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Lifting a Mac 25 for Bottom Paint dancing bear at 10:13pm 09.05.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1134 I am planning on following the instructions in the last post in the attached link. Any other tips?
Sailng Instructor in Another Life Tsehum Pete at 11:13pm 09.05.07 Ask All Sailors 4/910 I enjoy teaching novice crews about the joys of sailing. Often, on my boat it seems like school. My
Irwin 40 Citation reviews? Doug Snell at 11:43pm 09.05.07 Ask All Sailors 0/3102 I am looking for any reviews on a 1980 Irwin 40 Citation. The boat I am looking at is a shoal draft
PHRF RATING TERRYREYNOLDS at 1:03am 09.06.07 Catalina 22 4/3610 HELLO I HAVE A C22 10619 WHAT SHOULD THE APPROX PHRF RATING BE, SWING KEEL, NON SPINNAKERTHANK YOU
Helsen sailboat? Jerry10776 at 1:03am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1679 A '74 Helsen 22 will be auctioned from an estate in a week or so. Can anyone comment on the quality
ASA courses and chartering? Seadogg at 1:28am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1921 I own and sail a 22 foot sloop mostly on inland lakes and, from time to time, out on Lake Michigan.
Help on dinette table Addled Booty at 2:04am 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/998 I was looking through the articles and found one by "Ramblin' Rod Brandon" on his custom swing out d
Cabin Sole replacement william24424 at 2:44am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 11/2286 This is the type of look I'd like from my cabin sole. Replacement seems expensive/time-consuming, co
Garmen GPSMAP 276C Software Pooka 3 at 2:39am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1272 I made the move and purchased a Garmen GPSMAP 276C chartplotter. I sail an H-26 on inland lakes in t
MacGregor 25 rigging help Craig at 3:34am 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2113 I have a used MacGregor 25 sailboat. The boat was abandoned for a while, however is generally in go
Battery voltage vs electrolyte question Dick McKee at 4:21am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 17/1617 Our boat is equipped with (3)8D house batteries managed by a Heart 3000 watt inverter/charger with a
I Need Help (1) sounderella at 5:32am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 16/5796 Ok, so I have aquired a sailboat. Unfortuantely, I had a death in the family and now I have a sailb
Operators permits for boats sailaway78 at 6:05am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 20/1576 On a previous thread there was a lot of discussion about the various state regulations regarding ope
broken mast step , fix ? (1) Penetrater at 6:03am 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 6/1450 Hi their, im restoring an 82 hunter 27 and the mast step has a large "chip" in it, I have been looki
Oday 222 Rigging LOTM at 6:29am 09.06.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2231 Are there any Oday 222 owners out there with pictures of proper rigging of the mainsail? We recently
WHEEL SHIMMY john dewey at 7:31am 09.06.07 Catalina 310 2/1460 Suddenly I have developed a wheel shimmy at all speeds.The boat has a 3 blade prop and has never ha
445 hull problem Gary at 7:47am 09.06.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1308 My 445 is an old Moorings charterboat. I suspect it was run aground hard before iI bought it last Oc
Hooking up to a bouy Glenn4357 at 8:49am 09.06.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2170 I often sail alone or with my less experienced teenage children. I have a heck of a time hooking up
raising the mast know one at 8:55am 09.06.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/1293 I am new to sailing and new to this site. I just bought my first sailboat a 1987 MacGregor 26. It se
yanmar start switch hangs -voltage drop jtm at 8:50am 09.06.07 Mid-Size Boats 9/3428 I have replace the key cylinder and the start button..... but still have this nagging intermittant "

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H212 Centerboard raising rope broken sail sfbay at 8:56am 07.25.21 Interesting thread on how to replace the centerboard line: Centerboard Line Replacement Without Boat
Hunter 212 - Trailerable - I need advice for the procedure on Replacing the 6mm Dyneema cord used to raise the retractable centerboard timjneedham at 8:51am 07.25.21 Thanks, Crazy Dave. I'll try posting over there as well. The owners manual doesn't have the info I n
Legacy owners - auxiliary outboard advice please sail sfbay at 8:47am 07.25.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulation on soon to be new sailboat!! Good advise by justsomeguy....
Portlights RMintle at 8:45am 07.25.21 Thank you.
Led replacement? ScottySailor at 8:35am 07.25.21 Thank George did you rewire the whole thing or is there a drop-in replacement any part numbers?
Solar on H38 - How much do you have? (1) senang at 8:00am 07.25.21 I have 2 Sunpower 327W hard panels in // on our boat with a Morningstar Tristar MPPT 45 controller,
Just bought a Neptune 24 and got some questions. Joe at 7:58am 07.25.21 Either put it in the water and see if water comes in, or put water in the boat and see if water come
New Rudder? DeliriousSailor at 7:55am 07.25.21 What type of rudder did you have and what upgraded rudder are you considering? What does the suppli
Lewmar port lights (3) sail sfbay at 7:52am 07.25.21 You might get lucky and have a model number stamped on the inside frame, other wise you will need to
Scam mechanic in Vancouver because of shortages Joe at 7:39am 07.25.21 Did you get an estimate before authorizing job, or did you just give him the keys and tell him to se
ANGLE OF HEAL FOR RACING Joe at 7:31am 07.25.21 Time to do some testing. Get out your pencil and paper and start logging boat speed, rudder angle,
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? Sailfanatic at 7:18am 07.25.21 Very good, It looks like you run the reefing straight thru the boom without a shuttle block inside?
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging dlochner at 6:58am 07.25.21
Fuel guage for 1982 Hunter 33 Tally Ho at 6:56am 07.25.21 In my experience with fuel gauges I did not find that a peek was enough, I would peek and then tap
Chicago slip question duality at 6:43am 07.25.21 Dusable is the closest to downtown, then burnham a little south (soldier field) and belmont to the n
Hunter 35.5 Legend back stay rigging. sail sfbay at 6:41am 07.25.21 To add do a search on "Hunter 35.5 mast bend" and you will find many posts on the same subject like
2004 Hunter 33 high temp alarm drm1 at 6:08am 07.25.21 Thank you! Toad marine had the part listed for ~USD $2100. Yikes
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging Davidasailor26 at 6:00am 07.25.21
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? shemandr at 5:59am 07.25.21 Looks good! If you look at the picture of your main with the no reef tied in you may notice that t
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging dlochner at 5:49am 07.25.21 Problem solved. Contacted Victron support who referred me to the dealer I bought it from. Apparen

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