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Need help with the type sanitation. Tim66 at 9:22am 08.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1205
Potable Water Tank Install Help (1) Capri at 9:15am 08.01.18 Ask An Oday Owner 0/388 Hello everyone. I hope your summer is going well. I own a 1981 O'day 22 and the existing water tank
1984 H22 Inside Seam Leak? (1) MiamiH22 at 6:44am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 0/407 I've noticed after it rains I get water dripping from the inside of the seem indicated in the photo.
1994 Hunter 19 Topping Huntwr mrcampbell at 6:06am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 1/574 How would you recommend attaching the topping lift to the boom of a Hunter 19. Thanks. If you ha
Rebedding stanchions on a Capri 26 marcberoz at 5:04am 08.01.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/444 I have a leak at a stanchion base. It is the stanchion that also houses the water tank vent. Apparen
Lubricant for wind masthead unit Hayden Watson at 2:21am 08.01.18 Ask All Sailors 5/405 My masthead wind instrument is starting to need more wind to get it going. Is there a recommended l
Kenyon Gas Stove GBGraham at 1:24am 08.01.18 Smaller Boats 1/349 I was wondering if anyone has had problems with their Kenyon stove. This is the first time I have us
Need help, 87 H23 with Francespar mast (4) BradH23 at 6:20pm 07.31.18 Smaller Boats 69/8404 So I recently bought an 87 H23. I've owned 3 other sailboats and I have never encountered the follow
Catalina 310 Water Heater DaveJ at 6:13pm 07.31.18 Catalina 310 14/3956 Well, we're leaving in a couple of days for a 2 week cruise, and, now my pressure pump cycles and th
Edson steering components (4) kbgunn at 5:34pm 07.31.18 Catalina 30 8/4029 I had a failure of steering recently while motoring back to the slip. 1986 Catalina 30 TR. Edson wh
Pickwick Lake Mast Up Storage IronZebra at 4:23pm 07.31.18 Destinations 0/515 Hello, We have a place near Pickwick Lake in Counce, TN . Was thinking of getting a small trailer
Looking to replace cockpit instrument panel on 1979 Newport 30 mkll (2) coreth at 3:09pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 6/977 Greetings Sailors, I am looking to replace the broken instrument/engine panel in the cockpit of my
Hunter 26 2wd or 4wd jbreland at 2:34pm 07.31.18 Smaller Boats 10/734 Hey guys what are you using to launch and retrieve your hunter 26 or 260's ? 2 wheel drive or 4 whe
Axiom 7 Screen Mystery (1) CrazyOldMan at 1:46pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 4/437 Forgive the noob question, but I have just purchased an Axiom 7 MFD and I am trying to set up the sc
Best LIS Ports Monterey385 at 1:38pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 7/597 Will be travelling back from Block Island to Atlantic Highlands NJ from Sunday 8/12 to Friday 8/17.
Climb my Mast in Annapolis? 4arch at 12:30pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 3/434 I'm looking for someone in the Annapolis area who can help me complete a mast coax replacement and a
Magic Erasers for cleaning dull gel coat Coppertone at 9:46am 07.31.18 Catalina 22 3/4373 I don't recall seeing anyone refer to these, but I am finding that plain heavy duty magic erasers ar
"All Is Lost". Should I give it another chance? Justin_NSA at 9:38am 07.31.18 Sails Call Lounge 43/3662 I started watching the movie last night on Amazon prime. I only got a few minutes into it and said t
Sailboat surveyor Miami BobHorn at 9:02am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 0/280 Looking for a sailboat surveyor in the Miami area. Thanks, Bob
Dimension of fiberglass v berth hatch jerryf609 at 8:33am 07.31.18 Catalina 30 0/537 Hi sailors. I'm a 2 hour drive from my boat. Can someone pleas give me the dimensions of the forwar

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I need to access the centerboard trunk on an Oday 19 BlueCreekSailor at 7:02am 08.15.24 Thanks for the response, confirmed what I suspected
Standing rigging repair Scott T-Bird at 6:37am 08.15.24 Replace your lifelines while you are at it. That boat is well over 20 years old from the looks of i
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks dlochner at 6:32am 08.15.24 Can you post a screenshot of the chart where this occurred. It would be helpful to see what the actu
Catalina 320 Aft Cabin Ventilation Scott T-Bird at 6:28am 08.15.24 This boat is definitely built for sailors who want to use the aft cabin for sleeping rather than the
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks jviss at 6:13am 08.15.24 Doesn't matter if they are racing or not. As a vessel under power, you are the give way vessel. If
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks dlochner at 6:09am 08.15.24 Doesn't matter if they are racing or not. As a vessel under power, you are the give way vessel. If t
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks degas at 6:02am 08.15.24 Yeah, not the most considerate use of navigation buoys. I couldn't find anything specific to racin
I need to access the centerboard trunk on an Oday 19 Project_Mayhem at 5:18am 08.15.24 I wouldn't suggest putting a boat of this size and weight on it's side. Perhaps a snake or boroscope
Invest98L The next storm front crossing the Atlantic. kappykaplan at 4:56am 08.15.24 Looks like Ernesto will hammer Bermuda.
Catalina 310 cradle pads east coaster at 3:38am 08.15.24 Most if not all of the weight should be on the structure under the keel. The pads are there to stabi
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:00pm 08.14.24 Given the engine is on rubber mounts and that the engine moves/vibrates, the idea of working to ach
A problem in Mystery, a solution, and disappointment MikeHoncho at 8:59pm 08.14.24 Where did you see the notice for the voluntary restriction? I didn't notice it on my chart when we
Anchor windlass rode bunching, 376 capta at 8:23pm 08.14.24 He's on lake Superior, I think. Oops, my bad.
Alternator heat - how serious? (1) Scott T-Bird at 7:03pm 08.14.24 So I got back to the boat yesterday and found the brown ignition input wire connected with a male sp
Ranger 29 Project_Mayhem at 6:58pm 08.14.24 D&R Marine might be able to help you out. O'Day has very similar windows. Probably the same manufact
Ranger 29 jssailem at 6:57pm 08.14.24 One possible source is a guy in So Cal. I called him a couple of years ago.. I remember him sayin th
What's happening on the Indian River ...? (1) jssailem at 6:43pm 08.14.24 WOW...There sure are a lot of Nav Aids laid waste. Structure/Destroyed warnings. I was interested in
Putting a hole in the transom ShawnL at 3:54pm 08.14.24 I have a '72 Catalina 22 (so what do I know) but when we are sailing, we throw the fuel tank on the
Ranger 29 shemandr at 2:40pm 08.14.24 I'm a former R29 owner but I didn't have leaking windows. I'd probably go with the rebed option. If
The Sewing Machine Thread Hayden Watson at 2:34pm 08.14.24 We got tired of restiching all our outdoor sunbrella projects at least two times before the fabric n

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