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Rough weather sailing Chilly Willy at 12:29am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1291 Looking for some comments from anyone who's sailed the Atlantic Coast. I have 1981 Mac 25. I am curi
bow pulpit damaged/ collision capt dave at 12:20am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 6/3437 I have a ran into a ploe at the fuel dock and bent my bow pulpit, so I need to replace it. On my old
Ballast gasket Addled Booty at 12:47am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1278 Anyone know where I can find the gasket rubber for the ballast plug on my 26D? Thanks
repair of cracked keel trunk , Helen at 12:55am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1167 I have had my MacGregor a little over two years and have recently realized the keel trunk has two cr
Mystery boat (1) tweitz at 2:01am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 15/1706 A few weeks ago we saw this incredible boat sailing South of Plum Island on the eastern tip of Long
AUTO HELM sr1029 at 2:23am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1635 Up until recently I considered my autohelm to be more of a nice to have than a necessity. After play
Deckfill caps Nick8473 at 1:00am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1039 I need your help. I have recently acquired an O`Day 26, which was built in 1984. The pump out waste
Look ma, no hands (1) walt at 1:01am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/811 Some modifications are over the edge of acceptability - this one is probably in that category althou
bent stanchion on a 420 Persy at 3:36am 09.18.07 Big Boats 2/967 I have a 420 and bent a stanchion to about a 30% angle an inch up from the base. What is the best w
Annapolis Boat Show/Sailboat Owners.com Rendezvous tcbro at 3:41am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 21/1878 Somebody on another thread mentioned how nice it would be to put a face to some of the names we keep
Starter manufacturer for a H34 Andr�L at 3:57am 09.18.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/949 I have a H34 1983, I've read many articles in the archives regarding cold start thats goes well and
Catalina 27 holding tank Gary8065 at 5:09am 09.18.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2486 I have a 1986 Catalina 27. I would like to remove the old holding tank which is under the v-berth an
Hull Specs Tide-N-Knots at 5:01am 09.18.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/826 I am making a trailer for a Hunter 30 1978 and was wondering if all the Hunter 30 1974-1984 have the
Zinc my swing keel? Monica at 6:03am 09.18.07 Catalina 22 3/2105 I keep my 25 swing keel Catalina in the marina year round, Do i need to zinc? I was chatting with so
Foam in mast Kevin at 8:08am 09.18.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1023 I have an Oday Mariner 2+2. My question is that everytime I step up and lower the mast there seems
should I upgrade to a macgregor? don at 8:29am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1357 Ok heres the deal.... In the past I have had some sailing experiance, but mostly in small boats. We
Trailering and Roller Furling Aldo at 8:36am 09.18.07 Catalina 22 3/1545 What's the story on trailering and roller furling? I know that when I trailer my C-22 without rolle
Bypassing The Racor Joe Mullee at 8:40am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1481 Thanks to everyone who has helped me with my engine problem. I have a new list of things I will chec
Hull Speed Mergatroid at 9:43am 09.18.07 Smaller Boats 8/1144 The specs show the hull speed of 6.4, is that knots? MPH would be aprox 7.36, sound about right?
Forestay Failure Yes Dear at 9:51am 09.18.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1018 My forestay was sheered off by the Jib Furler! The boat is only 5 months old.Luckily she was at po

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Just a gentle grounding / rudder damage Captain Larry-DH at 2:27pm 11.01.21 Considering you're in the Minneapolis area, it's going to freeze overnight. It appears to have alre
Single handing (1) patbratton at 2:22pm 11.01.21 Having never had a cabin boat I am quite intimidated about single handling. The Wet Dog does not hav
Advice on running solar wires in 1999 H410 SailorFrank at 2:06pm 11.01.21
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 baycloud at 2:01pm 11.01.21 baycloud.........where in Richmond, CA is your sailboat? I am in Boardwalk Port Marina (formerly Br
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 baycloud at 2:00pm 11.01.21 That makes a lot of sense. I some how got in my head that you were going to remove and inspect the
Cock pit table size brazenarticle at 1:58pm 11.01.21 Sea Teak sells a couple versions at reasonable prices - item # Seateak 60392 and Seateak 60294 avail
Just a gentle grounding / rudder damage dlochner at 1:55pm 11.01.21 Let it drain and dry over the winter. Gravity not air will help it dry. Next spring, fair the botto
Odd wave Rick486 at 1:48pm 11.01.21 looks like any other day on the great lakes! And on RI Sound on a nice summer day with a 10-20 kt
Odd wave jssailem at 1:16pm 11.01.21 looks like something out of Bizarro world from the Superman comics Close... Isle of Rhe in France
Cock pit table size sail sfbay at 1:14pm 11.01.21 Need to measure the cockpit width as you will need some room to move around it, so it cannot be too
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 kappykaplan at 1:13pm 11.01.21 where in Richmond, CA is your sailboat? boat is in Oregon
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 sail sfbay at 1:10pm 11.01.21 baycloud.........where in Richmond, CA is your sailboat? I am in Boardwalk Port Marina (formerly Bri
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 jssailem at 1:04pm 11.01.21 That makes a lot of sense. I some how got in my head that you were going to remove and inspect the d
OEM Hatches for 1989 O'Day 302 sail sfbay at 1:01pm 11.01.21 You can remove the hatch, dissemble it and replace the lens. You might be able to purchase a replace
Hunter 49 Variprop SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:57pm 11.01.21 George, it would be great if you can thoroughly document the difference in speed before and after yo
Hatch replacement on 322 David Walsh at 12:48pm 11.01.21 It's a bit late but I have an '89 O'day 302. The hatch near the mast is 18" by 13" and in the V ber
Single handing Justin_NSA at 12:39pm 11.01.21 I would have thought a 19' is easy enough to single hand out of the box. No?
Battery box over prop shaft Garbonzo at 12:34pm 11.01.21 That would work fine and it is best to keep the batteries close together and the jumpers between the
Mods to our 35s5 (1) Hollyberry at 12:13pm 11.01.21 ... and the last bit done.
1987 Catalina 22 " SeaClusion" Raising the Head Sail Zinger88 at 12:12pm 11.01.21 Been using the sail centipede for a few years now. Has worked extremely well and eliminates the need

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