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Sailboat Instruments Rick at 1:32am 12.05.05 Ask All Sailors 11/3419 I am looking at replacing dated Signet Marine depth, speed, wind speed and wind direction instrument
Choose the Mac 25 or 26 Doug6577 at 11:40pm 12.04.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1435 Greetings My experience has been with Lightnings,Cats and Sunfish for daysailing. I wish to take m
Boat with internal Spinnaker Pole Franklin at 11:33pm 12.04.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1099 Anybody know the maker of the boats with the internal spinnaker pole? I saw a picture of one yester
mast raising system Charles6775 at 11:04pm 12.04.05 Smaller Boats 1/955 What are the best mast raising systems for a hunter 20? I have seen some in the past but can't reme
winterizing head intake line Sherry at 10:53pm 12.04.05 Ask All Sailors 14/1270 We winterized my new-to-me 1992 Hunter30 on Friday for the first time. Everything was relatively ea
Opening Portlight Seals Neil Hodgson at 9:52pm 12.04.05 Mid-Size Boats 6/1772 Hello all again.I posted a question here a couple of weeks ago about the leaking portlights on my 9
H33 Useful New Info nick cameron at 3:34pm 11.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/856 Hi All H33 Owners. I have three items to share with you.1. Yanmar replaced the Heat Exchanger on my
zinc replacement John Allen at 1:41pm 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 0/820 I am looking for some documation on zinc replacement. I read somewhere that when your zincs get that
Rewiring a 1968 Cal what is recommended reading? popeye at 12:52pm 11.30.05 Cal 1/280 The 1968 Cal 36 that I purchased has the original wiring attached to the positive and negative termi
Compression Post "Blob": What is it? Wandering Cs at 12:46pm 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 1/748 Problem: My 1969 P33, with it's deck stepped mast and compression post has a "blob" of something su
Info needed on the Digipak CA greenhorn at 12:18pm 11.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/865 I have the digipak ca installed on my 22 Catalina, and although it still works, the LED screen is ha
Grounding using through the hull contact rsn48 at 12:17pm 11.30.05 Ask All Sailors 0/885 I have had work done on my boat as I add shore power and latter charger and golf cart batteries for
P26 Roller Reefing Handle DLM at 10:01am 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 4/763 Like Victor I have owned my P26 for less than 6 months (1971, Hull#229)and am still learning about t
Need help changing cutlass bearing Emery at 9:51am 11.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 19/1445 I can't remove the prop shaft from my 1994, 29.5. I have removed the two set screws in the coupling
Worst Case Scenerio IS Positive Capt Ron;-) at 8:36am 11.30.05 Ask All Sailors 0/642 ;) Always hearing this mod thinking, and hearing questions related to experience as if there is an
Teflon seal for Jabsco toilet Bernie Soostmeyer at 8:28am 11.30.05 Big Boats 1/889 I am about to perform the once a season grease job on our toilets pump piston and cylinder. I was wo
Steal this Boat! MArk15097 at 8:05am 11.30.05 Other Sailboats 0/566 A victim of Hurricane Katrina, this 2000 26X (NOT 23!) needing minor hull repair (as far as I can te
Outboard Motor Lifting Glen at 6:20am 11.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1414 Can anyone suggest the best way to lift the motor out of the boat? Is it better to do it through the
Storage bin liners Shenanigans at 5:51am 11.30.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1018 Does anyone know whether the plastic (polypro?) drop-in liners for the underseat storage bins are av
Sitting in the mud...is it bad? Bob Bollinger at 5:28am 11.30.05 Ask All Sailors 15/5760 I just purchased a 1990 Beneteau 34' with a 4'2" draft. My employer has a small boat harbor where I

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Propane oven will not light (B331) DougM at 5:37am 11.18.20
Cabin Heater for Hunter 326 RobAL at 5:31am 11.18.20 Thank you very much for your help
low battery display on autopilot Captain Larry-DH at 5:12am 11.18.20 My wheel drive st4000 did the same thing... low battery... started zigzagging... I ordered a new o
low battery display on autopilot Captain Larry-DH at 5:10am 11.18.20 better diagnostic technique is to test the voltage drop across each connection. It should be under
maintenance on 1979 Cal -31new post shemandr at 5:04am 11.18.20 The first thing I would do is to make sure all of the rigging parts are there and that it goes toget
On the "Distant" Dream? TomY at 4:59am 11.18.20
Lowering mast On Mac 25 THECUSCUS at 4:58am 11.18.20 My wife and I raise and lower the mast by hand (Iwo Jima style). To lower, take sail off, boom off,
low battery display on autopilot Secret sail at 4:45am 11.18.20 My wheel drive st4000 did the same thing... low battery... started zigzagging... I ordered a new on
New Sails - advice? Secret sail at 4:39am 11.18.20 Just bought mine from Rolly Tasker. Their Dacron marblehead from challenger is as rigid (warp and w
Replacing Hull Stripe Secret sail at 4:33am 11.18.20 I drew a line at the top of the old stripe with a pencil. Made it easier to aligne the new stripe.
Can anyone tell me if this is a MacGregor 24? I am thinking about buying this boat and I am a first time buyer. Thank you for any suggestions..Layne (1) George_NJ at 4:32am 11.18.20 V222 as Granger said. Someone gave me one for free that needs very little tlc.
Boat Identification - Need Help TomY at 4:10am 11.18.20
Replacing Hull Stripe daviddp at 3:32am 11.18.20 Keep the heat away from the plastic putty knife so it doesn't "melt" the tip, it will round over wit
Mast climber Choies sailme88 at 3:20am 11.18.20 @sailme88 I like the climbing board but once you get to the top and do your work, how do you get t
maintenance on 1979 Cal -31new post rgranger at 2:59am 11.18.20
Can anyone tell me if this is a MacGregor 24? I am thinking about buying this boat and I am a first time buyer. Thank you for any suggestions..Layne (3) rgranger at 2:55am 11.18.20 187351187352187353
Can anyone tell me if this is a MacGregor 24? I am thinking about buying this boat and I am a first time buyer. Thank you for any suggestions..Layne rgranger at 2:53am 11.18.20 That is a Macgregor V22-2
Salt Water in Bilge Davidasailor26 at 2:52am 11.18.20 If memory serves me correctly most of the keel issues reported were on late 80's boats presumably a
Square sail rgranger at 2:52am 11.18.20 Sweeeet
Boat Identification - Need Help rgranger at 2:50am 11.18.20 That looks like a worthy project.

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