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bad parenting? Raven at 10:06am 05.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1491 Hello all. I'm thinking of buying a Mac24, so have been scouring your site for info. I used to sail
Swing keel question Yankee22 at 10:49am 05.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/918 Does the swing keel on the 23 "swing" all the way up into the keel so that it is totally hidden or d
first day out bill earnhardt at 10:51am 05.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/913 First day out, lite breese, 75 degrees, Iam all smiles.Lake Tahoe, it just dosen't get any better t
A furler Crotch for trailering (1) Joe11688 at 11:55am 05.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1076 I just installed a new roller furler on my boat, and of course when the mast is laying in my mast ca
Tanks All U Get at 11:30am 05.10.07 Catalina 30 3/1322 I'm looking for a fuel tank for my 1981 Catalina 30TR. The old 20 gallon tank sprang a leak and I c
YSB12 cylinder head torque spec. Big Joe at 6:24pm 05.10.07 Catalina 310 1/2199 I just got my Yanmar YSB12 cylinder head back after a valve job. During this process my Service manu
Boom Vang buzzzsaw at 3:35pm 05.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1395 Does the boom vang connect to the boom and mast with the jam clete next to the boom or near the mast
What are these cletes for ? buzzzsaw at 3:30pm 05.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1019 Have a horn clete screwed to the rudder. What is that for ? On a 84 Mac 25.
main boom running lines buzzzsaw at 3:16pm 05.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/903 Need some help with the line for the main boom control. Got a double pulley big one above little one
Picture problems Andy at 1:22pm 05.10.07 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1186 I have been trying for two days to post a series of pics about halyard retrieval. Everything load l
Prop and reduction gear ratio for I 28 with MD7A? Donald L. Hendrix at 1:15pm 05.10.07 Islander 3/5086 I am considering changing from a two-bladed to a three-bladed prop on my I 28 equipped with the orig
Is 5W-40 oil OK to use in a Yanmar 3GMF? Joe Mullee at 12:35pm 05.10.07 Big Boats 16/5551 I recently changed the engine and transmission oil in my Yanmar 3GMF with a Mobil Oil diesel grade p
Fuel Tank Cleaning John M at 12:31pm 05.10.07 Bigger Boats 2/1335 Has anyone tried to clean the fuel tank ON a 322? There is a lot of gunk in mine and I'm thinking i
New find paulj at 12:14pm 05.10.07 Catalina 310 5/1850 New item discovered.I do not know what it is for.paulj
Prefilter Question frank balcer at 8:15pm 05.08.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1487 Okay folks, I changed my diesel filters last night. When i bought the boat 6 months ago the previous
Radar monitor mount Tim Dalton at 10:03pm 05.08.07 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1223 Has anyone mounted a radar/gps screen on a swivel mount in the space above the nav station that can
Dirty Bilge maccauley123 at 9:48pm 05.08.07 Ask All Sailors 20/3351 I need some suggestions on getting my stinky old bilge clean. I bought my 1971 Ericson 29 3 years a
Sheet and Halyard Replacements Hurley at 10:34pm 05.08.07 Catalina 22 7/1648 I recently purchased a 1994 Catalina 22 that had been sitting in dry storage for approximately 1 1/2
Ocean Sailing achue at 11:15pm 05.08.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1432 I am moving my Oday 26 to Brookings,OR and plan on doing some coastal sailing. Any advice, comments
Boat renaming Mike at 10:53pm 05.08.07 Ask All Sailors 24/2391 I'm just wondering if anyone performs a renaming ceremony anymore. I can understand the desire to h

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Now have name on boat patbratton at 5:50pm 09.05.21
Sailboat as 'investment"??? (1) Mr. Dave at 5:47pm 09.05.21 Last week after our local hurricane remnant floods (pre Ida), my daughter and I salvaged a perfectly
Tongue weight question. Mr. Dave at 5:34pm 09.05.21 Raising or lowering the ball a couple of inches has approximately 0.001% effect on the weight. Raisi
Catalina 22 Swing Keel (1) Eleven at 5:30pm 09.05.21 Thanks for all your help, I have found one.
Looking for a swing keel (1) Eleven at 5:28pm 09.05.21 Thanks to all your awesome help, I have found one. The gentleman referred in the post below indeed h
Fuel delivery issue Stu Jackson at 5:00pm 09.05.21 One more possible culprit: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve Fuel Starvation and Th
Awwww, Nuts!!! Don S/V ILLusion at 4:45pm 09.05.21 Ask the guy to have it fixed or replaced. Unhelpful suggestion - never loan a boat to anyone.
Awwww, Nuts!!! MikeHoncho at 4:45pm 09.05.21 Figure out the cost and inform the seasoned sailor of the total for 1/2 unless there was specific di
Fuel delivery issue Johnb at 4:40pm 09.05.21 Tell the make and model of your engine.
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE BALLAST IS MADE OF heritage at 4:38pm 09.05.21 The keel bolts screw into iron keels and be easily replaced.
Now have name on boat shemandr at 4:26pm 09.05.21 Considering that we spent at least $200 dollars on custom made decals 30 years ago, you might want y
H34 Lazy jacks MikeHoncho at 4:25pm 09.05.21 I designed and installed mine on my H30. One thing I did not account for is when I bring them down t
Now have name on boat MikeHoncho at 4:22pm 09.05.21
Dehler 34 Holding Tank dlochner at 3:56pm 09.05.21 It seems to be a rather small holding tank. The notes say it can be used 8 times before emptying. In
What would you change in this plan? (fiberglass part of a rotten core job) Rabe at 3:49pm 09.05.21 Bevels should be about 12 - 14 times skin thickness. Top skin is likely about 1/4 inch. Therefore
sailboat refrigerator units DeniseO30 at 1:44pm 09.05.21 The heat generated IE removed is only in the 300 600 btuh range so it's not a whole lot of heat my c
34/35 Prop Shaft Strut? (1) eherlihy at 1:16pm 09.05.21 https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/dc/dc117978e86669c7fba7c7bd14f8c594.jpeg
H41 losing coolant somewhere senang at 1:06pm 09.05.21
sailboat refrigerator units senang at 12:54pm 09.05.21 On our 2005 Hunter38 we have a fridge and a freezer from Novakool installed by the Hunter factory. T
Chainplate Caulking MikeHoncho at 12:52pm 09.05.21 I used BT for my port side. I keep running into stripping screws on the top plate when trying to sq

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