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The lost newbie MrMikey64 at 12:41pm 08.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/913 i just acquired a Macgregor! But, I know so very little about them. The only number I found on the
Annapolis Boat Show Oct 9-13 Jim Seamans at 12:34pm 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/887 First shot.. Joan and I are going on Oct 9 due to travel plans. Is there interest in trying to g
Retirement sailboat "winter cabin" walt at 11:41am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1033 I would like to hear "stories" and get some ideas from folks who maintain lives in Northern places b
Hull Speed Tom23400 at 10:57am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 8/4824 They say you can determine your max hull speed by knowing a sail boats length in the water. If that
Survey: For Sailors Who Have Converted from 2-Blade to 3-Blade Prop: PropWalk rardiH36 at 10:31am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 20/2194 Here goes: For those that have actually converted boats from 2 blades to 3 blades (or know someon
Knots Bob S at 9:38am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 25/2580 Being a novice I am still learning how to tie knots and stumbled on this animated website.
mast needed H23 Grymkiwi at 8:15am 08.06.08 Smaller Boats 6/1327 any one know where I can find a mast for an H23 ???
Tropical Storm sailaway78 at 7:51am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/988 Any of you guys down in the Galveston, Sabine Pass area get any damage at all from that little tropi
BVI Charter Co. needs 45' provalorbrent at 7:25am 08.06.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/865 I have a new, small, growing Yacht Charter and Yacht Management company in the British Virgin Island
Battery Combiners vs Isolators Bill Murray at 6:58am 08.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/2048 My 1999 H410 has an electrical system composed of a house bank of 2 4D batteries and 1 SRM-24 starte
Boating amongst the plastic trash Ctskip at 6:08am 08.06.08 Ask All Sailors 30/1919 I just viewed a program about a large plastic/trash dump and it's circling the pacific from Japan to
Fairlead Tracks Ken Prichard at 5:47am 08.06.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2939 How is the correct distance, from the center line, determined for locating jib fairlead tracks? I've
what is this? LordNelson at 5:34am 08.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/816 someone gave this to me and i have no idea what it came from. does anyone know what it is?
what size drain plug? RNC725 at 4:37am 08.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1040 bought a standard drain plug for the water ballast, it appears to be a bit too small? What the heck
Cabin sole Randy Church at 3:34am 08.06.08 Big Boats 1/1046 Another cabin sole post-agghhh!! Have searched the archives but nothing on this particular method o
Keel up or down on the mooring? ODay25 Capt at 8:53pm 08.05.08 Catalina 22 8/2458 Sold the O'Day and bought a 22 swing keel. New Haven is a choppy harbor and the boat is on a mooring
Keel up or down on mooring? ODay25 Capt at 8:50pm 08.05.08 Smaller Boats 6/2815 Sold the O'Day and bought a 22 swing keel. Wanted to know if the keel should be kept up or down when
Tidal Grid MarkieMark at 8:41pm 08.05.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1076 Hello All, just bought a 76 22 Oday. I am thinking of using the tidal grid at the marina. Any issu
Mast stepping boatsaremike at 7:49pm 08.05.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1475 I just purchased a 27 ft Catalina 1981. I'm a new sailor and don't really understand some of the te
Hunter 29.5 Small Port Light Screens Joe Karner at 6:31pm 08.05.08 Mid-Size Boats 0/1211 The four smaller opening port lights in our boat carry the brand name "PYHI". I would like to repla

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Bringing dogs aboard (1) DayDreamer41 at 8:19am 09.28.21 We sailed from Rockland Main to Yarmouth Nova Scotia with a friend who brought his dog. When he ne
Indoor/Outdoor marine speakers dmax at 8:19am 09.28.21 Polyplanar speakers, as Ken has, have good sound at a reasonable price.
Why are selling prices so much less in Europe than in the US? billder99 at 8:17am 09.28.21 An acquaintance of mine did just that. Several years ago he was looking for a performance 40 footer
Stop wires slapping inside of mast? DougM at 8:12am 09.28.21 How do you get above the first spreader? We have spreader lights, a forward deck light, and a VHF
I purchased stock in ITW (maker of Plexus) ... Now What? dmax at 8:11am 09.28.21 For repairs, I would stick with epoxy.
Stop wires slapping inside of mast? All U Get at 8:05am 09.28.21 @All U Get , You have two options. Run two conduits. One runs from the mast head to the mast base
Honda BF50 constantly dies dmax at 8:00am 09.28.21 Take the cover off and observe how the throttle cable moves the throttle - this should tell you whet
Adding kayak to sailboat jeepbluetj at 7:57am 09.28.21 I had the same on the last boat, and have em on the current boat too. I noticed upwind performance w
New Hunter 19-2 update richiemx5 at 7:50am 09.28.21 Hi Henry, Thanks for the reply. I found the page in the manual that talks about the setup. Y
Bringing dogs aboard Will Gilmore at 7:49am 09.28.21 I could never convince my dogs that it was ok to use a pee rug. If we had shore access, I took the
Lovin the Restore kappykaplan at 7:44am 09.28.21 Thanks Kap, I think you were involved in my questions originally, have done a lot of cypherin, desi
Found out why my alternator wasn't putting out current ... Scott T-Bird at 7:34am 09.28.21 Thanks for the replies! This is all a bit of a mystery to me. I had no reason to question the alte
SPLASH! RockynHilda at 7:23am 09.28.21 Lookin Good Amigo !
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter RockynHilda at 7:13am 09.28.21 Good Job on the call to remove and verify, peace of mind for sure, after repairs made!
Furling main replacement pk104 at 7:12am 09.28.21 Good point Stu. My 2001 haul 104 has a Charleston Spar mast. Not sure where it was built. It has had
Lovin the Restore (2) RockynHilda at 7:02am 09.28.21 Lookin' good! :beer: Crazy Dave asked me to post on the forum some of the stuff that has been done
Lovin the Restore RockynHilda at 6:59am 09.28.21 Lookin' good! :beer: Thanks Kap, I think you were involved in my questions originally, have done a
Lovin the Restore RockynHilda at 6:57am 09.28.21 Paint Job looks great!:thumbup: Thank you Sir, 1st coat made a difference big time, lookin forward
Lovin the Restore rgranger at 6:55am 09.28.21 Meaning ? Paint Job looks great!:thumbup:
Lovin the Restore kappykaplan at 6:55am 09.28.21 Meaning ? Lookin' good! :beer:

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