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R lewis of kentucky. Here is the skinny on the leech cord. The leech cord is really not a sail trim
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I like everyone with a boat am experiencing leaks around the companionway that drip down the inside
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I just purchases a 26S and am looking for a mast stepping kit. Anyone know where I can get one? Than
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Since the Clear Sprays for propellors and shafts (Tributyltin (TBT) ) have been banned. What do you
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Just purchased a 1995 Mac26S and noticed in the instruction book that a rudder hold down cable shoul
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I have a 2004 Hunter 33. My wife would like to hang some cup hooks or install other hanging hardwar
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My wife and I pulled the lifeline stancions off this weekend in order to straighten, and rebed them.
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Reminder update folks. We now have over 20 MacGregors registered for the first stop at Ganges Harbou
Frank at 12:01pm 04.12.05
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Living on a 28 foot Cal this winter we experienced much condensation due to exhalation and the by-pr

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Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 10:19am 03.30.21
most sailors do not sail in 3 knt of wind, or 30 knt of wind. look at david's graph. where most of y
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 10:04am 03.30.21
i know these boys think i'm picking on them. really i'm not. learning about these toys is fun, righ
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 10:01am 03.30.21
Here's an actual plot of my boat's speed from a couple seasons of 3 blade fixed prop (orange dots)
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?   (1)
Davidasailor26 at 9:56am 03.30.21
Here's an actual plot of my boat's speed from a couple seasons of 3 blade fixed prop (orange dots) t
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Secret sail at 9:54am 03.30.21
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
Davidasailor26 at 9:52am 03.30.21
PHRF, at least in the time-on-distance mode, can't possibly account for the different advantages tha
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
Scott T-Bird at 9:47am 03.30.21
I don't really know how corrected time is calculated so I am having difficulty in following your mat
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 9:44am 03.30.21
the improvement reaches maximum when the wind goes soft and the boats are going 2knt. your thinkin
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 9:40am 03.30.21
sent you a PM with my phone number. i'm not typing all afternoon
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
Kings Gambit at 9:31am 03.30.21
No handicap will ever be perfect or even fair ... that said, I tend to think that there are way too
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
jon hansen at 9:25am 03.30.21
Still muddling over this question from a few weeks back. The question of what a folding prop does t
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
Scott T-Bird at 9:24am 03.30.21
No handicap will ever be perfect or even fair ... that said, I tend to think that there are way too
Hunter 376 Access in Aft Cabin
duck21 at 9:16am 03.30.21
Excellent--thank you for the update! I was assuming that everything could be (fairly easily) disass
Tips on replacing rub rail - O'day 23
dexterbuell at 9:16am 03.30.21
Would love to hear more about curing those leaks. It's a damp boat for sure. Did you re-bed all that
Draft stripes. Anyone use them?
DArcy at 9:10am 03.30.21
Draft stripes are very useful for understanding your sail shape. That picture you attached is a grea
Folding vs Fixed Prop STW?
kloudie1 at 9:07am 03.30.21
Some hidden issues here.. The biggie is that the handicap is to make things equal and they are using
C-30 motoring speed
kloudie1 at 8:54am 03.30.21
GPS speed can be misleading because it does not take currents into account, or show boat speed throu
Mystery Mastic
jdrutten at 8:49am 03.30.21
C-30 motoring speed
stephen_i_w at 8:27am 03.30.21
I always heard that you can comfortably cruise at 80% of the maximum RPM of a diesel. According to
Draft stripes. Anyone use them?
kloudie1 at 8:20am 03.30.21
Very useful to mentally picture and set the halyard tension and outhaul tensions for draft/twist opt

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