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Older-Model O'Day Javelin - Unknown Year blakeroday at 10:24am 05.11.23 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1110 Hello Fellow O'Day Owners. I'm trying to figure out the year of my older-model O'Day Javelin. The Hu
Curved step for 420 Passage (1) Ginger42 at 9:36am 05.11.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/356 Does anyone have an extra curved step for a Hunter 420 Passage they would like to sell to me?
2004 Hunter 420 Passage-Curved cabin step? Ginger42 at 7:04am 05.11.23 Parts Search 1/559 Seeking one curved step to replace the bottom one on our 2004 Hunter 420 Passage.
NOVABRAID NOVALITE HIGH PERFORMANCE Drinky Crow at 11:34pm 05.10.23 Racing 1/686 I can get a good price on this. https://www.thechandleryonline.com/product_info.php?cPath=9_377'pr
mast struts JimJackson at 8:17pm 05.10.23 Trailer Sailors 5/740 I have a 2000 Hunter 270 with the mast raising and lowering system. One of the stainless mast struts
KM4A transmission on yanmar 80hp (1) hunter bum at 8:17pm 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 5/519 Does anybody knows where should be connected the 2 houses from the oil cooler?
Port light - how do i get this glass out? (1) 73Oday20 at 7:05pm 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 2/356 Ahoy folks! I'm redoing the port lights on my O'Day 20 sailboat. The aluminum frame comes apart at o
Hunter 28.5 Trailer Specs Rich McD at 1:51pm 05.10.23 Mid-Size Boats 8/817
how do you remove minor barnicals on gel coat (1) Dil at 12:57pm 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 13/937 how do you remove barnicals from gel coat I don't have very many
Kirieous about Feelings regarding the Kirie Elite 326? CLEWLESS V at 12:12pm 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 3/1306 Ahoy All Kirie Elite/Feeling folk! I'm Kirieous, about the Kirie Elite 326 (North America); aka Feel
Honda 9.9 forward controls help artleyt115 at 7:43am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 2/798 Hello everyone! Im having some issues figuring out how I can run forward controls for my 2005 9.9 ho
What amperage "Entertainment" breaker? flightlead404 at 7:31am 05.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/702 I need to replace the Entertainment breaker on my DC panel, and neglected to write down what amperag
Vinyl names and logo/design xavpil at 6:24am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 7/615
Change Fuel Line ChrisHunter at 5:56am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 9/762 As part of my yearly maintenance, I do change my oil/filter every year on my 92 Hunter 30. Every co
Hauturier equivalent in USA? xavpil at 5:34am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 23/1230
Hunter 410 door latch sailing gal at 5:29am 05.10.23 Big Boats 13/1285 Anyone know the make and where you can get a replacement for the interior door latch for a Hunter 41
When does a screw become a bolt? rgranger at 4:45am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 68/3826 Sailors seem to be folk that get hung up on using the correct terms. i.e., lines, sheets, halyard, r
Machine screw for hand rails egreen024 at 3:56am 05.10.23 Ask All Sailors 8/414 Hello all On my oday 28 hand rails are secured with bolts that go from inside rails into the the out
Raider Cherubini 33 ClassicSail at 9:05pm 05.09.23 Ask All Sailors 10/671 Hi All, I just purchased Raider Cherubini 33 hull #1. It is on the hard in SC. It is in very sound c
Mod for burping fresh water system after installing new water heater - should this work? Monheganlover at 7:51pm 05.09.23 Catalina 310 6/630 I am, shortly, going to be replacing my rusted 20-gallon water heater in my Catalina 310 with a 6 g

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raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot BAD ORCA at 12:17pm 09.13.24 How easy / hard is it to remove the wheel when you need some room in the cockpit for guests while i
How can I improve the rigging of my mainsail? shaant01 at 12:16pm 09.13.24 If it were my boat . I would install a 'rams horn in front of the boom Thank you! I will look int
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot Richard19068 at 11:48am 09.13.24 How easy / hard is it to remove the wheel when you need some room in the cockpit for guests while in
(2) Richard19068 at 11:41am 09.13.24 Cleaning all the connections is a good start There are some starting issues addressed in the attac
2024 Honda 2.3 HP outboard winterizing (1) sailcapt340 at 11:07am 09.13.24 Got the adapter to drain the oil easier today. Looks like it will make it cleaner and easier. The
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX jssailem at 10:56am 09.13.24 Wow. Thanks for the report. Happy you and your family were safe. Counting the days til the end of th
snowmoe113 at 10:15am 09.13.24 I'm late to this thread, but found it after an identical experience with my Westerbeke/Universal M-1
Potential Tropical Cyclone SIX BigEasy at 10:00am 09.13.24 How close were you to the storm? Any stories to tell? John, This storm was really uneven
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? BAD ORCA at 9:45am 09.13.24 I don't really buy that argument. Compression posts transfer the load to the keel or grid anyway a
PREVENTERS dLj at 9:39am 09.13.24 I am not an engineer, and didn't sleep at a ..... , but I don't see the need to run the preventer t
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? JoeWhite at 9:27am 09.13.24 Keelstepped is suitable and safer for ocean crossing, since there is less chance of loosing the mast
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Apex at 9:18am 09.13.24 racing oriented boats still have some keel-stepped models...
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot (1) BAD ORCA at 9:16am 09.13.24 Your installation is very similar to mine, however I have a 42 inch wheel and a binical hung table
Tropical Depression Seven jssailem at 8:51am 09.13.24
Goose Neck jssailem at 8:38am 09.13.24 Welcome to SBO. Interesting choice of boats. Your fiberglass trailer-able boat was built in 1980.
Yanmar/Beta 16HP RePower Scott T-Bird at 7:31am 09.13.24 I put a Yanmar 2YM15 in my Starwind 27 that weighed 5700 pounds. It was an excellent choice for the
Prefer to trailer pgandw at 7:20am 09.13.24 I feel blessed to have been limited by the dock and boat lift at the house we bought. The lift is l
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 7:11am 09.13.24 Or that 3 well known designers were designing for coastal cruising and never intended for their boa
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 7:06am 09.13.24 Not true. Keel-stepped masts are easier to design (in my opinion). The deck structure can be a lot
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 6:57am 09.13.24 So my question is .... which boat manufacturers are currently building around keel-stepped masts?

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