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Oday 28 Hand Rails IAMCCF at 6:05pm 04.23.16 Bigger Boats 51/4359 Hi All, I have been working on replacing all the teak on my Oday 28 Take Two. I have 6 of the 8 toe
What are these (1) sailnewbie at 5:40pm 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 11/740 Rope with alot of snaps, for flags ?
Fresh Water Tank Jim 5757 at 5:08pm 04.23.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1283 Our 1973 Morgan 28 has a poly tank under the V-berth. I've been chasing small cracks over the past f
Sail worries sailnewbie at 5:04pm 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 4/515 I've been finishing up a few things before it totally warms and noticed many spiders and bugs inside
Looking for opinions of the O'Day 31 / 30. jrowan at 3:57pm 04.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 3/711 Hello, We are considering purchasing a 1985 O'Day 31. Would love to have other O'Day owners opinions
H290: Reef Lines set-up (2) rssmith2468 at 1:14pm 04.23.16 Mid-Size Boats 4/916 Hi Folks New comer here - moved up to a 2000 Hunter 290 (bought last fall, just getting in the water
Greco SweetTank... Doug/Karen at 12:58pm 04.23.16 Big Boats 2/890 What experience, if any , has anyone had using the Groco SweetTank product?
West Marine thumbs up DAVA390 at 12:23pm 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 6/667 I know we sometimes enjoy busting on 'Worst Marine " but they did right by me today. While waiting f
Info WRT Purchase 1994 Catalina 250 WB doublereefed at 11:08am 04.23.16 Trailer Sailors 6/913 I am looking at a 1994 C250 WB that I'm interested in buying. I've observed, sailed on friend's boat
Drain from Cockpit seat jssailem at 10:36am 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 8/1536 I have a CAL 35 C 1974 boat. The starboard cockpit seat drain is plumbed to the sink drain. The sink
Interprotect barrier coat concerns kito at 10:09am 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 11/2224 I applied my second to last coat of 2000e (white) before I start on the AF paint. I am kind of conce
Weight distribution on a 26 classic walt at 8:56am 04.23.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/3982 I posted the quote in sticky thread about the differences between the 26 foot water ballast boats. I
Dangers of Breath-Hold Diving Kings Gambit at 8:46am 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 54/5605 In another thread there has been brief discussion of reports of the tragic death of a fellow boater
rudder post cover for O'Day 28 (1) Riga at 8:02am 04.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1217 I lost this cover plate. I checked with Rudy at D'R and he hadn't seen one like it. Anyone with an
Battery Location Greengas at 7:31am 04.23.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/592 Where do you keep your battery in your Mac 25? And what size battery do you use?
Replacement led lights for Oceanis 45 SteveInMD at 6:18am 04.23.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2201 I'm thinking of replacing the lights in the arch of my Oceanis 45. I would like lights that can be
Battery Charger Info (1) LakeOntario270 at 6:12am 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 3/557 There have been a lot of threads lately dealing with charging batteries and chargers which got me th
Life on the outside All U Get at 5:39am 04.23.16 Ask All Sailors 8/914 Hi all, We've been making our way north trying to keep outside when the weather permits and this ye
ODAY 34 galley sink mpraizner at 4:54am 04.23.16 Ask An Oday Owner 4/784 Can anyone tell me where the galley sinks drain to?
2006 M25XPB Fuel Filter dnimigon at 8:30pm 04.22.16 Engines and Propulsion 7/1583 This engine uses the D1005 block and after much research I found out the Kubota fuel filter 70000-43

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Passport Renewal Terry Cox at 5:35pm 03.31.23 Woohoo! My renewed passport arrived today. I was beginning to worry, but no worries now. Looking for
Advice for newbie on equipping a boat with a Main Sail (3) Redwood707 at 5:24pm 03.31.23 The goose is loose! so the gooseneck showed up, know my next task is attaching the boom to the goose
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed ckreitlein at 5:21pm 03.31.23
Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel (1) Digger1 at 4:33pm 03.31.23 After breaking a plastic wheel on the tongue jack in those drainage grooves, I replaced the inner pl
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed Tally Ho at 4:29pm 03.31.23
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month Crazy Dave Condon at 3:40pm 03.31.23 And we sent our troops over to free and/ or defend the French during WW I and WW II
Heart stopping drone footage Tally Ho at 3:31pm 03.31.23 Could be. I was going by the individual team photo/name list on their website. Maybe some of the g
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home Crazy Dave Condon at 3:17pm 03.31.23 @KE5HVM keep us posted when you get the boat and then I suggest a new thread noting it is either a
How tight is too tight on a holding tanking fitting install? Tally Ho at 2:57pm 03.31.23 I would use Teflon tape, 3-4 wraps should do the trick, and then once hand tight, go 1/4 to 1/2 turn
Beneteau Oceanis 34 2012 - How to rig the foot of an asymmetrical sail (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:34pm 03.31.23 Davidasailor26, What you describe seems like my best option. I don't want to drill holes in the bow
Running halyards internal: PVC or PEX brockangelo at 2:33pm 03.31.23
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home CrispyCringle at 2:24pm 03.31.23 They are good little boats and there is a good supply of parts available, This is the right forum fo
Running halyards internal: PVC or PEX Hollyberry at 1:11pm 03.31.23 You run wires and cables inside a conduit... but not halyards!
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home KE5HVM at 12:56pm 03.31.23 Awesome, and very helpful thread. I know this is coming two years since this was all posted, but I m
REPAIR THE RUDDER---BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER NYSail at 12:44pm 03.31.23
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand Alan Gomes at 12:35pm 03.31.23 If someone has been messing with the engine, you may have loose fuel injectors and/or glow plugs..
REPAIR THE RUDDER---BENETEAU 361 CLIPPER Mechone at 12:25pm 03.31.23 Find someone small because you have to crawl in to drop it to do bearings
Yanmar 3YM30 mystery: I can turn the engine over by hand kloudie1 at 12:03pm 03.31.23 If someone has been messing with the engine, you may have loose fuel injectors and/or glow plugs..
MPPT controller location Tom J at 12:02pm 03.31.23 I have a 'standard' two-battery setup with one of those big red dials on the electronics control pa
Survey Question BigEasy at 11:22am 03.31.23 I had a similar issue on a 1988 Hunter 33.5 many years ago; however, in my situation the wooden com

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