 22. I put a lot of money into this boat, but now an opportunity has arisen to acqu
practicality of sombrero stabilizers jtmccue at 7:28am 10.01.08 Mid-Size Boats 3/1066 I see these orange plastic "sombrero" shaped stabilizers at WM and wonder as to their practicality o
Louisiana Sailors - Please Read - Boat Registration Idratherbesailing at 5:41am 10.01.08 Ask All Sailors 21/6820 I have a Gulfstar 37, and like most Louisiana sailors with larger sailboats, I have always had the b
1984 Pearson 23C owner looking for the light capn4u at 11:08pm 09.30.08 Pearson 0/2132 On the stern that is. I was wondering if anybody has info on rail mounted stern lights. Mine is mi
Adapting a Doyle stack pack main sail on a 26S to a 26D Solly Williams at 9:26pm 09.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1606 I have a 1989 26 D in need of a new main sail. Was wondering if anyone could give me some details o
Learning to sail Phil V25 at 8:00pm 09.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1416 I have been visiting Macgregorowners.com more since the site has been redone. I find it has many use
Sorry guys Phil Herring at 6:47pm 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1955 I'm working on photo imports and I've had a couple searches stall the db server.
sheet winches Jack Spencer at 5:30pm 09.30.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1030 I have a '79 O'day 23. The current winches are ARCO 7's. When I took them apart I noticed that there
New site performance Tim R. at 5:14pm 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 30/3630 Phil, Maine Sail and Brian D. great job on the new site. However, I have noticed some real perform
h34 aircondition project? Jim Della Vecchia at 4:58pm 09.30.08 Big Boats 5/1626 Is there anyone out there who installed a air-condition or a heat pump on a hunter 34 1983 vintage?
At the end of your furler line (1) Steve A. at 4:53pm 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 13/5866 What does everyone else use at the end of their roller furler line? I have seen cam cleats and regu
Treatment for wing keel Don12480 at 4:30pm 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1827 The lead wing keel on my 35.5 is getting a huge amount of growth on the bottom. It is very difficult
Suggestions/comments for new radar Don S/V ILLusion at 4:15pm 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 10/2314 My winter project this year is a new radar and though it would be good to solicit comments from thos
sewing machine walt at 3:44pm 09.30.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2753 Im wondering what sort of sewing machine you need for "hobby" sailboat type projects. Ie, say for so
Haul out mangler1 at 3:39pm 09.30.08 Ask All Sailors 24/2678 Hello everyone we are hauling our boat out Oct. 20th. We are moored in Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. I
Uploading Jpg files Paul Z at 3:28pm 09.30.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 14/2602 What's up? no matter how much I reduce the size; .jpg files come up "upload failed"????

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Dufour 31, your thoughts dlochner at 8:49pm 01.25.22 The Sabre underneath the 3800 looks interesting. In either event a 40 year old 30' boat should be
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (6) Will Gilmore at 8:49pm 01.25.22 The aft-mast rig, also called a delta rig or a stays'l rig had been toyed with on and off for decade
Cable tv? Calif. Ted at 8:04pm 01.25.22 I needed a bunch of adapters like that to get my XM radio matched to a Sirius antennae.
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs thinwater at 8:01pm 01.25.22 Here is the story of building an aft-mast double headsail rig. An interesting read, even if you woul
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:43pm 01.25.22 If you want satellite TV get an antenna and receiver.
Cable tv? Growl at 7:38pm 01.25.22 Hey, try finding one these days! Lol
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (2) lindsaytodd at 7:30pm 01.25.22 Thanks Tedd, I will take a look at this one. I see it has the synthetic rope so I will need to chec
Looking for recommendations for bareboat charter company in Greece sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 For that many people I would charter a catamaran.
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 Wow!!..........you have a fishing pole holder......on a sailboat?
Adding an Hour Meter Ralph Johnstone at 7:22pm 01.25.22 Only recorded motor hours at night so the hours shown were pretty understated. But think of the r
Another C22 at my marina Zinger88 at 7:03pm 01.25.22 We started off with three Cat 22's at our marina: 1 original design, 1 New Design and my 2004 MK-II.
Cable tv? kloudie1 at 6:46pm 01.25.22 Or an old gps antenna connection. Or maybe an old LORAN antenna connection
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. mermike at 6:38pm 01.25.22 So many kinds of boats. So little time...
Looking for 386 Red and Green Interior Courtesy Lights (3) JimP at 6:24pm 01.25.22 I completed this project over the summer. Turns out there were small white incandescent bulbs with a
Trident 101 rubber smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:16pm 01.25.22 I should have expanded my map...didn't realize that Buffalo is closer than the Soo. However my poin
Hunter 386 Cockpit Conduit to Nav Station run (1) JimP at 6:04pm 01.25.22 Gary, in my 2003 H386, that tube is so full it was unusable. I was able to use an electric fish tape
Sad Day Project_Mayhem at 5:38pm 01.25.22 Internet Time Machine: Wayback Machine
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade Tedd at 5:36pm 01.25.22 @lindsaytodd , I'm not lucky enough to have a 32RK (great boat, by the way). But eTrailers.com reco
bent t-bolts and shroud replacement Project_Mayhem at 5:28pm 01.25.22 $200 is a really reasonable price. I believe replacement period is 20 for boats on a mooring and st
Mast wiring? Andiamo 34 at 5:28pm 01.25.22 Thank you Claude for the response. It is a 1985 Hunter 34.5 and what I was told was Legend, but tha

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