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c-22 gas mileage spinny at 5:42am 09.22.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1612 Just went out to the open ocean to sail and found that because of a lack of a good breeze I had to u
Mast tuning Anitabreak II at 7:19am 09.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/922 Hello,Would anyone be able to tell me what would be involved to tune a mast on a 240?? Thanks! Anit
Delmarva Circumnavigation Cat Sailor at 8:54am 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1567 Has anyone made this trip, either by the Virginia Inner Passage or by making stops in Wachapreague,
Mercury Inflatables Tim R. at 9:38am 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1141 I am thinking of buying a RIB. I found a great deal on a new 2006 Mercury Ocean Runner 290. Can an
Inner Forestay Mark at 7:52am 09.22.07 Bavaria 0/1592 Has anyone added an inner forestay to their boat? If so were running back stays required and where o
tiller extension Anitabreak II at 7:47am 09.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1137 Hello Again!For Hunter 240 sailors, which tiller extension do "y'all" use, I need to order as my '9
! Trailer Sailing....The way to Go????? ! Grampian at 11:07am 09.22.07 Trailer Sailors 28/7798 Hi there....I am a trailer sailor and love it. Having owned several sailboats of various sizes to 32
Depth of Difficulty Hogan at 12:53pm 09.22.07 Smaller Boats 4/879 On my H-260, I have a standard horison depth finder which I just today got rewired and working. My p
where to sail 22 mac in indiana william24346 at 12:23pm 09.22.07 Trailer Sailors 7/2266 have just bought a used 22 had a 15 before any good places to sail other then ohio river ?
Living and Sailing Joe C at 1:18pm 09.22.07 Ask All Sailors 14/1117 I am a US Navy Sailor. I love being on a boat. It is a dream of mine to own and live on a boat.
Towing Sway Blaker at 2:23pm 09.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1855 When towing my 1983 Mac 22' on its original single-axle trailer with my Ford Explorer... I get a lot
mac powersailor site Mike B at 2:48pm 09.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/874 I have been trying unsucessfully to resgister on the mac powersailor site . Initially I did register
Repacking a shaft seal - Advice Requested RalphG at 2:17pm 09.22.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1080 My shaft seal hss been silently doing its thing for years (C-36, 1991). It drips very little or no
Catalina get together Florida Terry in Naples at 10:07pm 09.20.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1004 I see Catalina is having a big ho-down in Florida pretty close to me. Has anyone going to one of the
Mac 26 model differences Rick Jones at 12:08am 09.21.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/5553 Hi allExcuse the newbie question, but I'd like to know the key differences between the versions of
Northeastern Catalina 22 Sailors "need help" Beau2052 at 10:22pm 09.20.07 Smaller Boats 0/1209 Need some help. I plan to relocate to New Hampshire in the next 6 months (family reasons)--I am an a
Mac Cat on Ebay Kevin C 26S at 12:51am 09.21.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/919 Just FYI.I was dreaming about a bigger boat (for the far off distance when I am retired), and look
Teck deck caulking boucher at 11:17pm 09.20.07 Hallberg-Rassy 1/2985 Which kind of tools has to be used to deepen the grooves between the planks of a teck deck? At the m
drive shaft coupling pthai at 12:30am 09.21.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1005 I had a yanmar 3gm replaced (by an ex friend) with a 3t7 ( a yanmar tractor engine ) and now the dr
33' Yamaha jay10336 at 12:28am 09.21.07 Yamaha 2/2164 I am looking at a 1978 33' Yamaha. The engine is a forward model. And a helm was installed after mar

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What make/size of Anchor for 2005 Hunter 33? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 11:46am 10.27.21 All sorts of angles to this problem. Am I right in saying you're a ship's fitter ? IF the setup is
Fuel Filter/separator selection Don S/V ILLusion at 11:27am 10.27.21
Replacing throttle and trans cables 1984 H34 DeniseO30 at 11:23am 10.27.21 Yup.. but not as bad as ya think.. Compass off and spacer under it off (small marks will let ya get
Simple head question Project_Mayhem at 11:17am 10.27.21 Oh the joys of boat ownership! Let's see how this goes! Thanks for the info Peggie!
Marelon Seacock fail! (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:15am 10.27.21 Can you supply a little more detail to your drawing of the mushroom exterior of the Marelon thru-hul
Replacing throttle and trans cables 1984 H34 kloudie1 at 11:10am 10.27.21 Yup.. but not as bad as ya think.. Compass off and spacer under it off (small marks will let ya get
Another Battery Inquiry jeepbluetj at 10:59am 10.27.21 AGMs are usually not worth it for most sailors. On my C-30 I had a pair of GC-2s under the chart ta
Replacing throttle and trans cables 1984 H34 (3) DeniseO30 at 10:51am 10.27.21 Thinking I would restart this discussion here rather than open my own I believe I have a Meriman ped
Sailboat maintenance in San Antonio area LloydB at 10:44am 10.27.21 Welcome to SBO. Just a thought from looking at your boat you might just raise one side of the traile
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. BigEasy at 10:06am 10.27.21
2000 Hunter Passage 450 (refit help) Thaelia at 10:02am 10.27.21
Replacement Fresh Water Pump Deleted member 117556 at 9:57am 10.27.21 I just recently replaced my fresh water pump and it made a big difference. I used the updated versi
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. BigEasy at 9:38am 10.27.21 Great idea! Need to change filters now; may as well convert to your design. Thanks.
Is there a sensible chartplotter for me? jssailem at 9:38am 10.27.21
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... jssailem at 9:33am 10.27.21 Just removed my Genoa in the morning hours of day break. The wind of the night before had finally go
Possibly One of My Best Ideas Yet. artboas at 9:16am 10.27.21 where is a good place to source those fittings? Great idea thks A great source for these parts is
2000 Hunter Passage 450 (refit help) shemandr at 9:10am 10.27.21 A very very good video. Imagine doing that on a whole deck. Yikes! That is a lotta work. But the
Simple head question Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:00am 10.27.21 Laundry or diswashing detergent...Dawn is a good choice. Let it soak awhile, then use a scrub brush.
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... shemandr at 8:52am 10.27.21 I had that issue in New Suffolk. You wanted a northerly breeze or no breeze to remove the sails. T
End of season, mainsail removal... aka I am a dummy... Justin_NSA at 8:33am 10.27.21 I didn't get it until I picked up on "loosefooted mainsail ". I wait for a calm day because my slip

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