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Rudder Stop? (Pintles - Gudgeon diagram) 20' Oday chipleak at 7:22am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 7/5810 I am a new owner of an Oday 20 (1975) and reading thru rigging, launching, trailering tips...with a
Changing a motor mount meb135 at 7:01am 07.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1483 Engine: Yanmar 3ym30 Boat: 2004 H33 Over the winter, my fuel/water separator leaked fuel on one
Irwin 30 LEAKING!! Mrlee at 6:53am 07.08.15 Irwin 0/1476 I have an Irwin 30 with centerboard. There is a slow staedy leak coming from the forward area justaf
Considering purchase...but...wet core gfroch at 6:46am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 10/2910 Hello- I'm considering the purchase of a 1987 Catalina 30 Tall. It shows very nicely, has some n
New Javelin owner questions houdsie73 at 6:44am 07.08.15 Day Sailers 2/1395 I recently purchased a Javelin. I don't know what year it is and hope someone can assist with the h
Snap and Swivel Shackles sailcapt340 at 5:51am 07.08.15 Big Boats 0/739 I have to replace my Topping Lift and Jib Halyard on my 2000 340. I know that I have a "D Shackle"
a cautionary note on Seaward water heaters (4) Bob 04 H260 at 5:28am 07.08.15 Ask All Sailors 52/12904 While living on our boat last January we had quite a scare. Suddenly the cabin filled with smoke. We
Adding spinnaker halyard to mast flynhi4u at 5:12am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 15/7772 We are hoping to build our spinnaker from a Sailrite kit this winter and I am starting to think abou
Halyard diameter flynhi4u at 5:03am 07.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1372 With the new paint all done and the leaks fixed it is time to get new halyards for our 1983 Hunter 2
Universal 5411 Exhaust jollymon2 at 4:37am 07.08.15 Catalina 30 2/1242 After leaving an anchorage with very heavy vegetation I noticed that no water was spitting out of th
Hood seafurl model 810 gspeckma at 12:14am 07.08.15 Parts Search 3/2072 Looking for parts for 810 furler, specificly the feed extrusion tube.
how does the new search work? jmczzz at 11:19pm 07.07.15 Catalina 22 2/485 I do not get hits when I use the search above? It worked befor. Are there new procedures? James
Do you ask for or use help with dock lines when you come in? Stu Jackson at 10:30pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 40/5581 Many folks have reported having trouble with "helping hands" when they dock. Many times they only m
Storage space on an 8.5 jguyer at 9:10pm 07.07.15 S2 2/1160 I'm getting ready to go on a 19 day cruise on my 8.5. Everything is out of the boat, so I am startin
Sail area and stress higgs at 8:11pm 07.07.15 Ask All Sailors 2/716 Anyone know a formula for figuring how many #s of stress a given sail area imposes on a stay/running
Self tending Jib bigpapaporsche at 7:54pm 07.07.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1302 I am not sure if this is the appropriate location for this post or not, but lets see what happens. I
Hunter 34 Maxwell winch service Ilanortho at 7:39pm 07.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3123 Hi all; Just purchased H34. All 4 Maxwell winches badly in need of lube/ service. Before I disassem
Oops Newport Bob at 7:20pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 0/910 MainE, Sorry for the mistype Love your state - and have sailed from Maine to Florida
Amp Meter Newport Bob at 7:17pm 07.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1616 Main, Took your advice and installed a smart gauge last spring. THANKS Gives the essential info! Cer
Universal 25 XPAC running hot mytime at 5:59pm 07.07.15 Catalina 30 5/1182 My (new to me) 1994 Catalina 30 (#6242) is running hot 210 degrees at 2500 rpm's. New hoses, sea str

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60 best Boats 30' and under Project_Mayhem at 9:08am 01.10.24 I'm looking for more of a cruiser with better and faster sailing ability than my O'Day 25. Most of t
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal dlochner at 9:07am 01.10.24 The reason I wrote that I would avoid it was the tree canopy. Where I viewed the canal from roads
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements Project_Mayhem at 9:01am 01.10.24
Espar hydronic heating system (1) Hello Below at 8:59am 01.10.24 You should have a header tank in series with your hydronic coolant lines that looks something like t
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 8:44am 01.10.24 https://www.amazon.ca/HK-Chrome-Trumpet-Compressor-Vehicles/dp/B07YXV69KV/ref=sr_1_5_pp?crid=2EJZBHK
airhorn install Project_Mayhem at 8:42am 01.10.24 Can you send me a link? That might be perfect for my airbag suspension for towing
C25 new mainsail Project_Mayhem at 8:41am 01.10.24 How does one know which sail is better than the other, especially when talking to a loft about a sai
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal shemandr at 8:39am 01.10.24 The reason I wrote that I would avoid it was the tree canopy. Where I viewed the canal from roadsi
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 8:28am 01.10.24 my compressor is the size of a chunky soup can. and my battery is 90ah
150 genoa vs 135 Kings Gambit at 8:26am 01.10.24 Anybody ever replaced their 150 genoa with a 135 ? Considering a 135 to gain a little more visibil
airhorn install Project_Mayhem at 8:21am 01.10.24 Have you considered battery capacity for the compressor? You'll want to do some careful consideratio
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal pgandw at 7:48am 01.10.24 The Dismal Swamp Canal is a whole lot more relaxing than the alternate (actually the primary ICW).
New Electronics - Is this about right? Scott T-Bird at 7:19am 01.10.24 Scott, JSSailem, Good points all. I did see the instruments that came in and I recall they had the
Demasted David in Sandusky at 6:45am 01.10.24 Going onto my "to do" list. Zooming on a picture of our bow, it looks like our 1/4 inch stainless st
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. andreshs1 at 6:09am 01.10.24 Hi, I think that it is in the alternator The engine is a Yanmar 4JH3E Cheers
airhorn install Anomymous 163294 at 5:41am 01.10.24 No, no, no. You can't do that. Too power boatish. HOWEVER, if you must insist on mounting an air
Hunter 34 Stern railing height ? Claude L.-Auger at 5:25am 01.10.24 Apologies, I did not get out there yet.. early next week is next opportunity.. I do not have davits
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal (1) dlochner at 4:22am 01.10.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to d
Hunter 34 Stern railing height ? kloudie1 at 3:19am 01.10.24 Apologies, I did not get out there yet.. early next week is next opportunity.. I do not have davits.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal Davidasailor26 at 3:16am 01.10.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to d

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