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1976 Mac Venture Scott at 11:31am 04.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1061 Recently I got a 1976 Mac Venture 25'. The hull is in good shape and so are the sails. The problem
Boat for sale Don K. at 10:49am 04.06.05 Ask All Sailors 11/1326 I have a 26' sailboat I want to sell by myself. I have put an add in the local paper with no result
Draft 320 Eric Kramer at 10:24am 04.06.05 Mid-Size Boats 5/1112 I have purchased a 1996 320. The draft on specs says 4' 3". It measures 4' 10". Did the 320 wing
Insurance for bahamas???? Scott Douglas at 10:22am 04.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1060 Can anyone suggest an insurance company that will cover a hunter 260 in the bahamas?Mine will cover
Hunter 22 chainplates Mark at 10:14am 04.06.05 Smaller Boats 3/1041 I just thought that I'd share a word for the wise for all you H22 owners out there. Over the winter
Rub rail Clay at 10:05am 04.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1491 Hello everyone, I have a rather hefty (thick) peice of rub rail to force around roughly 125 degrees
Survey or not survey? Mike M at 9:09am 04.06.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/1289 I am going to look at a '85 Catalina 27 next week with a friend who has owned 3 sailboats and curren
irrational fears realized? kingprawn at 9:06am 04.06.05 Smaller Boats 6/829 I've had this really strange fear of one day dropping my keel and having it just keep on going to th
Packing nut John12132 at 8:31am 04.06.05 The Cherubini Hunters 2/850 I'm wondering if not having any water drops out of thefreshly (one season) packed shaft nut is a pr
Buying a New C-310 With A Roller Furling Main ? Rodd C. at 8:30am 04.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/824 My wife and I are about to sign on the dotted line for a 2005 C-310. I'm really excited about the ro
Very Cool Site Rob at 6:55am 04.06.05 Ask All Sailors 2/945 I am not promoting anything here other than a very cool (and free) website Google has launched. It
Mounting A Radar Dislay on the Pedestal Frank Bean at 6:13am 04.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/772 I have been looking at places to mount a smaller radar display like the Furuno 1621 and the JRC 1500
Lake Champlain sailing... GG at 5:15am 04.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/857 Calling all sailors,We are interested in finding out about any existing Yacht Clubs (preferably) a
Steaming Light Dan Ulrich at 5:12am 04.06.05 Smaller Boats 6/1085 My 23 has a OEM (Perko) steaming light (new one 2 yrs old). It is the oblong shaped one identical to
Sliding hatch cover H23- what adhesive? bleathen at 4:55am 04.06.05 Smaller Boats 3/946 Like others on this forum, I broke and am now replacing the sliding hatch cover on my H23. What s
Mast Raising System Mike Clisby at 4:54am 04.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1025 I have a swing keel Oday 25 on a trailer and have seen a brochure depicting a system used to raise a
GPS to PC cable ,serial port to USB question. Patrick at 3:59am 04.06.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1217 I have a Garmin 48 GPS connected to my PC for navigation.I have a new PC that does not have a serial
Don's book - don't wait until Christmas! Rick Macdonald at 3:43am 04.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/1458 Howdy All -I'm a huge fan of Don's book. I had bought others before coming across his, but couldn'
Telltales - Part 3 Don Guillette at 3:08am 04.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/1557 Mates: We are almost finished with the subject of telltales. I'm spending a lot of time on this subj
Replacing Sole plywood w/ diamond-plate steel william3045 at 2:58am 04.06.05 Smaller Boats 9/1119 I am considering replacing the sole boards on my 23 with powder coated diamond plate steel for weigh

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Dual headstays Jackdaw at 6:44pm 01.11.21 No noticeable performance degradation at all. The only practical issue will have is during tacking,
Cracks in keel Don S/V ILLusion at 6:06pm 01.11.21 I'm going with your previous post... I looked into it more closely and there is a thin layer of wha
Funny Friday!!! DArcy at 6:01pm 01.11.21 Of course they are pretty good with all sorts of other weapons... I'm not great with a gun but don
Cracks in keel Ken Cross at 5:55pm 01.11.21 I'd grind it down and put a few layers of fiberglass on it. If you keep it on a trailer, just follow
AIS Receive Problem Identification jssailem at 5:54pm 01.11.21 It happens Richard, that some vessels do not transmit their names relying on the MMSI to identify th
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 5:51pm 01.11.21 Difficulty for some sailors is they are only Great with a 5inch Mounted gun, if they served on a des
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 5:40pm 01.11.21 189025 -Will (Dragonfly)
Problems with Stepping the mast on my 1998 Hunter 240 caverun at 5:17pm 01.11.21 Welcome to the forum! Did you try tightening up that loose nut and see if that pulls it over at all?
Hunter 33 (1981) Main Sail Dave Groshong at 5:01pm 01.11.21 Give me a call if you'd like, I'm always happy to help if I can 877-932-7245 x116 Mon-Fri, 9-3:30
Cracks in keel higgs at 5:00pm 01.11.21 I would definitely not grind this down to bare metal as was suggested. Many encapsulated keels are
P42 generator info Terry Cox at 4:50pm 01.11.21 You're welcome, Jim. Forgot to mention, the model number on our Genset is located on a plate attache
Does anyone know of a tool sold to help re attaching "lift the dot" fittings on my dodger? RitSim at 4:42pm 01.11.21 https://www.sailrite.com/Pres-N-Snap-Fastener-Tool?gclid=CjwKCAiAi_D_BRApEiwASslbJ8lERHTbVkeJv44nTNV
Stability numbers for a Yamaha 33 Arctic Hawk at 4:40pm 01.11.21 Thanks for the numbers. Still looking for Angle of Vanishing Stability, Limit of p[ossitve Stabilit
Battery location H31' (83-87) ShawneH at 4:40pm 01.11.21 I'll look for pics, stand by for a few minutes. I slept in the quarterberth, but there really isn'
Engine alignment issue? Tally Ho at 4:18pm 01.11.21 I would not worry too much while it is on the hard....but you may want to remove the stuffing box an
Battery location H31' (83-87) jmce1587 at 4:05pm 01.11.21 I have 2 lead acid batteries just above the shaft centerline of my H31 with easy access to that area
Cracks in keel SailingLoto at 4:02pm 01.11.21 I'm in the not structural camp. As unpleasant as it will be I'd take it down to gelcoat or even fib
Cracks in keel SailingLoto at 4:00pm 01.11.21 I don't know anything about encapsulated keels, but are you just looking for something to do? Unles
Cracks in keel SailingLoto at 3:57pm 01.11.21 I'm going with your previous post... I looked into it more closely and there is a thin layer of wha
P42 generator info kloudie1 at 3:51pm 01.11.21 That sure looks like a Yanmar 3HMF engine.. The HM shop manual says that the difference between the

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