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New Mac 25 Personal Best, Woohoo dancing bear at 9:31pm 06.28.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1093 Yesterday, on two occaisions, my GPS recorded an average speed of 7.4 knots over about 14 seconds an
Using roller furling New Boat at 10:16pm 06.28.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2496 I am a new boat owner. I just purchased a 2005 Hunter 216.While I have crewed on other boats, rol
bulging keel Carl at 10:30pm 06.28.08 Lancer 0/1509 I have a bulge in my keel at the top of the ballast level. Also the forward end of the bilge has ope
Trailer axle bearing maintenance David F at 10:23pm 06.28.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/967 As the owner of this 88 26D for 3 months, I am leaning a lot about sailing (my first boat) by trial
oversizing holes for hardware seth at 12:38am 06.29.08 Ask All Sailors 8/1360 Yesterday I drilled 1/2 in holes to for filling with epoxy before boring holes for mounting hardware
Excessive Vibration on a Beneteau Oceanis 393 equipped with a Yanmar 4JH3E 56 HP Dimitrios Degiannis at 2:14am 06.29.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3918 My Oceanis 393 (Yanmar 4JH3E 56 HP) suffers from excessive engine vibration when revs go up between
Cat 28 Mast Issue Rex at 2:00am 06.29.08 Mid-Size Boats 0/1065 I just purchased a 1990 28 and have a problem with the mast base. Water has settled and leaked thro
Sailing offshore in a Yamaha 30 George at 1:19am 06.29.08 Yamaha 3/4351 Hi,I live in Vancouver bc and I am considering buying a yamaha 30 for sale here. I'd like opinions
Voltage regulator Joetech at 1:16am 06.29.08 Catalina 22 1/1168 I have a Tohatsu 6hp outboard on my Catalina 22. It has a altenator to charge the Battery. At high
Raising the mast Bill Foley at 2:21am 06.29.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/914 While raising the mast the hook on the small port halyard under the spreader keeps popping out. Th
O'day 222 deck organization Wayne Catt at 2:35am 06.29.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1069 I am a relatively new O'day 222 owner and I would like to set it up for easier single handing with d
MODEL????? YEAR ??? (1) Barry at 2:39am 06.29.08 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1016 Hello. I am new on this site and here goes my question.I have just bought what I believe to be an O'
Holding tank odor Paul8839 at 3:34am 06.29.08 Big Boats 10/1663 I have a 2007 '49 (hull#6) with Quiet Flush electric heads. We have odor problems while underway whi
trailering with jib or genoa oldman at 4:07am 06.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/850 I am new to sailing and have a 2004 26M. Can you leave the Jib on the roller furler inside a sail c
Antenna? Jerry at 11:24pm 06.28.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/1186 Wondering what kind and where to purchase aantenna for my flat screen Sharp TV? Thanks inadvance.
gear-box cable will at 8:37am 06.29.08 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1026 the gear box cable on my yanmar ysm-`12 will not fully engage in forward.reverse is fine but i want
pointing ability on Oceanis lazydays at 8:04am 06.29.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1920 My 321 is a shoal draft version and i am having problems when sailing to windward, the boat simply w
Rasmus - verus hydraulic steering ddewolfe at 9:59am 06.29.08 Hallberg-Rassy 3/6889 I have a couple of questions about the Vetus hydraulic steering on my Rasmus.The steering feels 'l
first rigging and lauch dave at 9:37am 06.29.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/990 I'm about to rig (raise the standing and running rigging) for the first time on my new (to me) 1987
Propeller shaft drip Michel16055 at 9:20am 06.29.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1076 Help please.There seems to be a drip every 2 seconds coming from the joint where the propeller shaf

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Replacement AC Unit / Reverse Cycle JamesG161 at 9:32pm 09.21.21 Jim - so the Dometic ECD - is it a basic drop in to your existing system? Yes, mine was fairly eas
Tachometer suddenly stops....... Stu Jackson at 8:35pm 09.21.21 Full batteries is what I have been told before including Rod, but why now this year only...... coul
Yanmar 3jh3e Winterize Gary Ryan at 7:58pm 09.21.21 Hey Greg.. I do the same. What can I say, I enjoy fixing her up! I'll put her to bed, only to be
Tachometer suddenly stops....... sesmith at 7:56pm 09.21.21 Assuming you have in-line switches to to the solar panels, turn off the panels when that happens, an
Tachometer suddenly stops....... jssailem at 7:41pm 09.21.21 Greg. Not sure how you have the wiring. Here is what Balmar says about wiring the Tach. Install WHI
Seventeen Years and Out! Terry Cox at 7:00pm 09.21.21 Purchased our boat in 2002. She has taken us on many extended cruises all over PNW waters. She is so
Filler material for teak DArcy at 7:00pm 09.21.21 I just did this with the method Dave laid out except I had a LOT of teak sawdust from making plugs f
ground wire in mast DArcy at 6:36pm 09.21.21 Is your mast deck stepped or keel stepped? Mine is keel stepped and I use ring terminals on a termin
Seventeen Years and Out! Ralph Johnstone at 6:30pm 09.21.21 My name is Drew, and I don't have a boat ... Hi Drew ...............................
Keel Mast Plate Replacement sail sfbay at 6:03pm 09.21.21 If you want a spar made suggest RigRite.
Keel Mast Plate Replacement (5) BigDream at 5:53pm 09.21.21 Hey thanks for the welcome and the reply... I have a book called "sandbag" which has a bunch of good
Seventeen Years and Out! heritage at 5:01pm 09.21.21 Don't go cold turkey, just go small. https://images.app.goo.gl/zBAidf2mHNPiQika8
Tachometer suddenly stops....... NYSail at 4:52pm 09.21.21 Full batteries is what I have been told before including Rod, but why now this year only...... could
ground wire in mast Off2day at 4:50pm 09.21.21 in side the mast
ground wire in mast dlochner at 4:45pm 09.21.21 looking to see what kind of connectors you actually use to connect the mast wiring to The boat wiri
Replacement AC Unit / Reverse Cycle SEMPERAVANTI41 at 4:23pm 09.21.21 I bought a "replacement" Dometic unit for the main cabin a/c on my now sold Hunter 41DS. It was far
Filler material for teak dlochner at 4:21pm 09.21.21 If you have a piece of scrap teak, take sand paper to it and make a lot of teak dust. At the end of
Yanmar 3jh3e Winterize Tally Ho at 4:12pm 09.21.21
H240 hatch board storage? (3) caverun at 4:11pm 09.21.21 On my previous 240 I made a set of slotted brackets to hold the 3 boards vertical in the aft fuel lo
ground wire in mast Off2day at 4:09pm 09.21.21 looking to see what kind of connectors you actually use to connect the mast wiring to The boat wirin

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