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looking for new exit blocks for the mast rebuild sand sailor at 4:19pm 08.05.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1233 the ones i have are all plastic sheeved and are trashed.i want metal or phenolic sheeves no more pla
WEBSITES FOR HARDWARE FOR SAILBOATS??? sand sailor at 5:03pm 08.05.07 Ask All Sailors 3/948 NEW OR USED NEED MORE SOURCES
Water heater hook-up to Yanmar 3JH2E question ?? Morrie at 6:41pm 08.05.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1476 I have a Yanmar 3JH2E and my boat had no water heater when I bought it. I have installed the water h
Searching for a temporary resting place Doug at 7:31am 08.04.07 Ask All Sailors 2/969 Anybody know of a reasonable "cheap" place to leave a boat sit a couple weeks inbetween Ft. Lauderda
Backstay Tension/waxing easypoxy thisoldspouse at 6:39am 08.04.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1191 We just finished restoring a 77 Venture 222. The backstay is loose and at the end of its turnbuckle.
Launching on a shallow ramp with rope? JC192 at 10:49am 08.04.07 Trailer Sailors 8/7193 I've read and heard several times that a rope, from trailer to the hitch on the vehicle, can be used
May be buying a Cal 28 Craig Frank at 10:27am 08.04.07 Cal 1/783 Hello Cal Owners! I have been looking at Cal 25s that are for sale and now have a line on a Cal 28
Mast Length for 1975 Venture 25 Beth at 10:07am 08.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1700 I have a 1975 Venture 25 that I keep on the coast about 250 miles from my home.I am about to order
Solar Panel Placement (1) 70623 at 9:23am 08.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1496 Ideas on where and how to mount solar panels. I placed a small solar panel on top of my out board. I
Replace 26D tiller with a wheel Addled Booty at 1:21pm 08.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1975 Hi everyone, this is my first post and I am brand new to sailing, I am inheriting my father in laws
Light Air flygirl at 2:08pm 08.04.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/943 Wondering what everyone thinks about the 306 only having about 350 sq ft of sail area and how it han
Sink hand pump Rick H at 1:32pm 08.04.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1555 I just purchased my first boat with sinks ( used 1983 O'Day) and although there is water in the hold
V21 Back stay Darnett at 2:20pm 08.04.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/997 I just bought a beautiful 1981 McGregor Venture 21. Today we launch it for the first time and moved
Diesel rpm limit G Seaver at 3:40pm 08.04.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1083 What is the highest rpm I can cruise at without over heatingI have a 2 cylinder diesel on my 1991 h
Hunter 240 trailer Doug Nowell at 7:19pm 08.01.07 Smaller Boats 0/901 Does anyone know the wheel bearing size on the trailer for a 1997 Hunter 240?
winterizing joe at 10:35pm 08.01.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1210 I am looking for plan( sketch)'s to build a wooden cradle for a 272.
2 questions alans at 11:19pm 08.01.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1021 hi, i have a two part quetion. i remeber when i sea trialed my hunter roller furling main the previo
Reality Sailing: What would you do? Gary Wyngarden at 12:54am 08.02.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1053 No st, this really happened. About two weeks ago.After nearly a month of cruising, it was time t
centerboard for oday 12 gary Morrow at 12:35am 08.02.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/824 how do you repair a centerboard that will go up and down but not stay in the up position? is there
Best Prop for a C400 w/ a Westerbeke 42B Stephen Fleischer at 2:23am 08.02.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1137 I have a C400 with a Westerbeke 42B Diesel w/a 1.95 forward ratio transmission. The prop I am using

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Rub Rail 26D sail sfbay at 7:02am 08.27.21 Check here: MacgregorOwners.com search and MacGregor 26 Daggerboard (1987-1989) (bwyachts.com)
Invest 99L JamesG161 at 6:56am 08.27.21 BOHICA Gulf Coast! SUSFU Gulf Coast! :cowbell:
NOT buying H34 (1) DeniseO30 at 6:12am 08.27.21 Thank you! I'm sure I'll find the other components. Actually happy to have the wheel drive off the
Near Miss in Port Huron Pirate Dave at 6:09am 08.27.21 No one. One boat is the stand on vessel and one is the burdened vessel. And then there is the gross
NOT buying H34 Rjm st.petersburg at 5:59am 08.27.21 If you can find your Autopilot ECU, you should see wires labeled for the Fluxgate Compass. They shou
forepole lenght tfox2069 at 5:42am 08.27.21 For a Hunter 38 Whisker Pole By Boat Model (forespar.com) Based on J dimension of 12.07 ft (base o
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? RoyS at 5:38am 08.27.21 There was a Steinbeck novel, "Cannery Row" maybe? where some hobo lived in a boat that was always up
How to remove rusted stut bolts ('81 33) RoyS at 5:10am 08.27.21 You might try applying a magnet to the screws to determine if they are stainless or plain steel. Ass
Racing Rules Apex at 5:01am 08.27.21 In the Tampa Bay to Isla Mujeres race I have seen a boat grilling burgers on the rail grill as they
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. DeniseO30 at 4:58am 08.27.21 Years ago, there was so much bird nesting and wasp nests with inside the boom on my 030 we had to dr
Racing Rules Davidasailor26 at 4:25am 08.27.21
Racing Rules PaulK at 4:19am 08.27.21 Hi, Some a competitor had a dinghy on his davits? With an outboard motor on it? That is a new one
Racing Rules shemandr at 3:57am 08.27.21
Auto-Pilots Apex at 3:18am 08.27.21 Great responses ALL; New boat is a C&C 30 MarkII. Wheel steering, and I think I will follow tfox's
Galled stanchion removal Apex at 3:15am 08.27.21 don't see any cracks in the gel coat, try to preserve that if you can. I put my vote in for cutting
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. Jaxn at 1:35am 08.27.21 I just changed the outhaul in my 272. I added a small block in the boom to make it a 2:1 purchase an
How many boats lie on the bottom of the San Pedro Channel? Kings Gambit at 10:34pm 08.26.21 Shipwrecks and sinking of old, not counting naval battles, were mostly bad weather outcomes, fog and
BOAT PREPARATION IDEAS for Storms MikeHoncho at 10:19pm 08.26.21 Add your name and contact number to both sides of your boat in a way that people can read it from a
Hunter Passage 42 Forward Window DennisL at 9:57pm 08.26.21 Thanks for the replys. I not sure what to do next. I haven't talked to the installer yet because I
New guy on the ocean worries / horrible radio comms!?!?!? Kings Gambit at 9:36pm 08.26.21 Wait until one of those oncoming is a tug with a log raft tow :yikes::yikes:

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