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Anchor roller on a Grampian 26 Phil at 6:14am 09.16.07 Grampian 2/3572 Hi. Has anyone installed an anchor roller on the bow of their Grampian 26?I think the roller would
repowering with four stroke outboard? riversailor at 7:00am 09.16.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2008 I'm looking to repower for 28' morgan out island(8,000 lbs). The inboard is shot and funds are limit
Good Old Irwin 10/4 Skipper T21524 at 7:55am 09.16.07 Other Sailboats 3/2853 Hello All,I am looking for an owners manual or copy of such for an Irwin 10/4 1975, does anyone hav
Catalina 250: wing keel or water ballast? Erik at 8:31am 09.16.07 Smaller Boats 4/7858 Hi,I am interested in a Catalina 250 but can't decide if the water ballast or wing keel model is b
bimini gail15932 at 4:50am 09.16.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/963 can the bimini and the sail be used at the same time? If yes, how? any pictures to send? thank yo
H-216 fun Lee C at 7:35am 09.16.07 Smaller Boats 9/1353 What a great day of sailing yesterday. I took my son and a friend of his out on the Neuse River depa
trailer for Hunter 22 Ben Bennett at 7:12am 09.16.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/788 I am looking for a trailer for my Hunter 22. it has a center board. so a standard trailer will do it
membership kms at 7:06am 09.16.07 Big Boats 3/1288 Is anyone on this forum a member of the Catalina 38 National Association? I sent them a membership f
Pump out deck fill blue cap Nick8473 at 9:25am 09.16.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1086 I have recently acquired an O`Day 26, which was built in 1984. The pump out waste cap is missing and
MAST CRUTCH FOR h-23 BILL at 9:40am 09.16.07 Smaller Boats 7/1399 I need to build a mast crutch for my Hunter 23. Is it necessary that it fit into the rudder pins or
Avon inflatable foot pump Ron at 9:40am 09.16.07 Ask All Sailors 3/3064 I have an Avon Rover 280 with a high pressure air floor. The foot pump that came with it has no ins
Rubrail sailmates at 10:26am 09.16.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/831 I've purchased a 1996 376. I cleaned the rub rail with standard West Marine rubrail cleaner. It look
Remember Glenn? (1) Brian9674 at 10:15am 09.16.07 Day Sailers 1/1234 Glen was a frequent contributor to these pages and the guru of mast foaming. We went out on his new
Holding Tank Odor Ray at 10:50am 09.16.07 Catalina 310 3/1431 I am getting a slight odor from what I think is my holding tank. My head does not smell, but the por
Backwinding a headsail Rick Howard at 10:44am 09.16.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/6572 I am a daysailer.I know that when coming about, you backwind the jib thus pushing the bow thru the
A note of thanks -- Desolation Sound info Stevep at 11:59am 09.16.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1041 Hi All - I just wanted to send thanks and appreciation to you for all the useful information that wa
TO MUCH LIFT Randy at 12:53pm 09.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1023 This problem is is on my "FIRST 42" but should be common to any performancemodel built. Our 42
Holding Tank He& (1) S/V Corvette at 11:19am 09.16.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1821 Greetings folks, this is my first post. Too bad its on this topic.I just bought a 2003 Beneteau 4*
BVI's Chief at 12:17am 09.15.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1504 I know there have been many posts regarding sailing in the BVI's. We have been booked since February
Shaft length RNMohs at 2:08am 09.15.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1029 What size outboard (iron sail) shaft lengh is best for the 26S? Long shaft is about 20"'s and extra

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EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair BigEasy at 8:04am 11.03.21 Disappointment was that Raymarine redesigned the EV100 wheel pilot with a new course computer, compa
Saturated rudder FastOlson at 7:37am 11.03.21 Your rudder interior is very likely hi-density foam. The SS post should have some sort of internal g
Single handing Justin_NSA at 7:35am 11.03.21 Hover whoever you want to contact and send a PM
Saturated rudder dmax at 7:34am 11.03.21 Another source of water entrance into the rudder is through the top of the shaft (assuming it is a t
Tall Rig or Standard sail sfbay at 7:34am 11.03.21 Another option that requires no measurement............find another Catalina 36 mkII sailor to race
Yanmar Reface Justin_NSA at 7:34am 11.03.21 When you say "showing their age", what does that mean? I don't know anyone who replaces hardware due
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:30am 11.03.21 Will and Joe The winch I have is mast mounted, just above the entrance of the main halyard into
Yanmar Reface mjsb at 7:22am 11.03.21 You could also get the nuts and bolts from a Yanmar dealer but you'd have to rob a bank (no, make t
Saturated rudder (1) dmax at 7:10am 11.03.21 To seal the rudder shaft's entrance into the rudder, chisel/grind out the fiberglass around the open
Tall Rig or Standard sail sfbay at 6:51am 11.03.21 .............How do I tell (without measuring) if I have the Tall Rig or Standard Rig?....... Fast
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? sunlover at 6:48am 11.03.21 I ground out my thru Hull and it was really in there. I was impressed at how well it sealed and adhe
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? sunlover at 6:45am 11.03.21 What angle adaptor did you purchase to adapt the thru hull fitting to the valve? let me answer to
Tall Rig or Standard Justin_NSA at 6:41am 11.03.21 You didn't want to measure but you may have to. You might be able to shoot a laser type "tape'. Or y
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair MikeHoncho at 5:09am 11.03.21 Hearing stories like this ( there are a lot of them when you search) steered me in the direction of
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair Tally Ho at 5:01am 11.03.21 There is likely no electronics in the Wheel Drive. Motor is DC and goes left or right depending on
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) chriscampbell at 5:00am 11.03.21 So I need: Panel (20-30amp) WATT MC4s to put on the panel leads --- No, hard to undo, find discon
Tall Rig or Standard Captain Larry-DH at 3:59am 11.03.21 @EdWard3 if you run a tape measure up the mast, I suggest you also tie a spare line to the halyard t
New Forums: Questions, Suggestions, Comments kappykaplan at 3:43am 11.03.21 @Aarrrgh , post this in Ask All Sailors. This section is primarily for software issues. :beer:
Tall Rig or Standard jssailem at 10:37pm 11.02.21 Congrats to you Ed. A great boat. You can run a tape up the mast and measure the mast height. A sa
Oh Yeah! Just when the boat is put to bed. jssailem at 10:11pm 11.02.21 Thanks Mr. Dave. Perhaps a touch of Malapropism infected my fingers.

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