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Restoring a Mac-Venture 17 (1) Tom at 1:11pm 06.01.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/5275 I just bought a 1973 MacGregor-Venture 17. It's in great shape for a 30 year old boat. I'm getting r
Good Ft Lauderdale Marina to launch Steve at 12:27pm 06.01.03 Ask All Sailors 2/969 Having my Catalina 27TR trucked down from Michigan to Ft Lauderdale. Anyone have a recommendation o
Deck Hull Joint for H260? Tom at 12:04pm 06.01.03 Smaller Boats 8/939 Hi to Crazy Dave and others that have knowlege about these boats...What is the construction of the
Mac 22 Rudder Help Tom at 11:58am 06.01.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/943 When I bought my Mac 22 a few months ago, I knew the rudder would need some work. As it is, the time
Fissure on the top of my water ballast Alberto Poulin at 11:53am 06.01.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1089 Hi MacGregor 26s Owners,Saturday 2003-05-31, I've put my boat on water and I've got a big supprise
Here is the original Mariner interior (1) Henry Hey at 11:46am 06.01.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/901 Our Mariner is a 67 and was purchased with the interior fairly much gutted. We long wondered exactl
The original Mariner interior Henry Hey at 11:43am 06.01.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/834 Our Mariner is a 67 and was purchased with the interior fairly much gutted. We long wondered exactl
This is the original Mariner interior Henry Hey at 11:37am 06.01.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/845 Our Mariner is a 67 and was purchased with the interior fairly much gutted. We long wondered exactl
arch retrofit John O'Donald at 11:29am 06.01.03 Big Boats 2/1152 Has anyone ever retro-fitted an arch like hunter uses now, to an older hunter I have a hunter 40 an
MICROLOG/battery monitor nick maggio at 10:55am 06.01.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/998 Has anyone installed a microlog batery monitoring system I am thinking of installing one on my 290 a
hull stripes David Alves at 10:48am 06.01.03 Big Boats 4/1146 Looking where to purchase the 2" light blue hull stripe that is located just under the toe rail. Thi
O'day 23 thru-hull question Mark at 10:28am 06.01.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1116 Hi all,Hope you're all doing great! Hey, for all the O'day 23 owners out there, question for ya :
O'day 23 thru-hull question Mark at 10:17am 06.01.03 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1496 Hi all,Hope you're all doing great! Hey, for all the O'day 23 owners out there, question for ya :
Catalina 30 T cockpit cushions Vic at 10:06am 06.01.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/2135 It's time to replace my 12 year old cushions that always held water,..... until you sat on them. Wh
Purchase of '78 C27 Mark Fitzgerald at 9:28am 06.01.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/828 I have been looking at a 1978 C27 as a first boat for my family. I have experience sailing (I crew o
pedistal problems Rick at 8:31am 06.01.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/888 Has anyone had pedistal problems and where can I buy parts for the pedistal. Fwd and rev bracket is
380 aft cabin modification linda evans at 7:47am 06.01.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1010 we have a 1999 380. in the aft cabin, under the two lovely seats, i know there is plenty of storage
Womanship ??? Steve michel at 7:10am 06.01.03 Ask All Sailors 13/1418 Has anyone been to Womanship sailing shcools???Any feedback would be appreciated.
water up to the cushions wayne andrews at 6:03am 06.01.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1023 Some one left the hatch open and about 3 months later I went to check on the boat and there was abou
Water Heater Leak in 30T Ed Munson at 5:58am 06.01.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/908 This morning I went to check on the boat and found an unusual amount of water in the bilge. I found

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Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... Davidasailor26 at 3:38am 08.18.20 @Davidasailor26, it's in... super easy installation. I had almost no wiggle room for the DC lines
Backstay Failure Will Gilmore at 3:34am 08.18.20 When I got to the boat I noticed that the clevis pin in the backstay was gone. Could this have had
146 Mainsheet cam cleat (2) Joe at 3:33am 08.18.20 Also check Ronstan, Antal, Lewmar, Garhaurer . search: "swiveling mainsheet cam cleat" Garhaurer
Backstay Failure Joe at 3:11am 08.18.20 Uh.... yes. That would be a problem. You need to get someone out to go through you boat and make su
Drama in Pago Pago S/V Honu at 11:50pm 08.17.20 Last word i got was they are on a mooring doing a 14 day quarantine, with enough food and water.
Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Terry Cox at 9:44pm 08.17.20 Ouch! So sorry to hear that news. Do you have the Genset on the upper platform like we have? If so
How do you store Terry Cox at 9:39pm 08.17.20 Been using the Topsider two gallon tank with vacuum pump for years to extract the oil from our engin
How do/would you do it? Jackdaw at 9:30pm 08.17.20
Winterizing batteries. Yeah, getting WAY ahead of myself here... (1) SoSound at 9:19pm 08.17.20 @Davidasailor26, it's in... super easy installation. I had almost no wiggle room for the DC lines,
Hardtop for a Hunter 41AC (2) Bill Creadon at 9:06pm 08.17.20 I built 60 hardtops for various sail and power boats using 1/2 thick starboard. I was an owner in a
Doyle Stack Pack help Tim Mills at 8:53pm 08.17.20 Yes, +2 to Ron. I was told by the bag maker to loosen the bag halyards by about 6-8" before raising
Two banks, three batteries and new charger capable of charging three battery banks Bobalong at 8:50pm 08.17.20 Connect charger output to each battery or just to one? Read an interesting paper about connecting
Prep week and dress up day: T_Cat at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Nice! I just moved into my first slip for the remainder of the season in Erie PA. It will really im
LouisMK at 8:35pm 08.17.20 Bike chain is a good idea. Thanks
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors duck21 at 8:10pm 08.17.20 As a side note, Minnesota passed "Sophia's Law" a couple of years ago requiring CO detectors on all
How do you store Mark Maulden at 8:04pm 08.17.20
Smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors WayneH at 7:42pm 08.17.20 I've been bad about this. Our smoke/CO detector failed on us a while back and we pulled it off the b
How do you store WayneH at 7:19pm 08.17.20 I put the oil extractor in a garbage bag with the hoses. I put rolled up blue shop towels into the e
Doyle Stack Pack help (4) SoSound at 7:14pm 08.17.20 Our sail bag was not adjustable when new. We had it modified so that we could drop it when necessar
Refrigerator repair Sailor Sue at 7:03pm 08.17.20 How 'bout a spray can of expanding foam? It won't be structural but it should fill the gap for ther

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