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stupid furler June at 11:42am 04.27.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/883 Anyone want to give me a hint on how to fix my furler....The cup came apart when I tried to furl it
trailer rebuild or replacement gerrygm@comcast.net at 12:41pm 04.27.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/879 My trailer is getting rusty as they all do. I will be putting the boat in the water for the summer a
Peggy, Question about head pump lubrication David Whitworth at 11:12am 04.27.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1294 Peggy,In your book you suggest that we can cure squeaky manual head pumps by lubricating them with
polyethylene tank fittings are leaking Ctskip at 10:57am 04.27.06 Ask All Sailors 5/825 I can get the tank clean but I need to firmly(no leaks)attach the top fitting. It has been leaking f
hull blisters on 1986 35' O'Day Sandra S at 2:49pm 04.27.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1614 We're looking at purchasing a very well-maintained 1986 O'day which was recently pulled and surveyed
Mac 26s rudder modification Iain at 5:54pm 04.27.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/3029 My Mac26s has the standard rudder problems of heaviness and loss of control.I have noticed that ma
Tohatsu Clip David ONeill at 12:15pm 04.27.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1060 I need to replace, not the shearpin, but the clip that goes through the prop and holds the prop tigh
Motor mounts, prop shaft Randy Church at 9:18pm 04.25.06 Big Boats 2/817 Members,Will be working on engine this weekend and also trying to remove prop shaft if necessary.
Vertical Batten Sails PHitchcox at 10:18pm 04.25.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1091 Putting aside the debate of the merits of inmast furling, I would appeciate assistance from owners w
Help Phil Patrick Lombard at 10:01pm 04.25.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1018 Trying to post a photo forum article and keep getting this error: Warning: chdir() : No such file
New Boat - Any idea on make (1) WCBROOKS at 9:42pm 04.25.06 Ask All Sailors 4/966 I purchased a boat that had been repoed. Any idea of what make it is.Thanks for the help
Tightening the jib halyard Broke sailor SV Marcell at 11:31pm 04.25.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1997 On my H-27 the jib halyard comes down to the base of the furler and is tightened down with a knot at
H240 Hull Cracking Captain Ross at 10:44pm 04.25.06 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/1247 During spring prep I notice some significant cracking on the (Starboard side only) bow of my 4 year
Would like to thank the SELDEN people. Benny at 11:39pm 04.25.06 Mid-Size Boats 7/1031 for replacing our furler unit free of charge after the tack ring prematurely failed. Hunter pushed
Boat Shipping Drew at 12:09am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 25/1740 Anybody have an idea - "Ball park-wise" on what it might cost to ship a '26-foot, 5,500 lb. sailboat
Va. Atlantic Coast Island Anchorages? BBC30 at 12:26am 04.26.06 Ask All Sailors 3/844 We are considering going "outside" for our summer cruise. Have any of you done this? We would like
Mold smell Franklin at 1:17am 04.26.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/2123 Now I'm baffled. I'm a live-aboard on my H376 and try to have air circulation everyday before I l
level Bob Grimm at 1:07am 04.26.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/796 How do you determine what is level fore and aft when setting mast rake? I need to do this on the tra
Maintenance on LS-16 Rich at 12:38am 04.26.06 Chrysler 1/2625 I have recently acquired an LS-16. It is on a trailer and it appears that the starboard board is re
Hunter Marine reports email difficulties Phil Herring at 1:57am 04.26.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/730 This just in from their customer service folks:"Please let owners know that we are having email di

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Electric oil change pump Davidasailor26 at 6:52pm 12.16.20
AC75 New Zealand (1) Hunter216 at 6:47pm 12.16.20 188272 There was a moment or two when the camera angle showed them closing on a marker where you co
An intro and a question jon hansen at 6:43pm 12.16.20 what year was Apogee built?
An intro and a question jon hansen at 6:42pm 12.16.20 love the name
An intro and a question jon hansen at 6:40pm 12.16.20 you own a truly beautiful vessel sir, thanks for sharing, jon
AC75 New Zealand jssailem at 6:24pm 12.16.20 Incredible. 15 knts of true wind. 39-40knts of boat speed.
An intro and a question (1) dsmoll at 6:07pm 12.16.20
Electric oil change pump seadaddler at 6:05pm 12.16.20 I had a 12 volt none impeller pump but after a few years it stopped working so got a used blue can h
An intro and a question dsmoll at 6:01pm 12.16.20 Ensures that if one goes, they both go? Believe it or not, when our main mast broke the mizzen sta
An intro and a question dsmoll at 5:57pm 12.16.20 ohhhh yes the triatic or king stay? All the stays for the main mast stay clear of our mizzen boom, h
Hunter 18. jssailem at 5:32pm 12.16.20 have found digital calipers to be very handy for meaning the hose size, hole size, etc. How to use
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 twistedskipper at 4:51pm 12.16.20 And of course you'll need good lazy jacks, or a stack pack, or a good Dutch flaking system, if you c
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 kappykaplan at 4:47pm 12.16.20 Where's @rgranger ?
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 twistedskipper at 4:17pm 12.16.20
picking a new sail - help Tally Ho at 4:10pm 12.16.20
Universal Kubota water pump failure. Tally Ho at 3:57pm 12.16.20 Well there was this thing in 2020 called COVID. You may have heard about it. One of catch phrases
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 kappykaplan at 3:42pm 12.16.20 But can I expect the main to come down on it's own without a downhaul? Probably. Liberal use of a
picking a new sail - help Scott T-Bird at 3:26pm 12.16.20 So to answer your question, which was "which one would you choose and why" ... I would definitely fo
Do I need a main downhaul? H26 joecool911 at 3:25pm 12.16.20 Only you can answer that question. But it's simple enough to set up.. just attach an appropriate l
COVID Testing Joe at 3:15pm 12.16.20 You now qualify for a direct line to the WH.:)

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