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Tough landing... Doug/Karen at 5:38pm 05.10.15 Big Boats 14/2477 Recently, in the process of making a windy entrance into our slip, I managed to drag the starboard p
20 oday mast part? 10th street YC at 5:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/985 I am entering my 1st season owning a sail boat - my 20' oday main mast has a part missing (I am gu
What size for a smaller headsail? Indysailor at 4:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/569 Currently I just have one headsail for my ODay 23, a 135% genoa. It works quite well much of the tim
Universal Glow plug rewire issue Sefuller at 4:03pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 2/2407 I did the rewire of the trailer harness connectors on our boat two seasons ago, and installed an Ech
Dimensions of stove top for B361 bshock at 3:47pm 05.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/763 Hi All, does anyone have the dimensions of the stock two-burner stove top that comes with the B361?
Painting hint using interlux brightside Bfranchini at 2:24pm 05.10.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/4330 The weather is finally good enough to start painting the boats so I decided to practice on Puffin, o
Packing material size a65sailor at 12:38pm 05.10.15 Big Boats 4/875 I wondered if anyone knew what size packing I need for an 83 H34 packing gland. Thanks.
salon cushion covers Emanuela at 12:20pm 05.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/743 Does any body know the amount of material needed to cover the cushions on a 473 Beneteau oceanis sa
bulkhead replacement on an ODAY 25. sdstef at 11:18am 05.10.15 Day Sailers 4/1912 It looks like it is my turn now to replace my bulkheads. Water ingress has rotted some of the area
ST 4000 + display unit Retiring type at 10:08am 05.10.15 Parts Search 2/1174 Does anyone have a display unit for a Raymarine ST 4000+ autopilot system they could part with?
Boat lifts S. Shaner at 9:36am 05.10.15 Smaller Boats 5/1224 Hello. I'm moving the Hunter 22 to a new lake with a residential dock at the house we'll be using. A
Replacement traveller car, 3:1 purchase, 1981 ddeese4 at 9:30am 05.10.15 Catalina 30 3/984 Any suggestions for locating a replacement traveller car, 3:1 purchase, cleats on ends for 1981 Cat
Mainsail Slide Stop Soul_Asset at 9:17am 05.10.15 Sabre Sailboats 1/1916 I have a 1988 Sabre 30 MKIII sailboat. I need a new mainsail slide stop. Any suggestions on where I
racor fuel filter Charlie98117 at 9:08am 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1194 I was looking up replacement filter numbers and found the primary diesel filter installed on my boat
What type of line is this? (1) Ward H at 8:17am 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1596 Anyone know what type line the black flecked line is? The green fleck is Samson XLS Yacht Braid.
Motor controls in cockpit Windtherapy at 7:50am 05.10.15 Day Sailers 12/3800 Has anybody added motor controls to the cockpit on a 26' O'day or could be a 23'-30" as well. Just
v belt rubbing on hex bolt newboatowner at 6:07am 05.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/771 Welcome back to boat season with the run on aspirin. I have an annoying problem that has existe
Temp gauge resistance range? flipcorp at 5:04am 05.10.15 Bigger Boats 2/873 O'day 37, Yanmar 3QM30H I am having the devils own time getting my temp gauge to work. The PO fit
ODay 322 Packing Gland Wrench advice PatTormey at 4:34am 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/742 The Packing Gland on my 87 ODay 322 seems to have crown nuts and is badly gummed up by the dreaded g
looking for auto helm 4000 control unit steve marsh at 3:47am 05.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/1304 I have a 27 foot hunter 1979 that came with an auto helm 4000 and the control unit is missing intere

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Just a bit too much heel and helm Scott T-Bird at 11:17am 10.18.23 I echo what John just said above, but have a few additional comments in line with that. Being singl
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Stu Jackson at 10:49am 10.18.23 (no mid-ship cleats) Apex, I hear this all the time. We didn't have them either. So I bought tra
Diesel shut off pull Stu Jackson at 10:32am 10.18.23 Stu, If I'm single handing at sea and I see or smell 'burning', I want the engine shut down now wit
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Stu Jackson at 10:27am 10.18.23 I've posted this many times before: from 2010 and a letter to the editor of Latitude 38 in 2008!!!:
main flow issue DinghySailor at 10:21am 10.18.23 Returning to this a couple years late. The issue was mostly due to the sheeting angle on the jib. M
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Scott T-Bird at 10:10am 10.18.23 Absolutely incorrect. I've owned a Catalina 22, a 25 and for 25 years our C34. When we got the C3
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Terry Cox at 10:10am 10.18.23 Jumping to the dock to stop a boat is so dangerous there should be a sign in every marina. Ditto n
Diesel shut off pull ggrizzard at 9:42am 10.18.23 Stu, If I'm single handing at sea and I see or smell 'burning', I want the engine shut down now with
Put-In-Bay? Apex at 9:24am 10.18.23 put in bay is nice, we enjoy Kelley's island more. It is a bit more subdued. Both locations have m
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Apex at 9:21am 10.18.23 mot much more to add, other than agree with other responses. My friend in question has the necessar
Hunter Passage 420 Salon Table Ralph Johnstone at 8:50am 10.18.23 :worthless:
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar rgranger at 8:47am 10.18.23 We have a Raymarine radar dome which is connected via wifi. Works great. Had once a connection
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger rgranger at 8:45am 10.18.23 What to do? New wife was out of the question. :oops::laugh: So it looks like you could have a sec
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger jssailem at 8:22am 10.18.23 friends I know moved up and promptly reduced usage Such a fact makes perfect sense, even though it
Raymarine wifi or bluetooth radar Mike H. at 8:13am 10.18.23 We have a Raymarine radar dome which is connected via wifi. Works great. Had once a connection
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction (3) odaydokay at 8:03am 10.18.23 Finally got this off the boat. It shows a 3/95 date scratched into the plastic housing. Anyone hav
Diesel shut off pull Don S/V ILLusion at 7:43am 10.18.23 In theory, perhaps, in practice not so simple. At least on the 3JH2E the pull is about 3 inches.
Diesel shut off pull dlochner at 7:18am 10.18.23
Kevlar skid plates? (1) piratesnail at 7:07am 10.18.23 The boat is currently in storage about 1 hr away. I was planning on heading up there in a few week
1984 c25 sits bow down Capn Bill at 7:06am 10.18.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow d

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