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Fuel Tank Options & Hello Cujo665 at 7:36am 07.29.16 Ask An Oday Owner 3/721 Hello all, New site member New owner of a 1979 O'day 23 Learned to sail with my father on an O'day 2
Lewmar Gear shifter help needed Jack at 6:10am 07.29.16 Ask All Sailors 3/461 Hi All... this is something that has been happening intermittently for a couple of years. sometime
Coffee Pot Clamps CYQK at 5:13am 07.29.16 Ask All Sailors 10/5196 On the gimballed stove thread someone mentioned using a coffee pot clamp on their stove Anyone have
25.5 Sole Repair (2) kaboboom at 3:18am 07.29.16 Smaller Boats 0/434 The Pop-Top on the 25.5 is notorious for taking on water. Some previous owner decided to drill a hol
Coating and sealing options for the swing keel reefsider at 12:18am 07.29.16 Catalina 22 6/1439 Hi all, I just got the keel off and am going to have it sand blasted and a bushing pressed in. Once
Removing threshhold ??? gjordan at 8:58pm 07.28.16 Catalina 22 15/1613 I have been removing some of the teak and taking it home to varnish. I cant seem to remove the thres
Noflex Experience? Rick D at 8:26pm 07.28.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/971 Curious what your experience has been with Noflex Digestor (See Jetvac Inc.)? I have used it for ab
Hood Double Line Furler Terry Cox at 7:56pm 07.28.16 Big Boats 0/532 Two weeks ago something happened to the original 1991 150 genoa Hood furling system on our P42. At t
ICOM 718 and 120 Tuner Rick D at 7:25pm 07.28.16 SSB and Ham Operators 5/1926 Was at the boat the last couple of days and looked at the old 700 SSB I have. Thinking I should repl
Beneteau First 38.5 RA/CU Ropeburn at 7:14pm 07.28.16 Ask All Sailors 9/2647 Need help. Regaurding the Beneteau First 38.5 .....Is this a decent club racing boat or a true dog.
1993 macgregor 26X. Pam at 6:58pm 07.28.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3347 Looking for someone that owns a 1993 26 X. I just purchased this as my first sailboat. Please if any
Topclimber Ken13559 at 6:21pm 07.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 11/1305 I've bought a Topclimber several months back, now I'm going to use it for the first time on my H326.
Anti-Siphon for 5411 lpbosch at 2:19pm 07.28.16 Catalina 30 9/1400 Does anyone know where (or have a pic) of the location and configuration of the anti-siphon valve fo
Drilling into the deck at the mast John Rushing at 1:54pm 07.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/620 Has anyone put pad eyes at the base of the mast? What would I be drilling into on a Hunter 34 from
H34 Battery Bank Overhaul - tips and recommendations SV My Luv Too at 1:07pm 07.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2055 The battery bank on our 1985 H34 needs an overhaul. Current batteries work but look old, wires are a
Hunter 50 Impeller change SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:34pm 07.28.16 Ask All Sailors 7/662 I am in the middle of changing the impeller on my Yanmar JH4-HTE. It is a very tough job, as the pum
Main Sheet Tackle Block size question Ward H at 10:34am 07.28.16 Ask All Sailors 21/5686 I plan on upgrading the fiddle block on my main sheet tackle. Currently it is a Schaffer 4-1 system
Looking for plywood Sunfish plans kito at 9:54am 07.28.16 Ask All Sailors 9/6412 I know this is a long shot but back in 1976 when I was a senior in high school I built a Sunfish clo
Hunter 28 Rudder Bearing Replacement Beck at 9:40am 07.28.16 Ask All Sailors 8/2854 I have a 1990 Hunter 28, and am considering replacing the rudder bearings. The boat is on the hard,
H36 sea hood removal Ken Honeycutt at 7:18am 07.28.16 Big Boats 1/454 Has anyone removed the sea hood on an H36 (2008). I need to access the wiring for the speed and dept

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Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries twodzusfittings at 8:39am 03.23.24 Hey long time listers, why are we even bothering to meet Ted's needs. Let's close this subject and m
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries Ted10028 at 8:39am 03.23.24 After researching, yep, batteries, I was going to go the 6V route to replace my group 31 flooded ba
Replacing half moon blocks at base of mast (2) jssailem at 8:38am 03.23.24 This image of the ones photographed looks identical to the current block made by Garhauer. e. I woul
Replacing C 310 fuel tank Deleted member 117556 at 8:38am 03.23.24 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/tankage.1249923702/#post-1629245 My old thread from when I
Yamaha 25 MK2 offshore experience JoeWhite at 8:14am 03.23.24 I had an opportunity to buy one, but it did not work out. Yes, it is a strong and heavy boat and if
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries dlochner at 7:41am 03.23.24 when you ask a question and get many well-intentioned but often contradictory responses there is no
Replacing half moon blocks at base of mast Ward H at 7:24am 03.23.24 The mast base the blocks are on looks pretty beefy. I expect the blocks are just attached by machine
Launching boats with an outback? Justin_NSA at 7:19am 03.23.24 Check out this thread - https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/need-towing-weight-of-1981-mac-25.
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries Justin_NSA at 7:13am 03.23.24 After researching, yep, batteries, I was going to go the 6V route to replace my group 31 flooded bat
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries Ted10028 at 6:53am 03.23.24 Also, there is no reason many here should take the time to or be expected to provide redundant, rep
Are golf cart batteries better than marine batteries Don S/V ILLusion at 6:28am 03.23.24 There is no reason for me to reinvent the wheel when I don't have time for it. Don't recall compla
Marine insurance sailme88 at 6:22am 03.23.24 Had insurance many years with Boat US. They sold to GEICO. Since then GEICO keeps going up and up
Launching boats with an outback? Sanfelice at 5:52am 03.23.24 Subarus of that vintage have CVT transmissions are much different than a geared transmisson. I would
Launching boats with an outback? Northof60 at 5:51am 03.23.24 Great advice. Thanks. I will definitely look into boat guides. And I'm thinking a tongue extension w
New to Wiring, Looking for Feedback on Improving Circuit Plan for a Mirage 5.5 Tally Ho at 5:48am 03.23.24 I used a fuse like this when I replaced my batteries a few years ago (i didnt have any fusing at the
Marine insurance Tally Ho at 5:39am 03.23.24
1984 Hunter 34 Fuel Fittings Tally Ho at 5:32am 03.23.24
Asymmetrical Spinnaker hardware LakeShark at 5:30am 03.23.24 Thanks lakeshark, I do have a spare halyard for the jib, and I believe the Furler drum is in the mi
Launching boats with an outback? Captain Larry-DH at 4:12am 03.23.24
Hunter 420 below deck autopilot install... Sailgunner at 2:11am 03.23.24 Hey Sailgunner, This is what I read about. Do you happen to have any pics of it or any other info

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