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Moving mainsail sheet forward on a Mac 25 suvh8er at 10:24am 08.20.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2167 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 2/5851 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 2/970 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 0/1745 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 0/641 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
Albemarle Sound- Near Edenton pdwireSML at 6:10am 08.20.15 Destinations 7/2617 Hello all, First time posting and enjoyed all the information gained from others adventures. My
C-22 Fleet-130, Metro Detoit Award CaptDon01 at 5:54am 08.20.15 Catalina 22 1/647 C-22 Fleet-130 is our "Fleet of the Year" for 2015. We are going to get together next Thursday, 8-27
Butyl tape with no nuts Graycruiser at 5:44am 08.20.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1924 I need to rebed a SS hand rail on our C320. It is held by 3 bolts thru the deck into threaded holes
Is this correct for Green Ground Wire? (1) smokey73 at 5:25am 08.20.15 Ask All Sailors 14/2139 I was running some wires and found this (see picture). Should the green AC Safety wires for shore p
Cabinet "sagging" in aft head? (2) smokey73 at 5:18am 08.20.15 Big Boats 1/705 Hunter 40.5 My cabinet is "sagging" (see picture) in my aft head. I only see one screw on each
shore power willsnow at 10:03pm 08.19.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3097 What's the simplest shore power setup if all I want to do is run a battery charger while on a dock?
Oday 22-water coming through the centerboard tube keary N at 8:12pm 08.19.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/731 My 1981 okay 22 gets water up and over the center board tube when in heavy chop or when sailing in
Leaking issues. Bm3moose at 6:59pm 08.19.15 Catalina 22 19/2827 I've thumbed through multiple leak threads. I have a 77 and I'm getting significant amounts of water
Air Intake Filter and Silencer jzuk at 6:28pm 08.19.15 Bigger Boats 13/7456 On my still kinda new to me O'Day 35 I've had a fairly large ToDo list. I'm now at the point where I

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The Sewing Machine Thread Ward H at 6:58pm 12.10.23 I agree. I've been thinking of making a threading diagram with needle position diagram, laminating
Compass deviation American_Mainsail at 6:24pm 12.10.23 Deviation is complicated, and has a lot to do with the magnetic field of your individual boat. You m
Monoceros cabin sole monocerosin at 6:12pm 12.10.23 Yes. We are getting closer to just pulling up the fiberglass sole to find out. I was thinking maybe
Adding above water line thru hull.... jssailem at 6:12pm 12.10.23 I have put several holes through the old gelcoat on my 1974 boat. If it was going to shatter it woul
Adding above water line thru hull.... dlochner at 6:04pm 12.10.23 Hint: don't pre-drill the pilot hole as you want the pilot hole as snug as can be. Drill a smalle
Compass deviation jssailem at 5:54pm 12.10.23 Which "New Ritchie" compass model.
Monoceros cabin sole Ralph Johnstone at 5:49pm 12.10.23 I can feel just a little give in the sole. Is this because the stingers are far apart or is it some
Adding above water line thru hull.... thinwater at 5:43pm 12.10.23 The tape is not needed if you just start easy. It's not a big twist drill. But whatever. Keep the s
The Sewing Machine Thread jibes138 at 5:34pm 12.10.23 The problem with these machines is using them enough to remember how they work. The last time I use
Thru Hull Replacement? jibes138 at 5:19pm 12.10.23 The original valves on the O'Days are just that, valves and not real seacocks. If the Marelon valve
Adding above water line thru hull.... Ralph Johnstone at 5:09pm 12.10.23 The hole saw is plenty sharp.... Just never cut through gelcoat Then you're ready to go. The thi
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 5:06pm 12.10.23 This in my estimation is a perfectly viable Christmas gift. For you young ones, there comes a point
Adding above water line thru hull.... NYSail at 5:03pm 12.10.23 Pure romance of a sailing couple. The control lines I got for her stocking are the icing on the cake
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 4:37pm 12.10.23 From all the symptoms you described, that could well be responsible for your problems, particularly
H49/50 battery replacement Hayden Watson at 4:19pm 12.10.23 Or you could disconnect the genset alternator, remove its battery, and run the genset off the house
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Hayden Watson at 3:44pm 12.10.23 I hope that was not the case. There are explicit warnings against moving the compression release le
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION kappykaplan at 3:18pm 12.10.23 For some reason, most likely me trying to make things tidy in the engine bay, I had run the hose un
Monoceros cabin sole monocerosin at 3:05pm 12.10.23 Ok. So I am really trying not to tear up the sole but on the port side I can feel just a little give
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 2:54pm 12.10.23 So perhaps I've found why I have reduced RPM's under load. I had to change the fresh water pump out.
Adding above water line thru hull.... dlochner at 2:53pm 12.10.23 Im buying my wife a new secondary bildge pump for Xmas This in my estimation is a perfectly viabl

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