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Oday 23 TRAILER MEASUREMENTS gjaffess at 4:20am 09.23.17 Ask An Oday Owner 0/10 DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ODAY 23 ON A TRAILER? I NEED MEASUREMENTS TO MODIFY A MOTOR BOAT TRAILER FOR MY
'72 Oday 22 (original interior) carpet, also bilge access Love and Luck at 9:00pm 09.22.17 Ask An Oday Owner 2/485 My 1972 original interior (dinette table ' seats on port side) is carpeted, hard blue carpet really
Raw Water Pump Seal - Yanmar GM series Charles Erwin at 4:50pm 09.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 8/758 Vendors in my area do not have the water seal in the right size for these pumps. The measurements a
Mast head rigging for symmetrical kite/spinnakeron a 26S Juan Maritime at 3:09pm 09.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/665 The fractional rig spinnaker on the 26S is too small (in my opinion) to make the whole exercise suff
Big and Long or Small and Simple? 4arch at 12:20pm 09.22.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/588
Newport 28 stay cable tension AKsailboater at 11:10am 09.22.17 Newport 17/1594 I recently have become the caretaker of a Newport 28. I am looking for a good starting point for th
Ideal windlass (5) All U Get at 10:43am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1280 141126 141127 141128 141129 141130 Hi all, I finally got the windlass back aboard. We had Schaef
Steak Saver Propane Adapter jviss at 9:19am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1358 My new vessel has a dual, 11 lb. tank propane locker, but only came with one tank, and is plumbed fo
Den Haan Trawler Lamp (1) jviss at 7:22am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 35/3197 Anyone else have this lamp? It's really beautiful, and bright. It really lights up the whole cabin
A couple of Catalina 30 questions Ward H at 6:49am 09.22.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 36/6129 After a Catalina 30 Mark II caught my eye I started reading up on them. Then a couple of days ago my
McLube OneDrop (1) Justin_NSA at 6:16am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 24/5904 Ball Bearing conditioner. Anyone use the stuff? I won a couple small applicator bottles in the 2017
Playing With Drone (1) kloudie1 at 4:25am 09.22.17 Ask All Sailors 25/1503 Was out playing with a friend's drone and noted how neat these things are for looking at things .. W
Weather for Mariners Brian D at 9:15pm 09.21.17 Sails Call Lounge 16/853 Here is a nice little (125 pages) primer provided by the USNA. Although a little dated, it has some
Cockpit cushions? Brendon at 4:24pm 09.21.17 Ask All Sailors 10/835 Does anyone know if "C cushions" or "Bottomsiders" are still in business? I haven't been able to con
"racy" head sail for my furler? danstanford at 11:44am 09.21.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 36/5215 Not doing very well in our racing series despite improving tactics and sail trim so I am looking at
Oday 23 TRAILER MEASUREMENTS gjaffess at 11:16am 09.21.17 Ask All Sailors 2/290 DOES ANYONE HAVE AN ODAY 23 WITH A TRAILER. I PURCHASED A DOUBLE AXLE TRAILER TO MODIFY FOR MY 23.
H34: pictures of various projects Guillaume C. at 10:54am 09.21.17 Big Boats 6/957 Hello, I have sold my previous boat, Hunter 34 1985, and uploaded my albums of projects for the new
Depthsounder transducer, help to identify Viktor Partyshev at 10:24am 09.21.17 Parts Search 0/484 I have bought used Hunter 19 1993. Depthsounder/speed transducer installed, but instrument did not c
Can I install a windlass on a 376 Mark Laser at 9:29am 09.21.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1504 When I asked my local boat yard, they said that the existing (shallow) chain well would need to be c
There and back again: Florida to Chattanooga Mirwin at 8:33am 09.21.17 Catalina 310 55/3734 Hi everyone, I have been asked by several of you to keep you posted as to our adventures bringing a

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1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? jssailem at 7:15am 06.21.23 Without a Previous Owner you have a surveyor, broker, the person or family that is selling the boat,
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Project_Mayhem at 7:12am 06.21.23 I've always used a ratchet strap to help support my 4 and 9.9HP motors. I also got the motors as clo
Dockside water connection Don S/V ILLusion at 7:11am 06.21.23 T They are not analogous. I think they are. it seems everyone has some anecdotal story so
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? Project_Mayhem at 7:08am 06.21.23 I've ran my outboard out of the water at idle for more hours than I can remember. There was very lit
Windlass install kironkp at 7:00am 06.21.23 Hey vmaks, I have a very similar boat (Pearson 323) and I am facing similar issues to what you have
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? kloudie1 at 6:55am 06.21.23 The old gasoline Atomic 4 looks like it was cared for. Get comfy with the Moyer folks, the gurus for
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 6:50am 06.21.23 The inside is so good that I suspect this is just a "miracle" deck coating that has failed. It will
Engine vibration universal m3-20 brazenarticle at 6:34am 06.21.23 It is common for the M3-20 to run rough at low rpm. Idle is about 800 and from there to 1000 it ratt
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? Dnea at 6:22am 06.21.23 "If you want it nice, you'll probably have to redo the nonskid again". Yes I would definitely plan
Tropical Depression 3 (2) JamesG161 at 6:07am 06.21.23 Newest update... TS Bret will not reach Hurricane Status.:clap: It will arrive at the Antilles on
Engine Monitor RoyS at 5:53am 06.21.23 Details: The installation was somewhat limited by my old Raymarine C120 plotter. That plotter can on
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? JBP-PA at 5:39am 06.21.23 From the photos is pretty clear someone has redone the non-skid and now it is failing. Kloudie1 is
Furler q's Kevin&Karen at 5:38am 06.21.23 I have a Hyde stream stay II on my 78 Hunter 27 and the track serves as the actual forestay. It has
Dockside water connection dlochner at 4:47am 06.21.23 Here's a story to consider when thinking about adding city water to your boat. https://www.sailmag
Dockside water connection jviss at 4:21am 06.21.23 I would check with my insurance company before I connected to dock water. The water in your water t
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question Claude L.-Auger at 4:16am 06.21.23 you are far luckier than me. But remember that when it rains or snows, the water will dilute then
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L sailcapt340 at 4:04am 06.21.23 Nice job with this repair. Both execution and planning! I agree completely, well said and execute
Engine vibration universal m3-20 dlochner at 3:57am 06.21.23 In general engines with fewer cylinders run rougher at idle than those with more cylinders. A 1 cyli
Engine vibration universal m3-20 Ralph Johnstone at 10:35pm 06.20.23 Same thing I have at 1200 RPM with a 1999 Yanmar 2GM20F. The engine is vibrating at a specific freq
Dockside water connection artboas at 9:50pm 06.20.23 Art - how would that then feed back to the manifold for the rest of the system. No check valves any

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