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Bottom paint dragonfly2 at 5:35am 05.24.15 Ask All Sailors 3/912 I am keeping my P21 in the water this year and had it bottom painted with ablative anti fouling pain
Location of dagger board wire / line? Braavos at 5:11am 05.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/585 Hi all. We are new 2002 26x owners who bought the boat last summer and are now fixing it up to be re
Raymarine ST60 Depth Instrument Errors ssbowen at 4:40am 05.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/903 I have recently purchased a Hunter 36 and have found that the ST60 depth unit only works when in dep
Are these the Access Hole Plugs? (2) Macboy at 9:04pm 05.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1521 We've got quite a few spares on board and in effort to help a fellow sailor we were going to offer u
Should Spreaders Clamp In Upper Shrouds Tightly? (5) DinoKanuck at 7:16pm 05.23.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 57/17166 Question on standing rigging. Should the end caps of the spreaders capture the upper shroud and h
Line diamensions Yellowjeepman at 4:15pm 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/794 Can anyone steer me to information on sail handling line replacement sizes and lengths ? I have had
Oh no Leatherneck at 4:02pm 05.23.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3636 My mast fell when I was trying to lower it. Now it's bent. Is there such a thing as mast repair?
Brown Water Leak Under Cockpit Rich6705 at 3:18pm 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/921 Hello all. I have a 1981 O'Day 25 that has been leaking brown water into the bilge since I bought i
Broadside docking protection Ted at 1:24pm 05.23.15 Ask All Sailors 9/3067 My new docking arrangement this season has me docking my boat broadside to a fixed dock. I don't par
4JH3E Transmission Compatibility DivinaVitae at 12:15pm 05.23.15 Engines and Propulsion 9/7233 I have a Yanmar 4JH3E (European) that needs a marine transmission. In my quest to find and procure t
Yanmar parts GThorne at 9:36am 05.23.15 Big Boats 5/1759 Any suggestions on parts suppliers for an old Yanmar 4JHE engine? I am looking for a lubricating oil
Videos of O'day 26 hard to reach areas mlindberg1 at 8:19am 05.23.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/657 Please do not get seasick watching these videos. Armed with my old ass and an Iphone I crawled aroun
alternator for H 54 worldfest at 7:46am 05.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1038 Howdy from Houston! Our 1982 H54 is still sailing, but the alternator went out. The Universal dealer
Plexiglass Windows Sailor_Jeff at 7:23am 05.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 10/1871 As anyone here actually used headlight polish to clear up an old plexiglas window on a hunter sailbo
dirty main piedpiperIII at 7:19pm 05.22.15 Catalina 22 7/1092 I have been looking around on this computer for ways to clean my dirty main sail. The jib looks very
Help with mast rigging (6) mlindberg1 at 7:18pm 05.22.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1443 I am new to sailing and have a few questions regarding rigging on Oday 26. Looking at the mast head
shaft size jotruk at 6:25pm 05.22.15 The Cherubini Hunters 1/804 I have a 1979 hunter 27 and need to know what the shaft size is. also need the size of the prop that
No water in exhaust! Txlawdog at 6:14pm 05.22.15 Catalina 30 10/3586 I have a 1985 Catalina 30, with a Universal M 25 which was just rebuilt. I installed the rebuilt eng
Furler opinions? JerryA at 5:47pm 05.22.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1082 Looking to add a jib furler to a 29 foot sailboat. Thinking CDI or Snapfurl. Any opinions on either?
New ports (2) TENACITY CS36T at 5:06pm 05.22.15 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2901 http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k440/pmcneilvw/TENACITY%20CS36T/image.jpg14_zpswzbvdyxl.jpg Repl

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1975 oday 22 JBP-PA at 7:16am 10.28.23 Under the companionway is a quite popular location. If you stay with lead acid you will need to buy
1975 oday 22 Anomymous 163294 at 6:57am 10.28.23 oh i totally agree. and yes i do know about wiring. this is the way i got the boat . and the wiring
Trailer bunk bed carpet replacement Siamese at 6:57am 10.28.23 Or check Sailrite for the bunk carpet that they sell. I haven't used it for bunks, but have made fe
Fuel lift pump feels hot question (1) jssailem at 6:54am 10.28.23 Your assumption is correct @Richard19068 These pumps have a cutoff pressure. As an example, here is
Spring Cleats for 315 Genoa Track (1) jssailem at 6:42am 10.28.23 I agree with your conclusion @stephen_i_w . That cleat is not a good addition to your boat. I would
Will 1hp motor push h260 on calm day?? jssailem at 6:16am 10.28.23 :beer: Great write up Fred.
Will 1hp motor push h260 on calm day?? pgandw at 5:53am 10.28.23 I switched from a 5hp Honda to an EPropulsion Spirit 1.0 (pretty accurately rated at 1000 watt/3hp e
Spring Cleats for 315 Genoa Track Deleted member 117556 at 5:53am 10.28.23 Many years ago, when I began promoting midship springline cleats on tracks for those of us who didn
Outhaul car on Selden Boom cymeyer at 5:42am 10.28.23 I had a 386 for many years and now 46. I have replaced other parts but not parts B2 and B3 on your
1975 oday 22 dlochner at 5:42am 10.28.23 Rewiring on an older boat is often a good idea. As for the location, low and center is a good place
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 5:30am 10.28.23 You'll be happier with the Trojans. A couple of comments about the wiring. The jumpers between the b
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? Ranzo at 4:55am 10.28.23 Thanks everyone! I've got my hands on that awesome Technical Manual and I'll post any interesting up
UNIVERSAL M20/ 5416 EQUIVALENT KUBOTA sailme88 at 4:55am 10.28.23 why not remove the pump and bring it to a Kubota dealer for a match up..
1975 oday 22 (2) Anomymous 163294 at 11:54pm 10.27.23 Just bought battery yesterday, all lights are working, Yay! but those will all be changed to led. al
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? (2) Kupe at 9:05pm 10.27.23 Hey gang- Just wanted to thank all of you for great guidance, insights, and suggestions. The dead
macerator doesn't have enough oumph Richard19068 at 8:41pm 10.27.23 Yes, that is when I put in the amarine macerator. I recently got the service kit for the Jabsco mac
Spring Cleats for 315 Genoa Track (1) stephen_i_w at 8:38pm 10.27.23 I have also been struggling with this issue, on my C-315, as well. Good mid-ships cleats would cert
macerator doesn't have enough oumph (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:31pm 10.27.23 If the voltage drops below 12v then that could be a problem. The The voltage is only one piece of
macerator doesn't have enough oumph dlochner at 7:19pm 10.27.23 @dlochner, what voltage should I expect when the macerator is running? It will obvously drop some b
macerator doesn't have enough oumph sabbatical88 at 6:35pm 10.27.23 Last May you had a similar problem and posted this as your solution... What is different now than t

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