Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Water in Bilge after Winter Layup Pete at 4:11am 04.09.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/1604 Popped open the bilge today to give it a spring cleaning, found a good 5-inches of water...the boat
Your thoughts on moving down?!?! Lee C - H31 at 3:14am 04.09.05 Ask All Sailors 12/1523 I have owned a Hunter 240 for three seasons now. I enjoy the boat, but don't use it as much as I wou
Berthing the 26M. Tips Anyone?? Moon at 2:10am 04.09.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/841 When going into the marina to berth my 26M by motor,I find the boat slips sideways with the slightes
Bow Roller Barney Gibbs at 1:45am 04.09.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1084 I read a post some time ago that gave reference to a web site that made bow rollers out of ss tubing
"To go or not to go ?" bawgy at 1:34am 04.09.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/848 Any owners or past owners of a venture 24 . In 15 mph winds I start to get nervous about heeling ove
Barrier Coat and Paint problem Jeff Bacon at 1:03am 04.09.05 Ask All Sailors 10/3741 Hi All:My boat is going into it's third season, and I have not been able to get bottom paint to st
9 gallon gas tank Ms Hillary at 12:17am 04.09.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/780 The Macgregor 26x say it will carry two 9 gallon gas tanks,Im having trouble locating one that fit
need mesurement for salon rug runner Paul8821 at 10:33pm 04.08.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/958 We take possession of our new 350 shortly and I would like to buy a runner for the salon. With all t
Offshore Schools Robert at 8:11pm 04.08.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1064 Was wondering if someone could provide some info about schools that teach offshore passagemaking. Ye
Two Part Epoxy-Does It Block Water Out? Paul at 8:07pm 04.08.05 Ask All Sailors 2/898 Have filled a couple of rust spots on the keel with 3M two part epoxy followed by the annual coat of
Owners Manual for 26x ?? catman at 3:26pm 04.08.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1880 Help!!! I just bought a 2002 Mac 26X. Much to my dismay, it's parked in my yard with NO Manual! Wh
Where to find LP tank rail mount? Ernie at 2:43pm 04.08.05 Ask All Sailors 5/4611 Hi all,I want to move the location of my propane tank to the rail. Problem is, I can't seem to fin
Electrolysis Clay at 12:59pm 04.08.05 Ask All Sailors 2/978 Hello everyone, I think I read somewhere that high end yachts are utilyzing electrolytic energy to d
Telltales Don Guillette at 12:16pm 04.08.05 Ask All Sailors 1/941 Ship mates: How are you at reading your telltales? We have just gone through a 4 part series on them
gel coat chips on deck bill van at 11:40am 04.08.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1121 Well spring has sprung and I'm nearly ready to put my boat in the water.However, this spring I no
Telltales - part 4 Don Guillette at 11:03am 04.08.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/1598 Mates: It's check out time!! Assume you just left your dock and your sailing along closehauled in 10
Macgregor 26x : where do lines run on 110%jib Ms Hillary at 11:02am 04.08.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1174 I bought the boat used, the jib appears to be a 110%. The lower mast support lines seem to be in t
Paint the Propellor and Shaft? Mike at 10:33am 04.08.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/4035 I was at the yard today and noticed that several boats have the propellor and shafts painted. Many
Stepping the Mast PaulB at 10:07am 04.08.05 Trailer Sailors 2/1493 I need to step the mast of my O'Day 23 for the first time. It's in a tight spot at the dock. What'
Columbia 22 Where are you? Don K. at 8:47am 04.08.05 Columbia 0/1288 I was the original owner of a 1969 C-22 hull/sail# 928 I sailed the boat in Lake St. Clair, Mt. Cle

Recent Replies

ACP COMPOSTION sail sfbay at 11:00am 01.12.21 Let me take a stab at this..............the thread below indicated the outer skin hull material is L
Cracked and Warped Headliner, leaks along cabin side? weekendrken at 10:56am 01.12.21 John, You are joking, right? If the boat is "free" to you (a giveaway) and you want to spend tens
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 10:51am 01.12.21 If you are concerned with drying out the batteries by continuous charging (a valid concern), Harbor
12 volt charging at marina chip veres at 10:47am 01.12.21 If you are concerned with drying out the batteries by continuous charging (a valid concern), Harbor
Hunter 28.5--Trailer issue victorhoisington at 10:44am 01.12.21 Recognize that the pads do NOT support the weight of the boat, they simply keep it upright on the tr
Sad News at Garhauer Marine Bob S at 10:24am 01.12.21 Spoke with him a bunch of times upgrading my C30. He was always super helpful. it's been a horrendou
H260 keel GBGraham at 10:16am 01.12.21 Just to be sure, there are a couple of questions. 1. Is the centerboard (not keel) made of plasti
Removing Vinyl Decals from Hypalon Inflatable Dinghy Terry Cox at 10:16am 01.12.21 Had a similar situation with the used Avon that I purchased a few years ago. It had registration dec
Funny Friday!!! Justin_NSA at 10:11am 01.12.21 He will pay for taking that pic:yikes:
My Penobscot Archipelago. Bob S at 10:11am 01.12.21 Where are all the lobster traps? Beautiful photographs as usual.
Bimini Wind Effect Parsons at 10:11am 01.12.21 You won't even notice it, @RoyS . I've been at slow speed with the bimini up and down on our C36, a
12 volt charging at marina Terry Cox at 10:10am 01.12.21 Our boat has two AGM house bank batteries (500 amps) and a Freedom 25 charger/inverter. We've had th
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 10:07am 01.12.21 Nice find!
Time for new AC. Deleted member 117556 at 10:07am 01.12.21 New Dometic units are much more compact and efficient. I also had a SmartStart installed on mine so
ACP COMPOSTION kloudie1 at 10:06am 01.12.21 Hey, Dave.. This from a discussion on this site a coupla years back : These boats are made from BASF
ACP COMPOSTION Allan12210 at 10:03am 01.12.21 After a brief Google search, I am going to venture a guess that it is none of the above. More likely
ACP COMPOSTION justsomeguy at 10:02am 01.12.21 Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) Plastic Luran by BASF?
Wire Size to Bus Bar? Zinger88 at 9:46am 01.12.21 Appreciate all the reply's. Unfortunately I'm going to have to swing by the marina and take a look a
Funny Friday!!! (1) rgranger at 9:29am 01.12.21 189043
Bimini Wind Effect rgranger at 9:23am 01.12.21 I have a much smaller boat and I still don't really notice much windage on my bimi. I suspect you w

Contact
About
Terms of Use