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Mast Head Missing (1) Ern Dawg at 11:58pm 05.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1072 I have recently aquired a MacGregor Venture 22. There is no mast head and I am wondering if anyone m
Core material? 48dodge at 12:05am 05.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1206 I was thinking the core of my 222 was all balsa, but I'm beginning to think some must be plywood. I
Doyle UPC Roller Furling seadaddler at 12:08am 05.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1116 Anyone that has added a Doyle UPC spinnaker with it's ownroller furling.I have a new Hunter 36 and
Universal Stalling after Restart. Bob Bindert at 12:09am 05.27.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/918 22 year old Universal deisel. Seems to run well other than this. After running for a while and t
what do you use to keep barnacles off prop? filthy liberal scum at 12:31am 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 11/10348 any one have a magic potion that will keep the critters off?s/v Que Pasa?
genoa furler spool Banooma at 12:55am 05.27.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1088 My new-to-me C28 seems to have a tempermental furling mechanism. Although it has blocks to align th
replacement curtains s/v Sweet Laraine at 1:47am 05.27.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2680 I'm looking to replace the curtains on my 30 Catalina. I've seen some advertised prior but can't fin
Marine grade wire DOES NOT have to be expensive !! Maine Sail at 1:01am 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 18/3082 Hi All,I just got off the phone with the guy I buy all my marine grade wire, terminals and batteri
Stuck open head seacock 272LE Shem at 12:57am 05.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1440 Hi All,I am new to this site and apologize for starting off with a question.Does anyone have any
Water not coming out of outboard Tony Litvak at 2:08am 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 19/15569 Last week, someone mentioned that their outboard was not discharching water out of the pee hole. I
Seeking, 1978, Hunter, Cherubini, 25, Owners Manual Viella Shipley at 2:06am 05.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1845 I just purchased this boat and need to find a copy of the owners manual. If anyone has a lead as to
TP5000 NAVICO JOE at 2:15am 05.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1261 ERROR ON EMAIL ON FIRST MESSAGE.LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON TP5000 NAVICO TILLERPILOTTHANK YOUJO
Yanmar 3GM30F External Oil lines (pipes) Rob at 3:20am 05.27.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1209 The external metal oil lines rusted out on my Yanmar 3GM30F...Anyone else have this problem? Any tip
gooseneck failure '78 Ranger33 lynnblack at 3:28am 05.27.08 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/2009 We would like to enter into a discussion about our '76 Ranger 33's rigging.The original stainless
Please help a newbie with the toilet. chinny at 4:05am 05.27.08 Big Boats 3/956 Hello all,I actually am potty trained....just not on the H34 I bought.It's an 86 H34 with a manu
Gary Wyngarden - Did you posted the interview w/Mike Harker Velero49 at 4:04am 05.27.08 Big Boats 2/1252 n/m
Automatic Bilge Wiring Rich at 5:01am 05.27.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/4203 My automatic bilge stopped working. The electric manual bilge pump works fine. I figured the "sure
What would have been the best thing to do? SEADANCE at 6:38am 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 19/1857 Hi Guys and Gals,We got nailed with a BAD thunderstorm on Sunday in the Back Bay while trying to ge
Universal Diesel Problem jk kudera at 7:19am 05.27.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1122 My friend has been paying a Marina to try and fix a surging problem on his 2 cyl engine. So far he h
main sail reefing billmillar at 7:22am 05.27.08 Seidelmann 2/1861 I know this may be a stupid question but here goesI am tryng to reef my main sail and can figure ou

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Teak darker than expected after refinish? randerson5726 at 7:08am 11.22.21 Sounds like the consensus is I needed to use some kind of cleaning product after stripping the old v
Single handing (1) patbratton at 6:58am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across t
Single handing Will Gilmore at 6:56am 11.22.21 Pure aesthetics. -Will
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:53am 11.22.21 Thank You both for your answers!!!! I also have a telescoping from West Marine. I will try across th
Raising the Mast Project_Mayhem at 6:51am 11.22.21 On my 19' I swapped a few of the pins for PTO pins. They're much easier to remove and install. If yo
Single handing (3) patbratton at 6:39am 11.22.21 Here I am again, with a seemingly trite question. Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy
Stray Induced Current dLj at 6:22am 11.22.21 Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wondered if you could
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:18am 11.22.21 Please note that @kloudie1 gave the correct reason first. To answer @dLj question about distance f
Replacing the Exhaust Hose - 41DS chuck anderika at 6:13am 11.22.21 Replaced mine last year H410. Once you get the old hose out you should probably change the the engi
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 6:01am 11.22.21 "Yuengling Effect" Some DC ampmeters do show you the direction of current flow. I have always wo
Dinghy storage DougM at 6:01am 11.22.21 I hung my dinghy with straps beneath from the rafters in my unheated garage in 2015, fully inflated.
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:52am 11.22.21 Yea, should have known that from the get-go. To be honest, I did have a Yuengling Black and Tan in
Stray Induced Current JamesG161 at 5:41am 11.22.21 Guess how a DC clamp ampmeter works? The Hall Effect semiconductor. That uses Electro-Magnetism...
Stray Induced Current smokey73 at 5:24am 11.22.21 @dLj Probably a foot or so should be fine. It dropped off pretty quickly as you moved away but I di
Stray Induced Current dLj at 5:18am 11.22.21 Update - I measured the apparent current at different locations in the vicinity of the AC generato
Stray Induced Current (3) smokey73 at 5:16am 11.22.21 Update - I measured the apparent current at different locations in the vicinity of the AC generator
Dinghy storage NYSail at 4:07am 11.22.21 Thanks all...... let a bit out. Greg
proper grease for rudder bearings Apex at 3:01am 11.22.21 correction: Tube is packed with grease. Indeed the bearings are plain bearings with no grease groo
Single handing Will Gilmore at 12:52am 11.22.21 Where do you store your boat hook so it is handy when needed. In my MC, I stored it under the gunwa
La Ni�a All U Get at 11:26pm 11.21.21 The other observation that I had was the current shift yesterday. There was noticeably more time of

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