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Daysailer Ladder Captainkarate at 9:49am 12.12.16 Day Sailers 9/3976 Hello, I have an 86 O'Day daysailer 17' and I'd like to get a ladder for it. Can anyone recommend o
C&C 35 MkII original location of batteries John Rand at 8:11am 12.12.16 C&C 0/993 I have a C'C 35 MkII, and can't figure out where the batteries were originally. Mine now has batter
P42 max prop zinc on end of prop - need it? Puesta del sol at 5:05am 12.12.16 Big Boats 15/1562 I have a zinc on the end of my max prop it is gone every year when I pull the boat. Do I really ne
Shaft log All U Get at 4:53am 12.12.16 Ask All Sailors 6/777 Hi all, Cruising friends of our from Buffalo had discovered a crack in their shaft log. Would G-Fl
Shopping for boats and could use some advice. Dbnichols at 6:08pm 12.11.16 Trailer Sailors 57/8104 So, I have been shopping for a trailer boat that will be my first boat. I have taken a few lesson
My Christmas gift for you All U Get at 2:00pm 12.11.16 Ask All Sailors 13/992 Hi all, With the many lighting options available for your boat, I thought I'd share this with you.
Wheel size? shawanaga at 7:18am 12.11.16 Big Boats 18/2165 1990 Hunter 35.5 does anyone know what the wheel size is for this boat I am thinking of buying a fol
My winter cover (3) chrisings at 6:54am 12.11.16 Catalina 30 2/1575 Thought I'd share. Built a frame using Kover Klamp products this year. So far I'm happy. We'll see h
Mechinations nmea windvane test TortugasRoyal at 12:23am 12.11.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/633 Danger, runnonsentence approaching:pimp: Had a couple nights off, was burned out, (a few patients
Mid ship cleats Matpearce at 12:17am 12.11.16 Catalina 310 6/1417 hi I am planning on installing mid ship cleats bolted on my fibreglass toe rail as I can't get track
Whitebread 23 shemandr at 1:42pm 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 2/390 For interested forum members please see my article for Windcheck Magazine about our WB 23 Regatta.
P42 hot water leak Neffilicious at 11:15am 12.10.16 Big Boats 14/1496 We have a '90 Passage 42. Does anyone know how the hot water lines are run on this model? All I can
Fastbottoms, avert your eyes! (1) shemandr at 11:11am 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 46/24414 How is this for a bit of growth on the bottom?
Marine Air conditioning (3) mauruuru at 9:18am 12.10.16 Ask All Sailors 30/5263 I have a six year old Mermaid 5200 BTU Reverse Cycle AC in the boat. It was working fine before I t
Santa seeks advice from all you rum connoisseurs! Gene Neill at 8:17am 12.10.16 Sails Call Lounge 41/4590 My brother in law is a career Navy man, born in the Dominican Republic, who loves his rum. I (Santa)
advice for a novice sailor charlie tuna at 7:44pm 12.09.16 Ask All Sailors 23/2699 I bought an 85 s2 8.6 a couple years ago and spent a few months on her in Mobile bay. My girlfriend
Things that took a while to figure out... (1) BlowMeAway at 3:35pm 12.09.16 Mid-Size Boats 19/2225 We've been out of the water since October up here in NY. So I have a lot of time, after work, to thi
83 Oday 28,.What is this for, a bed support??? (1) Euphoria2011 at 3:17pm 12.09.16 Bigger Boats 8/1647 I am thinking that the port side sette backrest is suppose to lay along-side the bottom cushion, but
Stove Replacement marchem at 9:32am 12.09.16 Catalina 310 9/1988 Any one replaced the stove on their C310? Ours is looking pretty ratty and a new stove may be the p
Holiday Boat Parade? (2) pateco at 7:18am 12.09.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1275 I have entered the Stargazer into the Pompano Beach 54th Annual Holiday Boat Parade relaxing easy e

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Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 6:03pm 05.30.24 :plus: What @Terry Cox says. Just like the solid chainplate, it is not in the interest of a builder
Chain plates Hunter 49 Terry Cox at 5:58pm 05.30.24 Either that or cut a section out of the rubrail which is not exactly a great. Before you start cut
Damned generator Terry Cox at 5:48pm 05.30.24
Damned generator Clay Smith at 5:06pm 05.30.24 Problem solved like I was saying from the start it was either a secondary start battery or a termina
Chain plates Hunter 49 (1) Screen Saver at 4:35pm 05.30.24 Update: Sailboat Owners: "The chainplate are supposed to be made out of one solid piece of stainless
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 2:57pm 05.30.24 What RPM are you typically running your engine at? How often and how close do you get to these uppe
Damned generator shemandr at 2:35pm 05.30.24 That damned PO guy again! If I ever get my hands on him ... "To the Moon...PO guy!"
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 2:33pm 05.30.24 I see, definitely will be doing the same. My cockpit coaming is shaped differently but it'll land in
Bilge water question sailme88 at 1:54pm 05.30.24 Get a gallon of Pink RV antifreeze and pour some of it in a test drain, i.e. galley sink, head sink
Damned generator JamesG161 at 1:39pm 05.30.24 Clay Found the issue, it was behind is Switch Panel. The PO had disconnected the Red Genset DC cabl
Love Hate relationship (3) pclarksurf at 1:34pm 05.30.24 Sorry I don't have good close up pic of it installed just yet-- but marked up where I mounted the sl
Love Hate relationship BulldogTim62 at 1:08pm 05.30.24 Gotcha. Would you say your mounting location is good, would you change anything at all, move it forw
Love Hate relationship (1) pclarksurf at 1:03pm 05.30.24 I measured my 92 and came up with 78" width, inboard of the genoas and clear of the winches, do you
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer 73Oday20 at 12:16pm 05.30.24 I use an electric trolling motor on my O'Day 20 boat, plenty power. If i'm going out far, i take two
Damned generator FastOlson at 11:56am 05.30.24 Sounds like good and experienced advice. Once the positive side is demystified and back in service,
Damned generator Terry Cox at 11:33am 05.30.24 None are tripped. Do your three breakers connect to a main breaker like ours? That would be one re
Damned generator (1) JamesG161 at 11:05am 05.30.24 ok that was not it. :banghead: Ok his boat is a H466 much longer runs for the 2/0 Gauge Red Cable.
Damned generator JamesG161 at 10:01am 05.30.24 I have been on a phone call with Clay for 2 hours trying to find his problem of .. Zero VDC Clay
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! Coloradonosea at 9:55am 05.30.24 Id like to get further opinions on this...I agree it looks better than when I started, but that's t
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! Coloradonosea at 9:46am 05.30.24

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