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Cost of rerigging Dale at 6:42am 12.13.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/936 Hi, I will be buying a boat in the next month or so and my idea was to buy an Alberg 30 with a good
Releasing method Ignacio at 6:38am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/765 Hi, I have an FX-23 and it works very well. Sometimes too well. I dont have a windlass, and when it
Condensation inside gauges Bob Hawley at 5:21am 12.13.04 Big Boats 4/1625 The day I picked up my new 2005 Catalina 350, the gauges had condensation inside. I was advised tha
Life Jacket Update Kevin C 26S at 5:19am 12.13.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/799 Some of you may remember that I started a thread a few months back regarding what type of life vest
trip line castoff at 5:02am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1107 How does one fasten a tripline to a Fortress anchor?
depth sounder ticking/ clicking noise jeff at 4:46am 12.13.04 Ask All Sailors 2/2175 I have A HORIZON DEPTH SOUNDER THAT MAKES AN ANOYING CLICKING/TICKING SOUND , HAS ANYONE EVER HAD TH
Adequate Holding Power rbraddy at 4:45am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/841 I have a Catalina 36, Mk II and carry 3 anchors, one of which is a Fortress FX 16. I use lots of ch
Additional Anchor SaraV at 4:25am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/851 I currently have a 35# Fluke Anchor; sail mostly in the Chesapeake Bay, and find this anchor to be s
Bilge hose David at 3:17am 12.13.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1102 I have to re-hab my bilge hose install done by the previous owner. My pumps (Rule) all use 1 1/8 ID
Modifying Fortress Anchor to fit anchor locker Jerry at 2:59am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1728 My 19' boat has an anchor locker at the bow designed to stow an anchor by hanging it from the horizo
Moorings Morte at 2:30am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 8/1836 The method that I have been using the past years for setting my mooring up for 23' Hunter is to plac
Mast Support jbrbetc at 1:31am 12.13.04 Smaller Boats 0/730 My mast support (between the cabin top/mast plate and the keel) is delaminating and/or spliting apar
H28 Compression Post Quality Time at 1:05am 12.13.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/863 I recently bought a 1992 Hunter 28' and when I had the mast unstepped I noticed something that looke
MacGregor KNOCKDOWN Richard at 12:59am 12.13.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 43/4872 I'm curious as to how many people have actually had (or seen it happen) a KNOCKDOWN with a MacGregor
Windlass - Free-fall or Power-down? Wanabe at 12:57am 12.13.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/969 Please advise which is better, a free-fall or a power-down horizontal windlass with a 22# plow ancho
Dawn Wilson is Free . . . Nick at 12:20am 12.13.04 Destinations 0/1500 Dawn was arrested by Mexican police walking back to her boat with medication her husband needed. She
Need Help with Water heater hose!!!! Paul Aubrecht at 12:20am 12.13.04 Big Boats 3/815 I have a 2003 356.I have discovered that the blue cold water hose to the water heater is leaking at
rigging costs for winter layup Richard Bonomo at 11:48pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/871 My yard charges about $12 per foot of boat length for unstepping and stepping the mast before and af
mast cable tension fred at 11:37pm 12.12.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1141 I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CORRECT CABLE TENSION SHOULD BE ON MY 1984 CATALINA 30'WITH THE TALL MA
OBX Hunter Sailing Association Michael Collier at 11:25pm 12.12.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/807 The Outer Banks of North Carolina or OBX Hunter Sailing Association is being organized. The Outer

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Job sheet jams Joe at 1:19pm 09.09.20 JSG's and Justin_NA's spacer is the best solution. Regular SS washers would work also.
Adding a Gas Cylinder to my Rigid Vang JRacer at 1:17pm 09.09.20 I've a '86 Legend 45, that came equipped with a rigid vang. But it doesn't have a gas cylinder or s
Winterizing our Hunter 386 Gary Ryan at 1:11pm 09.09.20 Great check list Jerry! We're on the Great Lakes, so I think all we can do is a pump out with the h
Helm Steering Wheel Moved? Ron20324 at 1:10pm 09.09.20 Turns out the wheel can be flipped...which I did. Everything is line up again. Feeling a little f
Job sheet jams Justin_NSA at 1:09pm 09.09.20 I was trying to describe. Should work and hold up well
Adding a Gas Cylinder to my Rigid Vang tfox2069 at 1:08pm 09.09.20 Is that possible? I assumed gas would be sealed units. How rigid is your rigid vang? Doesn't it hav
Catalina 310 with Schaefer 2100 Jib Furler - took apart, but can't get Stop Pin back in (1) gscottnelson at 1:01pm 09.09.20 When you say "took apart" what did you do? If I remember - dangerous - without sail could push ex
Job sheet jams Ron20324 at 1:01pm 09.09.20 You could wrap it. Maybe with some amalgamating tape or electric tape. :plus:
Job sheet jams (1) justsomeguy at 12:54pm 09.09.20 184782
Quietest water pump? Rich Stidger at 12:46pm 09.09.20 The Aqua King Shurflo pump I mentioned above is a four-chamber pump. Much quieter than the Jabsco t
Job sheet jams Scott B at 12:45pm 09.09.20 Looks like you can get behind the chainplate? I would try criss crossing almagamting tape over and
Adding a Gas Cylinder to my Rigid Vang Justin_NSA at 12:42pm 09.09.20 Is that possible? I assumed gas would be sealed units. How rigid is your rigid vang? Doesn't it hav
Drilling hole to run lines through cabintop mounted traveller Cole07 at 12:29pm 09.09.20 I'm not familiar with the boat, but I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem as long as you used a grommet
Job sheet jams Justin_NSA at 12:17pm 09.09.20 A crazy idea might be to fab a "plastic" washer with a center hole the size of the clevis pin, the t
Job sheet jams wyctoronto at 12:05pm 09.09.20
Quietest water pump? kloudie1 at 12:00pm 09.09.20 I think you are talking about the single diaphragm pumps that sound like a machine gun.. obnoxious!
Catalina 310 with Schaefer 2100 Jib Furler - took apart, but can't get Stop Pin back in buddybear at 11:48am 09.09.20 When you say "took apart" what did you do? If I remember - dangerous - without sail could push ex
Nylock keel nuts, good or bad idea? weekendrken at 11:47am 09.09.20
Job sheet jams JRacer at 11:46am 09.09.20 Or, is there any gap between the shroud/chainplate and that chrome strip? If so, you could use a sma
Job sheet jams JRacer at 11:42am 09.09.20 What if you cut the tube so that it was a half pipe below the chrome strip and a full pipe above? Th

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