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Transom repair (1) kbgunn at 9:57pm 12.03.17 Catalina 30 44/6632 Hi All! I'm looking for some advice from the wisdom of the crowd. I was looking at this boat as a pr
My new 22 trailer! (1) jackhartjr at 8:03pm 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 4/743 Hi folks, I just bought this trailer for my Oday 22 shoal draft. I am told that's exactly what was o
Need a surveyor for a stinkpotter SFS at 6:46pm 12.03.17 Ask All Sailors 0/352 A friend needs a surveyor for a 4o' Tolleycraft motoryacht in Quantico, VA. Can anyone here recommen
How to replace main and jib halyard Snow Fairy at 2:05pm 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2437 Should I buy replacement main and jib halyards with the fittings attached? How do I rethread the ha
Ed Schenck passed? tomgrigsby at 1:41pm 12.03.17 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1879 Was this our Ed? http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cantonrep/obituary.aspx?pid=187230840
One for the experts GBGraham at 11:14am 12.03.17 Smaller Boats 16/1156 Having Google'd this thread with no easy conclution and me just a newbe looking for interesting info
Using a Drifter (1) JRT at 8:41am 12.03.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 36/11032 Jackdaw was helpful on identifying a sail my old O'day 25 came with as a drifter. The PO thought it
winter cover Lisa at 8:27am 12.03.17 Catalina 310 20/2864 Our boat came with a winter cover and was kinda excited about that. Put it on this morning and I can
Barnegat Bay improvements Scott T-Bird at 7:28am 12.03.17 Ask All Sailors 8/956 Yesterday, I saw a dredging operation going on right outside our marina. Our marina owner was happy
Repair needed around center board on 15FT Oday Dan15O at 5:16am 12.03.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/640 Hi, I'm new to this forum and to sailing. I'm looking forward to learning about sailing and working
Swing keel Chad st julien at 8:17pm 12.02.17 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1177 I have a question about the oday 25 swing keel, when the center board is in the up position how much
Spinnaker Tack (1) Cowpokee at 7:48pm 12.02.17 Ask All Sailors 31/8572 I got out in the mild conditions yesterday on my new to me boat and tried singlehandling the asymmet
Bilge hose outlet (1) Lance Dias at 5:23pm 12.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/6022 I bought my Hunter 356 new in 2003. Only recently did I figured out where the water in the bilge was
solar panels bortiz at 4:00pm 12.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/562 has anyone replaced the "in-deck" solar panel ? and if so, where did you get the replacement. any ad
Yanmar YSM 12 engine mounts Rus Jones at 2:40pm 12.02.17 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2269 Does anyone know where I can find replacement engine mounts for my Yanmar YSM 12. It is the origina
House batteries replacement for Hunter 34 Capt Robbie at 12:44pm 12.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/927 Just hit the four year mark on my house batteries and I am looking into replacements. They are stil
New Cabin sole black water spots 2nd season. How do I fix? (7) Sailing Atlas at 10:07am 12.02.17 Ask All Sailors 22/10197 Hi everyone. This is my first time on this forum and first time posting a question. Im hopeful som
2000 H380 Freedom Inverter Charger viper at 9:24am 12.02.17 Big Boats 23/2886 My charger portion seems to work fine, is 100 amp, with a 2000 watt inverter.. just don't know wh
Hoisting the Furling Jib, O'Day 272 fhujber at 9:09am 12.02.17 Bigger Boats 2/1107 Hoisting the furling jib on a '87 272LE. The halyard is attached to a car that slides in a groove on
Lines aft woodzy at 8:02am 12.02.17 Mid-Size Boats 4/1354 I've got a 1982 Cat 27 and would like some insight on running my main halyard aft. Does anyone have

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Stripped screws in plastic Terry Cox at 1:45pm 07.02.24 Hi Greg. Try this repair using super glue and baking soda to fix your plastic hole. Scroll through t
Genoa / Jib are both sitting on the lifelines/bow rail when deployed. carlc376 at 1:44pm 07.02.24 As others have indicated your main & jib halyards are way too loose. You need to got to full hoist
Auto Pilot fixable? Anchor Lady at 12:48pm 07.02.24 Update to all: two new batteries installed and I still have the same issue with the auto pilot. Wor
Better use of cabinets shemandr at 12:44pm 07.02.24 I think there could be better use of vertical space. Many of the items in there are less than half
Stripped screws in plastic NYSail at 12:39pm 07.02.24 If the polyethylene plastic is so hard and brittle looking you are afraid to drill ... you need a n
Stripped screws in plastic thinwater at 12:31pm 07.02.24 The sender is a hard brittle looking plastic. Dont want to risk breaking it if I drilled. Otherwise
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet Timm R Oday25 at 11:59am 07.02.24 Is your traveller on the conpanionway ? That's where ours is . Best place for it to be when I'm sing
Genoa / Jib are both sitting on the lifelines/bow rail when deployed. Don Guillette at 11:47am 07.02.24 As others have indicated your main & jib halyards are way too loose. You need to got to full hoist o
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet (1) BTC1984 at 11:36am 07.02.24
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement Hayden Watson at 11:30am 07.02.24 If 3m is not long enough, Catalina Direct sells one that is 20' long. Engine Shut Off Cable 20'C-25
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Don S/V ILLusion at 11:21am 07.02.24 Suspect they use a questionable composition, as the shipyards where they paint the ship have all t
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 11:04am 07.02.24
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? jssailem at 10:57am 07.02.24
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? capta at 10:46am 07.02.24 "Non-toxic" basically means "useless" when talking about antifouling paint. However, even the most "
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet Timm R Oday25 at 10:22am 07.02.24 Why does the mainsheet even go to the mast and then to the base ? I don't see the point . If you hav
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:36am 07.02.24 What irony? AFAIK all minerals have the potential to kill any life if used in sufficcent ways and q
New owners - how are they doing, part 3 DArcy at 9:32am 07.02.24 The name on the side of the bar is Vrek Lekker, a South African fudge shop. Maybe this is the approp
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:14am 07.02.24 Your personal goal is evidently twofold: Paint that is safe and paint that works. You can have pai
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Charles Erwin at 9:05am 07.02.24 Your personal goal is evidently twofold: Paint that is safe and paint that works. You can have pain
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Hayden Watson at 9:04am 07.02.24 It is certainly not coper free, but I get 8-years out of my Trinidad Pro. I hauled out and painted

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