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Recently, in the process of making a windy entrance into our slip, I managed to drag the starboard p
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I am entering my 1st season owning a sail boat - my 20' oday main mast has a part missing (I am gu
Indysailor at 4:33pm 05.10.15
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Currently I just have one headsail for my ODay 23, a 135% genoa. It works quite well much of the tim
Sefuller at 4:03pm 05.10.15
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I did the rewire of the trailer harness connectors on our boat two seasons ago, and installed an Ech
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Hi All, does anyone have the dimensions of the stock two-burner stove top that comes with the B361?
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The weather is finally good enough to start painting the boats so I decided to practice on Puffin, o
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I wondered if anyone knew what size packing I need for an 83 H34 packing gland. Thanks.
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Does any body know the amount of material needed to cover the cushions on a 473 Beneteau oceanis sa
sdstef at 11:18am 05.10.15
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It looks like it is my turn now to replace my bulkheads. Water ingress has rotted some of the area
Retiring type at 10:08am 05.10.15
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Does anyone have a display unit for a Raymarine ST 4000+ autopilot system they could part with?
S. Shaner at 9:36am 05.10.15
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Hello. I'm moving the Hunter 22 to a new lake with a residential dock at the house we'll be using. A
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Any suggestions for locating a replacement traveller car, 3:1 purchase, cleats on ends for 1981 Cat
Soul_Asset at 9:17am 05.10.15
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I have a 1988 Sabre 30 MKIII sailboat. I need a new mainsail slide stop. Any suggestions on where I
Charlie98117 at 9:08am 05.10.15
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I was looking up replacement filter numbers and found the primary diesel filter installed on my boat
Ward H at 8:17am 05.10.15
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Anyone know what type line the black flecked line is? The green fleck is Samson XLS Yacht Braid.
Windtherapy at 7:50am 05.10.15
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Has anybody added motor controls to the cockpit on a 26' O'day or could be a 23'-30" as well. Just
newboatowner at 6:07am 05.10.15
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Welcome back to boat season with the run on aspirin. I have an annoying problem that has existe
flipcorp at 5:04am 05.10.15
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O'day 37, Yanmar 3QM30H I am having the devils own time getting my temp gauge to work. The PO fit
PatTormey at 4:34am 05.10.15
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The Packing Gland on my 87 ODay 322 seems to have crown nuts and is badly gummed up by the dreaded g
steve marsh at 3:47am 05.10.15
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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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