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O Day 23 thru hulls Wisconsin Critter at 6:48am 05.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/744 I am new to sailing and I just bought an Anniversary Edition O Day 23. I have read allot about thru
Need advice on a CDI furler on an anchor roller (2) Bfranchini at 6:35am 05.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/583 Good morning I need some safety advice to put my mind at ease The PO attached the CDI furler to the
mc 22 concave washers for swinging Keel pivot bolt alfred gamil at 5:58am 05.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/860 a lot of water in the boat ...looks like the washers are the problem ..where to finf the kit of the
urgent , concave washers kit for swinging keel mc gregor 22 alfred gamil at 5:47am 05.25.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1029 a lot of water in the boat ...looks like the washers are the problem ..where to finf the kit of the
New Catalina 18 owner with questions Dswinnick at 5:09am 05.25.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/530 Getting my first boat this summer...it will be moored in the Orleans, MA Cove on Cape Cod. How much
23-2 boom end conumndrum (3) Ziradog at 4:58am 05.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1360 When I bought my 1983 O'day 23, the outhaul ' topping lift were a mess of frayed lines tied together
Magnum MMS - Settings for Lifelines down_shift at 4:49am 05.25.15 Ask All Sailors 0/911 Just checking if I have the correct settings on the Magnum Remote for a pair of Lifeline 31XT house
Throttle control Cable Brake sailcapt340 at 4:49am 05.25.15 Big Boats 1/854 I just installed new control cables on my 2000 340. Over the years (actually since new in 2000) th
C&C 36-1 Portlight replacements Whine Cooler at 1:49am 05.25.15 C&C 6/3903 I want to replace my acryllic portlights in my 1977 C'C 36-1 for opening portals. Any suggestions o
Okay - Here's one for you all - Maiden and baptism.... Macboy at 10:41pm 05.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/929 So to really get you all hooked I'll start by saying "Thank God he didn't drown!" And I mean that
Mainsheet Traveler Elton at 9:13pm 05.24.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2930 I have a 1990 32s5 and want to move from the coach roof traveler to a cockpit traveler. Does anyine
Propeller installation under water Jellis at 7:31pm 05.24.15 Ask All Sailors 13/8938 About 15 minutes after apparently proper propulsion, I lost all propulsion from my Yanmar engine on
Jabsco Sealed Macerator Self-Priming Pump Rasselas36 at 7:30pm 05.24.15 Big Boats 5/2611 I need help. My macerator pump started leaking so I ordered a rebuild kit. I followed all directio
Outhaul friction (1) R. Chapin at 6:41pm 05.24.15 Catalina 310 8/1846 88373.vB
Broken solid vang attachment to mast fork and tang Linde32 at 6:14pm 05.24.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/894 I own a 1998 Catalina 320. Added some electronics this winter and had mast stepped. Went to launch a
Double braid rope eye splice woes (2) George Da Porge at 5:58pm 05.24.15 Ask All Sailors 24/11427
Need a new Raw Water Strainer Basket (2) c130king at 5:25pm 05.24.15 Catalina 310 2/958 Today when checking the raw water strainer basket the mesh basket came up but the bottom piece staye
Memorial Day weekend sail (1) GregL564 at 5:23pm 05.24.15 Day Sailers 7/1139 First real sail of the season. Incredible conditions. Covered 12nm sailing around City Island. Cra
What is in here?....Oday 322. (1) Tally Ho at 1:44pm 05.24.15 Bigger Boats 23/5699 STill exploring a my new-to-me O'Day 322..... This is on the starboard side of the V-berth....don't
Help broke my spreader (2) Newtome1984H34 at 12:09pm 05.24.15 Big Boats 4/1173 Well I was rigging up the mast today and my upper spreader cracked...see pic. Any thoughts would be

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Remove Prop RoyS at 5:54am 11.04.23 Slide hammer will apply unwanted force on your transmission. Heat applied to the prop while using th
Remove Prop jssailem at 5:23am 11.04.23 If you are in a marina see if a shop will lend you a prop puller. The larger ones have a slide hamme
New winterizing mod - done! sailme88 at 5:21am 11.04.23 All of my supply water lines have brass garden hose couplings. The tanks empty into the bilge befor
New winterizing mod - done! Apex at 4:36am 11.04.23 I use a dedicated vacuum hose: suck out the last bits of water in the tanks, and then move to the w
Thru Hull Replacement? Davidasailor26 at 4:27am 11.04.23 What. is the risk in me leaving this frozen open fitting in place? I did change the impeller in the
H50 master cabin headliner ceiling Gianni65 at 11:35pm 11.03.23 Thank you for your tips guys. I'll arm myself of time, patience and courage end start this endeavor
Oday keel jssailem at 9:49pm 11.03.23 Welcome to the SBO forums. Some one said you got to squeeze a few lemons in order to find a juicy o
2gm20f water heater circuit (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:22pm 11.03.23 Please advise, if I don't want to have water heater, I trust this is a temporary isolation at bes
Low voltage connectors AaronD at 7:11pm 11.03.23 @Maine Sail wrote up an article at his old pbase.com URL that I think never made it to his newer mar
2gm20f water heater circuit kloudie1 at 6:47pm 11.03.23 Yes, or remove the hose barbs and install plugs in the openings.
Low voltage connectors Hello Below at 6:25pm 11.03.23 For connecting hair-thin NMEA wires. What's your favorite? I have had very good luck with both of
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (5) bradm at 5:40pm 11.03.23 I finally addressed this problem while the mast was down to replace standing rigging. The photo pos
2gm20f water heater circuit JoeWhite at 5:30pm 11.03.23 Yes. Take a hose connect from one to the other at the engine.
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 5:29pm 11.03.23 Kermit, here's my boat book on the coffee table. awmill cut the top and bottom flat but when we pul
Oday keel Yoho Yoho at 5:22pm 11.03.23 Thanks for the info. That makes sense. No picture because I am probably not going to get this boat
Oday keel kappykaplan at 4:41pm 11.03.23 The fin keel on this boat has a drain plug near where the keel is fastened to the boat. It is poss
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Tally Ho at 4:12pm 11.03.23 2595 Not THAT many hours, my old 2GM20F has over 2000 hours. I hope you can get it sorted out (a
MaxProp prop (1) Tally Ho at 4:09pm 11.03.23 Thanks for the replies. I went over the recommendations from PYI and FoF again, and PYI is recommen
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Alan Gomes at 3:51pm 11.03.23 Update: apparently there is also significant scoring on the nozzle pins of two of the three injecto
H50 master cabin headliner ceiling artboas at 3:50pm 11.03.23 I believe that @artboas has posted on this, but couldn't find it. I'm attaching a link to a YouTub

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