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Looking for Novelman Steve Paul at 8:04am 06.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/843 Novelman,We have wonderful friends who sail out of Newton Beach(?sp) and belong to the sailing club
Hunter 356 water tank straps theladyboat at 7:36am 06.19.06 Other Sailboats 1/893 I sail my Hunter rather hard but not off shore and the water tank straps broke. I tend to go out in
Tranmssion Failure on Renault Diesel Jim A. at 8:20am 06.19.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/933 I have a 1980 Hunter 27, with a Renault 8hp diesel. The transmission just failed (lost forward), an
H376 Engine Access Panel Bob F at 8:52am 06.19.06 Big Boats 2/902 I'm considering cutting an access panel in the head to access the port side of my engine. I gotta th
Deck caps Randy Church at 9:54am 06.19.06 Big Boats 3/895 Does anyone have a source for the original 1984 H34 deck water fill blue plastic caps and the black
Mast Height -Stuart to FT Myers Florida nick maggio at 10:04am 06.19.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1393 I would like to know the max mast height for going from stuart to ft myers,has anyone made this trip
Cabin table Randy Church at 10:04am 06.19.06 Big Boats 2/862 I need to make a new cabin table as PO got rid of the original to include the mounting/hanging hardw
Radar Flag Bob F at 9:45am 06.19.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1189 Has anybody seen or used this item?
S25 sailing characteristics II (3 reviews) Doug LaVerne at 11:40am 06.19.06 Seidelmann 5/8239 The three reviews I was able to find, carved on stone tablets :-) :"North Fork Forums ... Posted by
Venting for external fuel tank Steven Schaffer at 11:36am 06.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/784 Does anyone have any advice about venting an external fuel tank on a Venture 22? I would like to be
Anyone know the weight of an Oday 28 mast? flyhop at 11:45am 06.19.06 Bigger Boats 2/1449 I'm thinking about building a "crane" on deck to remove mast, but not sure of the kind of weight I'd
Trailer with outboard attached? avoy at 2:13pm 06.19.06 Smaller Boats 12/1832 Do folks trailer with the outboard attached or is the outboard taken off the boat for trailering?I
catalina Tall rig mrtoyota at 1:16pm 06.19.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2495 Im trying to answer a question for my friend. He says he has a catalina 25 tall rig.. Is there a dif
2006 Adirondack MacGregor Regatta Russell Tice at 3:50pm 06.19.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/950 2 Day Regatta just for MacGregorsThis is going to be the MacGregor event of the year. This is a big
masthead replacement captn ron at 10:36pm 06.17.06 Catalina 30 4/2472 I found my masthead cap cracked 80% thru on one side for the forestay toggle ' pin.I will be de-ste
New forestay and jib thg at 11:22pm 06.17.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1076 I have an old 26D with a roller furling jib. I was cleaning the boat out recently and stepped the m
swing keel removal Bob Love at 10:58pm 06.17.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1469 I recently bought my first sailboat, a 1973 Venture 222. I am attempting to drop the swing keel so I
adjustment of mast shrouds, lbs. of tension Raimonde Aubrey at 3:25am 06.18.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1084 I own a 1973 Venture 224 which I have modified to a masthead rig. I am trying to adjust the upper an
Mounting the Outboard Mike at 9:13am 06.18.06 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1432 Greetings,I had a Johnson 9.9 on my O'day 25. It finally gave up the ghost. Bought a 8hp fourstroke
cant get outboard into reverse Jack at 8:42am 06.18.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1087 i have a mercury 9.8 hp outboard. When docking yesterday, I realized I couldnt engage the outboard

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Bimini Bow sail sfbay at 2:27pm 04.19.21 Sounds like you need to have your local canvas shop provide/install it for you. Please let us know
Bose cockpit control cover Rick486 at 2:18pm 04.19.21 Hi, On the 44 and I think other models, the Bose control head on the companionway coaming has a pl
what's that under the keel? ggrizzard at 2:14pm 04.19.21 The video "won't play on your(my) browser". :huh: I running up-to-date windows 10/Chrome.
Hunter 356 Winter Cover Jerry Nevins at 2:02pm 04.19.21 Ship Shape in Duluth made me a nice cover this winter for my 2002 356. I looked around for somethin
Mast Support srimes at 1:47pm 04.19.21 How do you figure pine or Douglas Fir would be better than Black Locust? Do you know about black l
New Owner of an H34 WasabiRush at 1:25pm 04.19.21 Update...... Small craft advisory Saturday prevented getting the boat home. I did get it about 2/3
Pettit Trinidad SR Discontinued ggrizzard at 1:17pm 04.19.21 Hooray, I think!
Replacing standing rigging with mast up Timm R Oday25 at 12:52pm 04.19.21 Pardon my confusion . Why would dropping the mast be that difficult ? I will publicly acknowledge us
Rumba Escape help rgranger at 12:35pm 04.19.21 Sorry.... I was unable to find the Escape brand. You might have to create your own rig. We have p
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 12:32pm 04.19.21 e about this? About a 100 years from now, someone will write their Ph.D. thesis on the "Socio-Eco
1989 Macgregor 26D.....new to me.. and a few questions (1) rgranger at 12:27pm 04.19.21 I forgot to add a good anchor, 10' of chain and about 100' of double braid nylon. Now you are goo
Rumba Escape help Athleon at 12:25pm 04.19.21 Thanks for that I really appreciate it, but it looks like its unavailable
Diameter of 1980 Hunter 27 Stanchions Coinspinner2564 at 12:19pm 04.19.21 Thanks so much!
Well, that was surprising! JRacer at 12:14pm 04.19.21 Heck, it's just a floating RV. :biggrin:
Rumba Escape help rgranger at 12:13pm 04.19.21 Found this on FB marketplace https://www.listedbuy.com/boats/sailing/fairfield-ct/escape-rumba-mast
Rumba Escape help rgranger at 12:11pm 04.19.21 That looks like it would be worth fixing up.
Mast Support wynkoop at 11:56am 04.19.21 2x4 lumber has gotten smaller over the years. In my youth it was nearly 2x4. Desire for profits ha
Hunter 29.5 shroud question Earl Toman at 11:50am 04.19.21 I also added those white shroud covers to the reverse diagonals for added safety to keep those two
Close Call NotCook at 11:30am 04.19.21
Replacing standing rigging with mast up Parsons at 11:27am 04.19.21 I've seen it done on the hard, and in the water at a concrete service dock and in a lifting well, wi

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