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O'day sprite rigging 2manybiscuits at 7:18pm 08.11.14 Day Sailers 2/4068 I recently acquired a O'day sprite for my 6 and 8 year old children to learn how to sail on with me.
Ben 40 engine room blower power trishark at 7:01pm 08.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/5026 The engine room blower located port aft rear of my boat does not run when the engine is on. Ran tem
NEW to me O'Day 22 gRussell at 5:56pm 08.11.14 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1281 Hello shipmates... just wanted to introduce myself before bombarding the forum with questions... M
prop 2 or 3 blade, for speed? pilots lady at 5:53pm 08.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1971 We have a Beneteau 311 and it has a 2 blade prop. We get about 5 knots out of it while motoring. W
Bat mystery on Lake Michigan Audrius at 5:42pm 08.11.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1491 Last Sunday, me and my buddy, were crossing Lake Michigan back to Waukegan, IL from St. Joseph , MI
Back from Barkley Sound YVRguy at 4:53pm 08.11.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1028 Well I'm home today, having completed my trip with a friend from Vancouver to Barkley Sound and back
Upgrading Engine Instrument Panel (1) vincejg327 at 4:04pm 08.11.14 Mid-Size Boats 10/6843 I want to replace the old engine instrument panel on my Catalina 27 (#5321) with the Engine Instrume
Hunter 15 centerboard pivot scbody at 3:33pm 08.11.14 Smaller Boats 3/764 Hi The centerboard on my H15 came loose sometime in the last few days. After some investigation
192 parts Jerry Shenkman at 3:12pm 08.11.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1207 Without going into detail about my own stupidity, I find myself in need of a fore-stay and the part
Iphone navigation bwons at 3:02pm 08.11.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1655 Is anyone using iSailor as a main navigation source while piloting? If so what are the pros and cons
2gm20f RPM timangiel at 2:06pm 08.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3715 What would be considered the maximum rpm you should operate this engine and is there an optimum rpm?
Fridge Spring blakemjr at 2:06pm 08.11.14 C&C 0/978 I have a C'C 110 1999 and the spring on the top loader needs to be replaced, does anyone know where
Bristol26 Manuals Xolo100 at 1:49pm 08.11.14 Bristol 1/3197 Does anyone know where I can get manuals for my Bristol26? I have hull 51 and am restoring her.
Hunter 23 transom strength Bill Leathen at 1:41pm 08.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/885 I have a Hunter 23 currently with a 6 HP mercury. I would like to change this motor to a 9.9 HP mot
Battery Charger on an H34 wired to starboard oulets markwbird at 12:01pm 08.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1435 I have a 1984 Hunter 34. I recently discovered that the battery charger is wired into the starboard
Bow Eye Loose (1) KrustyKrab at 11:50am 08.11.14 Smaller Boats 14/6430 Another Crazy Dave question, sorry. But since you are intimately familiar with the 23.5, do you know
My next boat? bigpapaporsche at 11:31am 08.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/989 I am interested in a Beneteau 235. I've tried to get on the benteau 235 Forum, but it doesn't look l
Centerboard marabou7 at 11:25am 08.11.14 Smaller Boats 3/944 I need help on how to replace my centerboard line. Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Thank
Crazed hatches, ports davidf995 at 11:21am 08.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1411 Hello- All my hatches have crazed cracks. I've been told that this does not affect structural inte
List to Port? davidf995 at 11:19am 08.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1081 Hello alla you 393 owners. Is it my imagination or do these boats have a slight list to port? Than

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How to determine Genoa size? dlochner at 2:58pm 09.10.23 Advertise the sail by its dimensions, condition, sailmaker and the size sail it was for your boat.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION kappykaplan at 2:52pm 09.10.23 What does WOT mean? (pardon my ignorance) wide open throttle
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 2:46pm 09.10.23 Did you ever check your oil level when you see this sludge problem ? Oil level is good. At 1500 -
How to determine Genoa size? Tally Ho at 2:30pm 09.10.23
Push Button Starter Testing Maine Sail at 2:15pm 09.10.23 This may help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/add-starting-relay.194701/#post-1505182
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 2:11pm 09.10.23 So I can sand the black and blue off down to all white everywhere, and then prep for new barrier co
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. monocerosin at 2:09pm 09.10.23 Gelcoat is usually white. If you sand through the gelcoat you will see the polyester resin and glas
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 1:54pm 09.10.23 Thanks. Maretron has a great reputation. I'm personally not a big fan of screw terminals, but the
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. dlochner at 1:21pm 09.10.23 The boat is not made of epoxy, it is likely polyester resin and glass. If there is epoxy on the bott
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 1:15pm 09.10.23
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) monocerosin at 1:01pm 09.10.23 How do I know if it's epoxy or gelcoat? Is there a test I can do to the surface? I figure doing this
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 09.10.23 The black came off I presume the black was only the black bottom paint as Citristrip isn't going
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 11:47am 09.10.23 My Universal 5614 will not go any higher than 2000 rpm's and when its up there I see black sludge l
Push Button Starter Testing Ralph Johnstone at 11:32am 09.10.23 I have decided to replace the wire to the starter. Just to be clear, you want that wire to go to
Water Tank Capacity on 2007 44DS ggrizzard at 11:03am 09.10.23 Good work. Thanks for sharing.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Damned autocorrect. Over propped.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION nramsey at 10:59am 09.10.23 Sounds like it's overloaded. Could you be overcrowded?
Hunter 320 Steering Issue Kevy at 10:35am 09.10.23 Thanks all. Indeed it was a maintenance point that I was ignorant of so happy to take the blame. I
Push Button Starter Testing Nichole340 at 10:15am 09.10.23 Is this a Yanmar? There's a known issue with the starter that has these symptoms. The problem is th
Push Button Starter Testing (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:04am 09.10.23 The switches are less than $10, also available at most auto parts stores here near the harbor. @C

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