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O'Day 23-1 Tacking And Handling sreidvt at 8:56pm 09.29.17 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1899 I am (hopefully) close to done restoring a 1974 23-1 that should splash next summer. I bought it in
Photo contest winners revealed... we were shocked! (4) Phil Herring at 8:41pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/2028 Okay, okay, the only thing shocking about these photos is how good they are! And how hard it was to
Need info this Palmer Johnson (2) Texseean at 8:07pm 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 9/502 I got this for salvage and need some help identifing what it is. Im thinking Palmer Johnson pilot ho
I need a key blank for my Catalina 350 companionway lock. gvidor at 7:07pm 09.29.17 Parts Search 2/756 It appears to come from Italy. Any info?
N28-2 Keel Differences MitchK at 6:33pm 09.29.17 Newport 1/690 Anyone know the physical differences (other than length) of the two keel versions on the N28-2. I'm
P42 port / starboard - rear storage hatches - why designed this ways Puesta del sol at 2:24pm 09.29.17 Big Boats 4/736 Any idea why these houses were designed to drain into the bottom of the boat under the aft state roo
Boat signage (1) justsomeguy at 10:07am 09.29.17 Sails Call Lounge 8/810 Git them Duke boys! this stuff? Or more importantly, proofreads it? :laugh:
Reverse cycle heater NYSail at 6:42am 09.29.17 Ask All Sailors 16/1419
H34 transmission hunter healer at 4:49am 09.29.17 Big Boats 18/1389 I have a H 34 model year 1983 and I'm getting conflicting answers to how much transmission oil to p
Pearson 39-2 Deck moisture and owners manual andyschoenb@gmail.com at 2:30am 09.29.17 Pearson 7/2009 Hello I am in the final stages of deciding whether to purchase a 1987 Pearson 39-2. It appears that
First world problems justsomeguy at 10:05pm 09.28.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/1915 My poor wife cannot stop complaining about the neighboring boat's AC seawater pump's constant flow.
Sumner, your boats survive Irma? TortugasRoyal at 8:37pm 09.28.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/876 How's Charlotte Harbor Storage?
Ah....Fall sailing on Lake Michigan ! Tally Ho at 8:06pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 6/820 Here is some footage (sorry about the wind noise....20+ knots of wind makes a lot of racket). Sol
Did OxyClean Ruin My Hatch Lenses? ggrizzard at 4:12pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2719 After the post about Simple Green causing such havoc, I got to thinking about my three year old hatc
Raritan PHii / how do I get this cap off? (1) Skipper at 3:30pm 09.28.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/1592 Part 1204B in the picture. It's the cap under the flush selector. It won't budge. Can't get a grip
New Dock Lines versus Older Dock Lines Rasselas36 at 3:04pm 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 52/4927 During Hurricane IRMA I secured my boat with both new 5/8" 3-strand lines and older 5/8" 3-strand li
Mast replacement Tim22 at 10:17am 09.28.17 Ask All Sailors 17/16339 We had a little storm here yesterday evening that dropped a large tree branch onto my mast (it was o
Dead battery wing15601 at 7:32am 09.28.17 Bigger Boats 19/1608 I purchased my O'Day 28 3 years ago and don't know how old the batteries are. One will not hold a ch
Removal of W21 Replace with W27 SailorRory at 7:04am 09.28.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/547 I am not necessarily looking forward to pulling my old Westerbeke 21 out of my Hunter 34 ('83) and k
1997 h40.5 floorboard removal Rich Stidger at 6:53am 09.28.17 Big Boats 17/1324 Have any of the 40.5 owners removed the floorboard under the port side U-shaped settee? The inner-m

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Set your watch back 20 years (1) jssailem at 12:03pm 07.28.24 SAILING can be enjoyed as a sensory experience. The challenge for many sailors is that they have n
Outboard motor parts. Project_Mayhem at 11:41am 07.28.24 Are you looking for new or used? I know this part is a bit pricey. Honestly, You'd be better served
Set your watch back 20 years kappykaplan at 11:19am 07.28.24 While I may have some of the new tech on my boat (chartplotters, AIS), I still practice and enjoy th
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral Ralph Johnstone at 11:11am 07.28.24 Going to hop in with goggles to take a look Just make sure you're not wearing a tie. Usually the
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral dmax at 11:11am 07.28.24 Could be the damper plate in the transmission, try to determine if it is coming from the bellhousing
Anchor deployment wyctoronto at 10:58am 07.28.24 Thanks Stu but the problem is with deploying the anchor. It goes out but the shank will catch the fu
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 07.28.24 But I'll keep GPS as an improvement for trips, But when they started linking the GPS to the autop
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) kappykaplan at 10:42am 07.28.24
Set your watch back 20 years thinwater at 10:36am 07.28.24 Now that you mention it, that pretty well describes most of the people I see in our marina who are
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:32am 07.28.24 He will, of course, tell his insurance company that it was an autopilot failure. I don't know if
Set your watch back 20 years thinwater at 10:30am 07.28.24
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues SailingCal21 at 10:16am 07.28.24 If you can, I suggest that you also look into changing the fixtures as well. The LED replacement bu
Sun Gypsy ( wondering 2024) Stu Jackson at 10:09am 07.28.24 Welcome home! :):):)
Set your watch back 20 years Stu Jackson at 10:06am 07.28.24 I wonder if that was his problem. Couldn't be, naw...I'm sure the Second Narrows Bridge piling jus
Interior light conversion to LEDs - Any issues Stu Jackson at 10:03am 07.28.24 www.marinebeam.com should tell you all you need to know, a great resource.
Set your watch back 20 years Ralph Johnstone at 10:03am 07.28.24 "I am a sailor, not a gadget geek," I replied. Now that you mention it, that pretty well describe
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast ShawnL at 10:00am 07.28.24 The main halyard goes all the way to the top, and the vang and main sheet are loose. I'll see if I
Yanmar 3gm30f - heavy vibration/shaking in neutral Don S/V ILLusion at 10:00am 07.28.24 Motor mounts?
Anchor deployment (1) Stu Jackson at 9:52am 07.28.24 Put a cleat on the pulpit and tie the anchor hoop to the cleat. Problem solved.
Set your watch back 20 years Stu Jackson at 9:50am 07.28.24 Garmin GPSMAP 76Cx and Autohelm ST3000 is the limit of my electronics (beyond radio and the basics).

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