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Newbe purchased #14612 this week. (1) bushav at 6:00pm 08.20.15 Catalina 22 221/25305 Started sailing with a 12' sunfish knock off by "Formosa" in 1979 at age 12. Sailed that fine craft
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 3/1783 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 4/852 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 10/2169 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

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Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:32am 12.12.23 It looks like the OP is a ghost :eek: Some people actually have to work for a living. ;) (poor so
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:26am 12.12.23 It looks like the OP is a ghost :eek:
Swim platform question Crazy Dave Condon at 6:21am 12.12.23 Per Warren Luhrs, Hunter Marine, and Frank Butler, Catalina Yachts, sailboat transoms are designed f
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 6:17am 12.12.23 Your LED may need a resistor wired into the circuit. That's getting a little above my pay grade but
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 6:13am 12.12.23 Your LED may need a resistor wired into the circuit. That's getting a little above my pay grade but
Swim platform question jssailem at 6:03am 12.12.23 Many things can, have and will be done to sailboat hulls not imagined by the designers. Adding a tr
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't mermike at 5:39am 12.12.23 Good luck, John!
Re-installing the shaft coupling NYSail at 5:35am 12.12.23 I have always added an anti-seize to shaft / coupling as well as prop. As was said, the bolts and ke
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 5:06am 12.12.23 Did it work? no did not work. at one point I had the indicator light going from dull to bright ins
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 4:48am 12.12.23 thanks for the effort pal. If you're interested great if not of course I would understand. Thanks a
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Terry Cox at 4:29am 12.12.23 It's always in the back of my mind; I'd be more comfortable knowing. Intuition has worked pretty
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:14am 12.12.23 If all is good, I will take the boat out for a few hours spin to churn up the waters in Possession
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 4:03am 12.12.23 If indeed the links are a result of copying and pasting a post from CF, then my apologies. If you re
2GM20F engine issue dlochner at 3:47am 12.12.23 Saturate the raw balsa with neat epoxy. Then it will probably be necessary to replace the fiberglass
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,

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