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Winter Blues Don at 3:24am 09.17.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1459 The fall weather is creeping in and the prospect of spending another wet winter in the Northwest is
Increasing Number of Flushes Per Tankful Eric Motter at 2:33am 09.17.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1461 I have an Island Packet 35 with a 15 gallon holding tank and an electric Jabsco head. The head seem
boat seems slow under power Chuck15670 at 3:43am 09.17.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1518 My 473 seems slow under power. The hull is free of marine growth. The boat is equipped with a stan
help me capt. hawk!!!! bay idyll at 4:37am 09.17.07 Seidelmann 1/1450 i'm sure your expertise extends to the yanmar 3gm30 that is in my boat! first off, the bottom job is
Need help finding someting Kevin C 26S at 5:59am 09.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/833 I'm not sure what it is called, so I can't seem to find it.It is the thing that connects the main
White smoke is likely steam Craig at 5:49am 09.17.07 Seidelmann 2/1402 The white smoke is most likely steam from over heating. I had the same thing happen and it was a par
Adding automatic float switch to bilge pump Ted1394 at 6:01am 09.17.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2735 I was surprised that my 92 38s5 does not have an automatic float switch on the electric bilge pump.
Inspection covers in cabin GregS at 7:26am 09.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1104 So I am trying to decide if I have to lift my boat off the trailer or not, (To fix the swing keel) s
replacing flexible gally faucet hose Thane22692 at 6:20am 09.17.07 Big Boats 5/1654 my galley faucet developed quite a leak; turns out the metal wrapped flexible hose (that pulls up so
26X Original DVD from MacGregor JoMama12879 at 8:31am 09.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1057 My husband and I were lucky enough to buy a gently used 2002 MacX on 7/7/07. With thte addition of
Window Replacements Jehu dodge at 8:23am 09.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/856 Small windows(6) need replacement. Would like soom info on supplier. Do I have to replace the frame?
boom height stuart22320 at 7:45am 09.17.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/998 hi, my 85 mac 25 ij have been sailing with the boom above the wide part of the track where the slide
thru-hull P.C.17246 at 9:42am 09.17.07 Catalina 30 1/1294 Had to clean out the fresh water strainer so I closed the seacock, removed the strainer and water co
Diesel fuel stabilizer llogue at 9:27am 09.17.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1251 Does STP diesel fuel treatment act as a fuel stabilizer for diesel or do I need to look for somethin
MAXIMUM HORSE POWER FOR A HUNTER 270 anahoul at 9:26am 09.17.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1212 Hi i just bought a Hunter 270 model 1998 and it comes with a Honda 15 HP, but i feel it extremely sl
Replacement diesel instead of outboard? riversailor at 10:22am 09.17.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1436 O.K. you all convinced me the outboard is a bad idea. Can anyone suggest where I might get a list of
looking for info on islander 33 manual 1965 melleceres at 10:52am 09.17.07 Islander 2/2124 looking for anyone who has information on an islander 33 flush deck 1965trying to get a manual
lead ballast missing? and cockpit floor problem Hal at 12:28pm 09.17.07 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1337 I just purchased a 1975 Mariner 2+2 centerboard model, and have inspected the boat more closely afte
HELP!!! My Holding Tank Finally Burst! avalonduet at 12:13pm 09.17.07 The Cherubini Hunters 13/1410 I've been reading about this "weak spot" in the H37c for years, and it happened this morning. We li
Furlboom on H38 John Marty12799 at 12:07pm 09.17.07 Big Boats 7/2817 We all know that boom angle to the mast is critical with Furlboom but does anyone know how to get th

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Catalina 22 being parted out? Project_Mayhem at 9:07am 07.26.21 need a mainsail fiddle block system.....Catalina Direct backordered I have a Harken fiddle block m
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 9:06am 07.26.21 JuPSDuS3UiA -Will
Adventures in anchoring markwbird at 9:04am 07.26.21 I'm not sure there is another technique that you could have used in that situation. The lesson, I g
Adventures in anchoring Project_Mayhem at 9:04am 07.26.21 Perhaps pulling some road back to the cockpit would allow you to pull it from the helm once the acho
Adventures in anchoring Scott T-Bird at 9:04am 07.26.21 Yes! That would be what I tell Sue (and myself) to make her think I'm leaving early. It was alread
Adventures in anchoring rgranger at 9:00am 07.26.21 Sounds like a autopilot would be helpful. Glad you got it sorted out. I think you could also use a
Adventures in anchoring Michael Davis at 8:56am 07.26.21 I would change my Gypsy to one that accepts rope and chain and wire in my remote control so I could
Adventures in anchoring Dave Groshong at 8:51am 07.26.21 My sure fire technique was to only pull the anchor early early in the morning when it was dead calm.
Deck Windows on a Hunter376 (1) sail sfbay at 8:35am 07.26.21 The consensus was Dow Corning 795 Window resealing \| Sailboat Owners Forums , see post #5 for the pr
Spreader boots for Hunter 335 sail sfbay at 8:13am 07.26.21 Same question came up on this thread and they purchased a large one: spreader boot size \| Sailboat O
1986 Fixed Keel Material hambonebrown at 8:07am 07.26.21 @LakeShark - Many thanks. When I have more photos, I will post. I'll read-up on the thread you've pr
1986 Fixed Keel Material LakeShark at 7:59am 07.26.21 @hambonebrown Yup that's a Fin on the original design C22 (and yes i believe that could still be an
Boat mover stevec22206 at 7:58am 07.26.21 I can also recommend Derek and SMS. They moved our boat last fall and did a superior job.
New Rudder? Pat Hooyman at 7:54am 07.26.21
1986 Fixed Keel Material (1) hambonebrown at 7:43am 07.26.21 Hi @LakeShark. Many thanks for your response. I'm certain it's a fixed keel. The boat is ~2 hours fr
New Rudder? DeliriousSailor at 7:35am 07.26.21 I have an Rudder Craft Rudder for an Hunter 26 I owned. I sold the boat 10 years ago with the origi
Catalina 22 being parted out? LakeShark at 7:34am 07.26.21 need a mainsail fiddle block system.....Catalina Direct backordered Funny I just broke mine as wel
1986 Fixed Keel Material LakeShark at 7:31am 07.26.21 New owner of 1986 fixed keel. What's the material of the keel, lead or cast iron? Many thanks --
Water stain in cabin next to bulkhead sail sfbay at 7:29am 07.26.21
Main sheet rigging - H33.5 nveater at 7:26am 07.26.21 My 1994 33.5 is set up like Don's and resembles the diagram in SFbay's illustration. Traveller is fo

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