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Hull composition 1983 Depth transducer location One arm sailor at 5:57pm 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/652 im wondering if the hull of my oday 27 1973 is solid fiberglass or is there is a core or any reinfor
4 HP Johnson wont start jibes138 at 5:22pm 08.20.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/3335 My neighbor has a 4 stroke 4 Hp Johnson with internal tank. Won't start or even pretend to start. To
Help with standing rigging please Caroleena at 5:07pm 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1499 I'm replacing the original adjustable backstay on a Cat 22 and I've encountered an issue I didn't ex
Soft spot/hull damage bburke at 2:45pm 08.20.15 Day Sailers 3/1782 I have an 84 rebel spindrift daysailer 1- recently purchased and have rehabbed it to sailing order.
Engine control panel replacement + intro (1) tredychris at 1:18pm 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1455 Hi I will be the 1st time boat owner of an '84 O'Day 28 (anniversary edition) by the end of this
Fiberglass drilling One arm sailor at 11:26am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 7/826 Hi all I have never drilled a hole in fiberglass! Is there any thing I Shaun know before I start? I
ST60+ Knotmeter Issue>>>Thoughts? Rick D at 11:13am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 32/4832 My Raymarine ST60+ not-meter is making me nuts. The display would not read knots when I was moving a
Oil paulj at 10:51am 08.20.15 Catalina 310 4/851 Which brand of oil and weight do you use on your Universal M 25 engine? paulj
Catalina 30 vs. C25 Roland20228 at 10:48am 08.20.15 Catalina 30 2/1042 We currently sail a C25 but are thinking about switching to a C30. Is their performance about the sa
Moving mainsail sheet forward on a Mac 25 suvh8er at 10:24am 08.20.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2168 Hello everyone, hope you all are getting some good sailing in this summer. I have been contemplatin
The skinny on a 1989 Oday 280 27 lookingtobuy at 10:18am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/5852 Hello my name is Jay. I am considering a 1989 280 27 . Any info would be greatly appreciated, parti
good reading... for the extremely wealthy only!! centerline at 9:37am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1404 as much of a fan as I am of Nigel Calder and what he has to share with the world thru his books, I d
Where to advertise my boat for sail ? Oliver at 9:25am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/585 Where you guys look for boats for sale?
2006 MacGregor 26M Pinched Mast Channel Repair DavidEBIDLOCAL at 9:16am 08.20.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/971 I've recently purchased a 2006 MacGregor 26M (with the rotating mast), and I just discovered on tryi
11983 Watkins 32 questions Roland20228 at 9:05am 08.20.15 Other Sailboats 0/1746 Looking for input about how this boat would sail on Lake Champlain, VT, where the prevailing winds r
Oday 322 Owners manual fireman416 at 8:35am 08.20.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1568 Good Day All I was hoping that somone out there may has a digital copy of an Oday 322 Owner manual
Loose footed main flynhi4u at 8:24am 08.20.15 Smaller Boats 3/729 In the process of ordering new sails and they default to a loose footed main. Will I see much of a d
Changing the cabin layout in the bow. Tac1300 at 7:01am 08.20.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/815 i have recently obtain a 2002 hunter 466 from my Dad but I am wanting to change the layout of the fo
hydraulic gangway for hunter 456 passage CC nmenkes at 7:00am 08.20.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/642 I want to install a hydraulic gangway on my Hunter 456 456 passage CC 2004. I need a length of 2.5
Sirius 21-Thinking of Selling Baysailor6 at 6:14am 08.20.15 Sirius 21/22 0/16 I got this boat last fall and never owned anything over 17' in the past. It sails great but is not e

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Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Re-installing the shaft coupling shemandr at 5:01pm 12.11.23 Might have to blame that one on spell check. I try to review posts and still some get by. I should
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared

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