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Help! Please post a picture of your O'Day 25 trailer :) 4father at 12:49pm 11.23.15 Day Sailers 2/805 Apparently everyone threw away their O'day 25 trailers like kids throwing away the packaging from a
Can I shorten my boom? sailnoproblem at 9:34am 11.23.15 Ask All Sailors 28/4141 My 14' boom is way to long. I want to go with a shorter one. My model boat started with a 14', then
Trailer Project Flamingo1 at 9:32am 11.23.15 Catalina 22 12/1449 I bought a 1972 Catalina 22 fixed keel this summer and last week a buddy stayed with me for a few da
J-30 shemandr at 8:38am 11.23.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2329 I'm looking for info re this boat. I've done the sailboatdata.com, and google and the class associa
Barient 23 Self Tailer troubles Ventuse at 8:33am 11.23.15 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3198 Hi, Over the summer I purchased a Hunter 37 cutter. I spent the summer enjoying the boat on the Ches
Dutchman filament source Justin_NSA at 7:56am 11.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/959 I plan to replace my aged topping lift line with one I can lead back to the cockpit. The filament is
Where is your VHF? rgranger at 7:21am 11.23.15 Smaller Boats 50/5329 Hello All Still getting to know my new-2-me 1995 Hunter 26. The P.O. never installed a VHF in th
Replacing water tanks Joye Morse at 7:20am 11.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/816 We are replacing the water tanks on a 1986 O'Day 40 that are under the salon settees and we are havi
broken shift cable palmbeachboater at 7:08am 11.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/745 Shift cable broke inside the Edson on my 1992 Hunter 33.5. Would like to replace shift cable and t
Smell Under Cabinet in Galley Pkb57 at 6:12am 11.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 14/3732 We just bought our first sailboat a Hunter 33 :) We had been sailing a Catalina 22 every so often t
Replacing antifreeze IH82BL8 at 6:06am 11.23.15 Ask All Sailors 19/3969 I need to replace the antifreeze in my Yanmar 2GMF. This is the internal side of the heat exchanger
Cal 35 C. anyone have experience with a cutter rig? jssailem at 5:36am 11.23.15 Cal 4/1579 I know from the plan designs and brocheres I discovered that the Cal35 Cruiser from 1974 had a cutte
Interior paint LakeMurraySailor at 3:01am 11.23.15 Catalina 22 13/1366 Everyone has been so helpful on this site and I cannot thank you enough! I have question about inter
Preventing condensation in forepeak after sleeping patrickkidd at 10:45pm 11.22.15 Catalina 30 15/2921 The forepeak on my 1984 C30 has no natural venting and so everything is moist and covered in condens
Heater suggestions? patrickkidd at 10:41pm 11.22.15 Catalina 30 21/3519 I have a C30 in in the San Francisco Bay Area and am looking for a low-profile, quiet/silent, A/C or
Cruising To Vendovi Island Terry Cox at 8:23pm 11.22.15 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/1363 To all my shy PNW cruisers, have any of you been into the small bay on the NW corner of the Island?
Survey eMail gpd955 at 7:30pm 11.22.15 Ask All Sailors 1/344 Just received and read the survey result email and would like to thank the forum staff for their ama
Officially mine! (1) SailShannon at 5:27pm 11.22.15 Catalina 22 24/1892 Hi all. First let me say thank you for all the feedback and guidance I've received from this team ov
Hunter 25.5 depth sounder and bilge pump marksteiger at 4:14pm 11.22.15 Smaller Boats 5/2473 Have been searching the forums for information on placing depth sounder transducer for 86 Hunter 25.
Interior Structural Cracks (3) JamesG161 at 2:54pm 11.22.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1090 I have noticed these cracks after inspection I did following heavy seas and pounding my keel once i

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MPPT controller location (1) buddybear at 6:10pm 03.03.23 Hello, tomorrow I'm tackling the installation of two 100W flex panels. I've looked around and cann
Regulateur d'allure sur hunter 33 dkinzer at 6:08pm 03.03.23 KappyKaplan: Thanks for your translation. I had gotten almost all of it but I'm still learning.
MPPT controller location Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 03.03.23 but installing under the bimini should reduce it significantly. Couldn't be more mistaken. Moist
Bow roller replacement Beneteau First 325 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:28pm 03.03.23 Not an easy task. The original roller had no identification on it so : that was close to the origi
Salish Sea... Anchoring ideas Michael Davis at 5:23pm 03.03.23
DIY leather steering wheel cover project stickinthemud57 at 5:13pm 03.03.23 Noice. Toit. Smort. Seriously, excellent work. My grandfather did a lot of really nice leatherwor
I just completed full refit of my 41S5 Tally Ho at 3:50pm 03.03.23 Dear Sailing Group It took 2 years part time . Every possible known weakness was address. Direc
Regulateur d'allure sur hunter 33 kappykaplan at 3:48pm 03.03.23 Wind speed regulator on hunter 33 Hello, I would like to know if anyone has already installed a spe
Hunter 240 cover Woodyvv at 3:20pm 03.03.23 Check out Sailors Taylor boat covers as I believe they have one to cover the 240 Rats, they have a
MPPT controller location dmax at 2:10pm 03.03.23 did you mount it on the "sloped side" Different boat, I built a custom cabinet to house my batteri
MPPT controller location (1) Grichelli at 2:05pm 03.03.23 I ended up putting my Victron controller in the same compartment as the batteries, just not directl
MPPT controller location dmax at 1:55pm 03.03.23 I ended up putting my Victron controller in the same compartment as the batteries, just not directly
MPPT controller location Grichelli at 1:42pm 03.03.23 I have no suggestions on the controller location, but I'd be careful about heat shrinking to the ba
MPPT controller location Davidasailor26 at 1:28pm 03.03.23 I have no suggestions on the controller location, but I'd be careful about heat shrinking to the bac
Replaced all my sanitation hoses Dalliance at 1:21pm 03.03.23
DIY leather steering wheel cover project (2) Caboteur at 12:58pm 03.03.23
DIY leather steering wheel cover project Richard19068 at 12:55pm 03.03.23 Well done!
DIY leather steering wheel cover project (5) S/V Cirsium at 12:47pm 03.03.23 I just wanted to post a note of sincere appreciation for VisionPNW's detailed notes and pic's here!
Rainwater leak under cockpit deck (3) twalker H260 at 12:29pm 03.03.23 Cable clams can handle several wires per clam. Most instructions indicate to leave a minimum of 1/8
Boom Vang Roland5048 at 12:07pm 03.03.23 My '77 h30 did not have vang, either. Easy to install.

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