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Spinnaker on a 336 David L at 10:53pm 10.19.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/959 Need info on the spinnaker size, sheet line size and lenght.Also if you use the existing winches a
Spinnaker Sizeing Tony Wilcox at 10:08pm 10.14.01 Big Boats 6/1018 Can anyone please tell me what measurements I need to buy an asymmetrical spinnaker, also what is th
o'day outlaw pat at 10:10am 10.19.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2403 I recently purchased an O'Day Outlaw, 26' - built in CN in 1967. I can't find any specs for it. I
Baby Food ANCHOR_Burger at 12:05am 10.19.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/962 Bill, not sure if you know much about sailboats, sounds like you're a stink potter, so heres my ques
Best Glue to Use for Tank Work? Don curt at 6:49am 10.18.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1246 I have followed Peggie's advise with my one vent line in my holding take, e.g. cleaned, straightened
Water Tanks Freezing Randy Chell at 10:41pm 10.17.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1245 I have a 1983 Hunter 34.....Is there a way to drain the water tanks without going thru the holding t
Running haylards back Josh at 10:53pm 10.16.01 Ask An Oday Owner 5/913 In looking at making my 22 more one handed, I have decided to try to bring the haylards back to the
Creeping throttle lever on H31 Bob La Salle at 9:02am 10.16.01 Mid-Size Boats 12/1038 I have just discovered that my throttle lever slowly creeps downward while motoring. Engine RPM's g
450 Port Side Engine Access Panel Mike Pilolla at 1:53am 10.16.01 Big Boats 16/952 I just posted an article in the Photo Forum which shows the solution I installed for the problem all
Integrating ST 4000 and Garmin 45 John Blakely at 12:00pm 10.15.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/948 Bill, I have two problems that I need some guidance on. First, is a course swing of or - 20
WANTED Trailer for mac 25 Rob Taylor at 5:42am 10.21.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/892 Help! I desperately need a trailer for my mac 25 consider anything,I only have until the end of the
MacGregor Boat - bottom query Joe Eves at 1:08am 10.15.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1566 I purchased a new MacGregor 26 ft. 18 months ago, and I like it's performance. I live on the lake a
lifting the H23 mike at 1:17pm 10.19.01 Smaller Boats 5/897 I guess I'm on a roll so here's another question. I'm planning to paint the bottom of my H23 on th
Problem with new ST 4000 John B. at 1:53pm 10.18.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1022 On a new installation of the ST 4000 tiller pilot.The display and tiller actuator seemed to work OK
ST50 knotmeter Matt Nelson at 2:43pm 10.16.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1046 Thanks Bill for your reply. Today I pulled the transducer and it is the 6 paddle model. I purchase
water between floor and hull Tom Novick at 9:57am 10.17.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1059 I just took my 91 MacGregor 26 out of a four year retirement for a week worth of sailing in the San
340 Main Sail Removal Nichole at 7:47pm 10.15.01 Big Boats 10/1652 As a new owner I need some guidance in Main Sail removal. Can someone please outline the steps I s
SOLAR POWER John at 4:43am 10.20.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1104 I don't like the idea of ideling my engine to charge the batteries and the marina doesn't allow us t
Steaming light has me stumped Jim Cook at 5:09am 10.16.01 Ask All Sailors 17/1483 I have been up the mast twice and the steaming light still doesn't work. I steel brushed the contac
29.5 engine...a follow-up and a new question Jane at 1:24am 10.18.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/964 There are two screws on top of the secondary fuel filter, one with a plastic washer and one with a c

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Tailpipe under water? sailme88 at 9:52am 02.24.20 Assuming the trailer tongue is box tubing, I'd cut the hitch end off. Measure the cross section of t
Replacement trailer for an 85 Mac 25 Giro at 9:46am 02.24.20 The trailer the picture shows, in my estimation, will not accommodate any MacGregor 25 sailboat nor
retractable bowsprit AaronD at 9:43am 02.24.20 I have a Catalina 28 mkII circ 2003. I am interested in installing a Selden after market bowsprit k
Ready Made running rigging AaronD at 9:23am 02.24.20 Tools are very helpful in this new endeavor. A properly sized tubular fid for the size line you wi
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How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Tantor at 9:07am 02.24.20 Thank you all for great information. John
eye candy (2) dmax at 9:06am 02.24.20 Saw one of these in Oak Bluffs last year, Zeelander 44, prettiest boat in the harbor:
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Thinking about working on interior Project_Mayhem at 9:01am 02.24.20 Hey !!!! That's my boat !!! You should have seen it before I dumped the empty wine bottles and dead
Tailpipe under water? markwbird at 9:01am 02.24.20 I would not let my vehicle go into the water at all. Use a long rope as an extension.
IN-MAST FURLING MAINSAIL tfox2069 at 8:58am 02.24.20 I have had some luck by spraying the jammed sail with water and dish washing soap. Also spraying w
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Self-Corrosion (Collier 5) JamesG161 at 8:57am 02.24.20 Why would the graphite dissolve if it is the more noble part? Actually all of the Noble chart, is
Looking for plastic CDI Furling Drum (Bail) joe28532 at 8:57am 02.24.20 I hesitate to even post this but I just took an entire CDI furler to the dump last week. I posted it

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