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LED Lighting Upgrade? John S at 3:34pm 08.01.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1103 Has anyone on this forum located a source for these type of bulbs in a LED configuration? I am about
Crew Overboard Recovery John S at 3:31pm 08.01.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/836 Here are the mods I've made to the stern of my boat to facilitate the recovery of persons swimming b
Share yours and I'll share mine Ray Hancock at 3:25pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 2/987 If you'll share yours... My wife and I are heading for the east coast next week I am looking for a
$211 Water pump!!!! Bob F at 2:54pm 08.01.05 Big Boats 8/1856 My raw water pump that cools the AB "super cool" refridge unit has failed on my 1998 H376. I checked
Fin keel vs wing keel grounding James at 2:50pm 08.01.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1119 I have a small keel boat now, and have been wanting to move up to a larger boat. I have been working
Re-vamping an older 70's Cat 27 Dinette rsn48 at 2:35pm 08.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1518 I own an older Cat 27 (around a 75) sail boat with the dinette interior. If you own one or have bee
Is it the inverter/charger or battery? David Ochoa at 2:19pm 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1020 I've been leaving the refrig/freezer and fans running during the week. This weekend I got to the boa
Purple Martins are not sailboat friendly John at 2:16pm 08.01.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/939 Our marina is a magnet for Purple martin birds. They enjoy sitting on spreaders, mastehead nav senso
Mac 22 Tiller lock Troy Adams at 1:56pm 08.01.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/736 I recently received a great "clearance deal" on a tiller "tamer" and wish to install it on my Mac 22
Peggy, the results are in BobW at 1:09pm 08.01.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1380 and I went ahead and installed a new toilet along with the vented loops.Yes, in spite of your advi
New Hunter 25 Rockhound76 at 12:46pm 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 2/748 Hi,I'm looking at the New Hunter 25. The keel looks awfully "low aspect". Does anyone have any con
Marine surveyor Jason Alexander at 12:26pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 14/1251 Hello,Can anyone give me an idea of what a reasonable cost should be for a marine surveyor to come
Victory 21 Hull Number John at 12:05pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1434 Where are the hull numbers located, we cannot find one?John
Drifter on H260 Tom2909 at 12:03pm 08.01.05 Smaller Boats 4/1025 I've finally had a chance to try a new drifter this weekend. Sunday provided the perfect opportunit
Need a little buying advice! Joe23663 at 12:03pm 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 17/1633 Well, I've got the itch to enter the sailing world. I've never owned my own sailboat and would love
What's In A Beneteau Option b393capt at 11:58am 08.01.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1877 I am in the process of purchasing a Beneteau 393, and I am confused by the lack of details on what e
water Heater Woes Ray Stacey at 11:40am 08.01.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1033 My 6 gallon Atwood water heater has a problem with it's 110 volt system circuitry. Even with the wat
Water Heater Ground Ray Stacey at 11:36am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1402 My 6 gallon Atwood water heater in my 1990 Hunter 30 has a problem with it's 110 volt system circuit
Grounding Plate anti-fouling recommendation needed Bob at 11:33am 08.01.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1524 My brass grounding plate is encrusted with barnacles and other marine growth. Do barnacles reduce t
balboa 26 chris at 11:12am 08.01.05 Balboa 1/2184 Is the 26 Balboa a good first sailboat? If so why?

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Cal-21 Jib Furler PeteTheri at 5:00pm 10.21.20 Thanks... the main is reefed by a rolling boom not easy to do while under sail I will check out th
Hunter 23.5 - No mast, no ballast, no centerboard, no problem? rgranger at 4:53pm 10.21.20 Sounds a little crazy, yes, but hey, I have seen a Lazer sailboat with no mast or centerboard or
H 34 anchor locker hose jk kudera at 4:48pm 10.21.20 Thanks for the info., J was afraid that was the answer!
winterization/routine maintenance project complete! Daddio862 at 4:45pm 10.21.20 Good on ya! :beer::plus:
Hunter 23.5 - No mast, no ballast, no centerboard, no problem? Hunter216 at 4:36pm 10.21.20 Interesting project. I can understand removing the mast and rigging and not using the water ballast
Hunter 23.5 - No mast, no ballast, no centerboard, no problem? Dave Groshong at 4:35pm 10.21.20 Sounds a little crazy, yes, but hey, I have seen a Lazer sailboat with no mast or centerboard or
Replacing Danfoss 101N0210 with 101N0212 rukidn at 4:25pm 10.21.20 I hope the problem is external electrical as you've targeted. Sounds so. The compressor does have s
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... Jim26m at 4:18pm 10.21.20 Hello there! I am new to this forum and new to sailing too! My husband and I have a (new to us) 197
First time boat owner (Catalina 310) with basic questions about electrical and plumbing rukidn at 4:15pm 10.21.20 Peggie, Very good points. The toilet does indeed pull sea water in during normal flush, as it shoul
Cal-21 Jib Furler Hunter216 at 3:41pm 10.21.20
VHF Coax Don S/V ILLusion at 3:40pm 10.21.20 That's interesting. I've been a ham operator for several years and have run various sizes of coax
Neglected boats SailingLoto at 3:36pm 10.21.20 navigational moss was my first thought as well.
Fall Racing on Galveston Bay (1) Bill19233 at 3:33pm 10.21.20 Still in the 90's here, maybe down to the 80's this weekend for the first race in the fall series, l
Neglected boats shemandr at 3:19pm 10.21.20 Agreed. They are experimenting how to recycle fibreglass using moss and fungi. No, they're growing
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... shemandr at 2:55pm 10.21.20 I've been working on a spreadsheet (Excel) for comparison of these models - except I didn't put the
VHF Coax F260SS at 2:49pm 10.21.20
1981 22'Cape Dory shemandr at 2:46pm 10.21.20 Does the 22 have a well for the motor? The 25 does or at least some do. 5 hp should be quite adequ
VHF Coax Don S/V ILLusion at 2:40pm 10.21.20 The PL259 connectors are sized for the type of cable. Hoping someone can tell me the size of cable
Beneteau 311 spinnaker halyard Catsail at 2:38pm 10.21.20 Thank you.
Alternator Won't Charge at Idle DennisL at 2:36pm 10.21.20 In addition to my lack of electrical knowledge, I'm old and have a poor memory. I think the battery

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