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How many stands for my 25 oday? thanratty at 6:40pm 10.18.13 Day Sailers 3/1152 Getting ready to pull my 25 Oday out for the winter and want to know do I need 4 or 6 stands. It ha
When to replace standing rigging Found at Sea at 4:49pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1525 My 1985 Hunter 34 has a slight rust staining around the terminals of the standing rigging. Other th
Fall sailing Tim R. at 4:42pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 21/2939 Sitting at Jewell Island waiting for the eclipse. Great wind all the way here. We just had beers a
What is this part? (1) Knot Flying at 3:56pm 10.18.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/899 When I recently bought a 1994 H26, I found this part in the lower step with the water ballast valve.
Cruising sail replacement Lsloomie at 3:10pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1760 Just blew put my old roller furling jib/genoa on my o'day 37, and am looking for a good but econo
Signet SL80 BoonMcGee at 2:56pm 10.18.13 Parts Search 0/1668 I need a head unit (cockpit LCD unit to read knots and depth) for a Signet SL 80. Mine can't be repa
TORQEEDO electric motor seadaddler at 2:29pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 15/5203 I would like to here the bad or good of anyone who has purchased one of these electric outboards for
Help Identify what this valve (1) n4hhm at 1:35pm 10.18.13 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1304 Anyone know what this valve might be for. It is located just above to the left of the stuffing box a
what free weather service(s) do you use rufus1138 at 12:54pm 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 13/1811 well, the title has it all, i use noaa with a huge grain of salt, accuweather also with a slightly s
Hunter H34' breaker panel replacement lights (9) Blackacre at 12:14pm 10.18.13 Big Boats 6/2180 I seen several post where people were looking for replacement lights for their power distribution pa
Outboard two cycle mixture. korchinskyp at 9:38am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/4435 After mixing up two gallons of gasoline and oil using the 50:1 mixture recommended by Johnson, I had
kittiwake owners trainmanjess at 7:21am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 4/2716 hello all I am looking for other kittiwake owners on here... I am a new owner of a kittiwake sailb
Looking for reviews on O'Day 28s... Steps at 7:18am 10.18.13 Bigger Boats 7/2054 I have been looking all over the web for some formal 3rd party reviews of the 28 O'Day, and so far j
saying goodbye trainmanjess at 6:57am 10.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1053 hello all I am sad to say I am leaving the MacGregor part of the sailboat owners forum... I will s
rear cutlass bearing with fitting dccooper at 6:53am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1090 I am a novice, building a George Bueghler design on a budget. I am ready to align the 1 1/4" prop s
Deer Island Anchorage at Biloxi? JonnyQuest at 6:41am 10.18.13 Ask All Sailors 20/3712 Hey local MS sailors. Looking closer along the shoreline, to sort of gunk hole. Not a lot of option
Engine oil weight Ken13559 at 5:26am 10.18.13 Engines and Propulsion 19/4374 Previously i use Delvac 15W40 oil with STP silicon oil treatment on my 2gm20f. WOT was 3400. Later i
Hunter 240 outboard bracket Justin at 10:31pm 10.17.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/683 Just wondering if anyone has changed, replaced or altered there outboard bracket on a hunter 240? My
Universal M18 raw water pump issue drh1965 at 6:26pm 10.17.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/3632 So the original Oberdorfer pump start leaking out the weep holes. It is a 202M15. I replaced it w
Xantrex remote control panel- feedback please? eianm at 5:32pm 10.17.13 Big Boats 5/1963 I have a Freedom 20 inverter charger on my 1991 H42 ( I think it was replaced in 2007 after a lighte

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Shrouds Crazy Dave Condon at 2:44pm 08.23.22 Gauges. Ok I got roasted. Ha.
Seawater pump for A/C 4Winds at 2:32pm 08.23.22 Update ... so i backwashed the seawater intake from outside, installed a 8.5 GPM saltwater pump and
Is this Y-33 worth restoring? shemandr at 2:28pm 08.23.22 What you mean "Restore"? If you want a bristol yacht you'll spend stupid money and time. Check out
New to MacGregor Catmando at 2:25pm 08.23.22 Thanks! I usually avoid the DMV like a Covid, but the Triple AAA folk can be difficult, too. The B
2004 Hunter 36 Interior Locker Deck rgranger at 2:00pm 08.23.22 I will need a new piece of decking in that locker to properly mount. Decking? A pic would help.
New to MacGregor rgranger at 1:58pm 08.23.22 Boat HIN did not start until 1972. So you may not have one. The DMV should allow you to attach a
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kloudie1 at 1:48pm 08.23.22 Thanks for the update, John.. Lotsa water was in there.. I am interested what yall find as to source
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Davidasailor26 at 1:39pm 08.23.22 I agree, the part about being able to raise the head of the sail another 2' is what stood out to me
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't shemandr at 1:26pm 08.23.22 ...Did not dump the engine block into the water... I'm not sure that would have been the worst outc
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Scott T-Bird at 1:02pm 08.23.22 Are you not thinking it might be a good time to go electric now? ;)
Navigation light not working - probably shorted out - H240 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:33pm 08.23.22 If you use any spray cooking oil like Pam that wood too
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing dlochner at 12:32pm 08.23.22 Yeah, that seems like the most practical and solid idea yet. Thanks. If anyone has other ideas feel
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 12:26pm 08.23.22
Grunert Passagemaker AC450 Refrigerator High AC Current Draw Passage Maker at 12:24pm 08.23.22 Hello All, Hope someone has experienced this problem and may have some helpful debug guidance. P
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 Scott T-Bird at 12:12pm 08.23.22 My suggestion was to adjust the mast bracket for the gooseneck to the correct place and then tighte
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 stevenhagberg at 11:58am 08.23.22 "I'm confused, I don't understand why it has a bow sprit if it's a standard rig??" The bowsprit w
Which outboard for rollup dinghy + where to store it on single-rail stern railing SailorElliot at 11:35am 08.23.22 Yeah, that seems like the most practical and solid idea yet. Thanks. If anyone has other ideas feel
Furling jib captcoho at 10:39am 08.23.22 Sail kote and someone not just "feeding" the luff tape but helping it as well. Should fairly easy th
Help me... I don't have time to search, and I have some questions !!!! Leeward Rail at 10:33am 08.23.22 "Hey, I want answers but it's not like I'm willing to do any work on this." It might be my age spe
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 captcoho at 10:27am 08.23.22 " prior owner was a serious sailor and rigged the boat to go as fast as possible. It is a standard r

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