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Dinghy advice (1) Jack- Memory Maker at 8:46am 07.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/795 With the demise of our beloved Dirty Banana, we are in the market for a new dinghy. Naturally, we d
portable bow thruster suds22334 at 10:20am 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 12/9214 I will be doing a lot of single-handed sailing...I should say a lot of one man docking. Does anyon
looking for a Marina review in Salem, Mass sl22andre at 11:21am 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1552 Has anyone been to either Hawthorne Cove or Pickering Warf Marina in Salem Ma? I have never been to
A new sailor and a damn old Mac 25, Malcolm & Darlene at 11:36am 07.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/830 Mac Venture,I am A new sailor with a "project" 74 Venture 25, I would like to find someone with anot
Looking for a marina in Mystic, CT Grateful Dad at 11:36am 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1151 My brother and I are sailing with our 6 and 11 year old sons. Looking for a marina in Mystic, CT th
Praise to a broker Mike at 11:48am 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1254 During the past few years I have read many posts regarding boat brokers. Most of them trash the bro
A new sailor and a damn old Mac 25, Malcolm & Darlene at 11:36am 07.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/911 Mac Venture,I am A new sailor with a "project" 74 Venture 25, I would like to find someone with anot
weather helm on 31 offshore ketch John Louthan at 11:59am 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1201 I have not been able to get rid of weather helm. That year(1968) and model did not have a much need
SUNBRELLA FABRIC RICHARD A GORDON at 1:27pm 07.06.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/962 HEY FOLKS, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME WITH MY QUESTIONS. I FOUND A STEAL ON SUNBRELLA FA
Honda EU 2000, Hey Matt Benny at 2:00pm 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1009 Search the Net for "Duration Tank TM" they are pattenting an item similar to what you describe. The
custom boat lettering? Al at 3:47pm 07.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/897 Hey, ALL.Does anyone know a good place to order a custom name lettering from?I could paint it on,
A need a boat-cover Paco at 5:05pm 07.06.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/857 Hi from Valencia my friends. I got an second-hand Legend 37.5, which I'm satified even though it's
Sticker shock on new Yanmar oil filter!!!!!!!!!! abe at 2:58pm 07.06.06 Ask All Sailors 19/1691 Last year I bought oil filters for Yanmar 3GM $8/filter. Today, I bought a filter for $12 and it wa
Irwin Galvanic Corrosion protection scheme info donw s11 at 2:06pm 07.06.06 Other Sailboats 1/884 Can anyone tell me what the galvanic protection scheme used on the Mid 1980's Citation 38 is suppose
New to sailing, saying hi. CSCross at 7:13pm 07.04.06 Other Sailboats 6/1052 Hi, I just bought my first sailboat about a week ago. It's a 1977 Pearson 26 Weekender. I recently
Smell of plastic geopaeg at 7:45pm 07.04.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1076 Good morning to all Mac owners.Since I have my boat and every time I get in, usualy after hot days,
pointing (update) John Kivel at 11:05pm 07.04.06 Day Sailers 4/1199 Hi all, Just wanted to update you, last fall I posted a question about my terrible pointing on my
Chain Plate Leak repair Bulkhead saberlin@yahoo.com at 10:22pm 07.04.06 Bigger Boats 6/2481 Repair chain plate bulkhead on a o'day 25, 26, 27, 28, The chain plate must have been leaking for s
size of battens sole pleasure at 10:04pm 07.04.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/782 Lost a batten for my 336, anybody know the size of the batten material? Im guessing 1/2 round?
Catalina 270 Portlight Mark3735 at 8:38pm 07.04.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1469 Anyone know the manufacturer/model of the forward portlights on a 1994 Cat 270. I called, Catalina,

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Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 5:55am 06.26.21 I have the exact same problem. Replaced with Fireboy couple years ago and kept going off. Only th
Diesel Heater install on H460/466 Terry Cox at 5:35am 06.26.21 Different model boat, but close. Wrote an article about how I installed our Wallas forced air furnac
Never say never shemandr at 5:31am 06.26.21 No where near that hot in Florida!
DWL. Mast height RoyS at 5:30am 06.26.21 Best to close your eyes as you pass under the bridge.
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Scott B at 5:29am 06.26.21 I have the exact same problem. Replaced with Fireboy couple years ago and kept going off. Only thi
Pedestal Guard & NavPod on '85 H31 RoyS at 5:27am 06.26.21 I have the Navpod guard and instrument enclosures on a Merriman pedestal. In addition to the new gua
What are these bolts and wire for? Davidasailor26 at 5:18am 06.26.21 The wire is some kind of bonding wire to connect whatever is on the other side of the bolts to groun
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 5:17am 06.26.21 Next haul out adjust your maxprop pitch up one notch. Trial and error works for this setting. When
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 5:14am 06.26.21 Thank you! The pdf is a great find!
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed RoyS at 5:02am 06.26.21 Next haul out adjust your maxprop pitch up one notch. Trial and error works for this setting. When y
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 4:59am 06.26.21 Was your battery charger on at the time of the false alarms? Battery off-gassing has been a reporte
Mast Corrosion Davidasailor26 at 4:51am 06.26.21
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Davidasailor26 at 4:45am 06.26.21 Was your battery charger on at the time of the false alarms? Battery off-gassing has been a reported
EV-100 auto helm issues RoyS at 4:36am 06.26.21 Probably the clutch needs adjustment would be my guess. You might want to have a new belt handy in c
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 4:34am 06.26.21 I realize that my wording is sounding like a newb, and also rambling about choices. I've read numero
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 4:34am 06.26.21 Thanks for your replies so far. Great review on the 272. Tender, healing, yet 6 knots close-hauled
UPS must hate sailors NotCook at 4:16am 06.26.21 I've always been pleased with USPS personnel, the leadership and politics about the USPS is a diffe
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 4:11am 06.26.21 I have there Propane detector. It was alarming when I ran the auxiliary engine. I replaced the snif
UPS must hate sailors NotCook at 4:03am 06.26.21
Mainsail slug replacement Fleet at 3:49am 06.26.21 Thanks for all the suggestions. New sails are not in the plans for this year. I'll look into getti

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