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O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/8401 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1639 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber
Sailing Rituals SailAwayGirl at 11:11am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 51/6259 Hi all, I recently saw a post on Facebook of interesting rituals that folks have while out cruisi
Coolant leak (4) Nom De Guerre at 9:32am 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/3891 Please review these pictures and let me know your thoughts. This is what I found after checking in o
New interior cushions geek_guy at 9:09am 01.20.14 Big Boats 9/2913 I searched several months ago on replacing or reupholstering my Hunter 37 interior cushions. I saw
Weather helm Don Guillette at 8:56am 01.20.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/10361 Yesterday I was speaking to a newbie sailor about weather helm. It would be very simple to demonstra
Deep keel bilge pumps - Maine Sail was right Skipper at 8:08am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/5554 Mainsail was right (as usual) There is a deep sump in my keel behind the ballast. Water from the s
Is a "First Year Surcharge" common? Minnesota_Slick at 8:07am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 19/3183 Hi folks, A couple of days ago, my wife and I received our first invoice from the Marina where we
Nitrogen Fill in a dinghy sailcapt340 at 7:57am 01.20.14 Big Boats 39/10445 Has anyone used Nitrogen to fill their dinghy, like you would use in your cars tires? In an effort
Oday Rally (rOnDAYvous) July 2004 (4) mikenovit at 7:43am 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 34/5428 Oday Rally (rOnDAYvous) July 2014 We did an on-site evaluation yesterday in New London. We are he
through hull trainmanjess at 5:35am 01.20.14 Kittiewake 6/4439 hello all I have 4 through hulls in my boat that cannot use... they are a bronze ball cock through
Nexgen 5.5 in a Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 5:27am 01.20.14 Big Boats 9/1711 Has anyone installed a NEXGEN 5.5KW generator in an Hunter 40.5? I got a very good deal on a Nexge
Polyester resin upside down Picflight at 11:39pm 01.19.14 Ask All Sailors 9/3298 I have Evercoat finishing resin 100518, I am applying on the outside, bottom of hull. The instructio
C-22's Finish in the Top at PHX Regatta CaptDon01 at 11:06pm 01.19.14 Catalina 22 5/1159 Well.....the results are in, and a couple C-22's took top honor's at the PHX "Birthday Regatta/Leuke
Tiller training Brian D at 8:55pm 01.19.14 Ask All Sailors 11/3189 Do you know anyone who is learning how to use a tiller? If so, here is an exercise that will help en
Plumbing the depths for.. puddlejockey at 8:23pm 01.19.14 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1314 Plumbing advice specific to the early 80's bini.. Can someone tell me how the plumbing is setup o
'87 272LE- Loose foot or attached main? Mickstr6 at 7:08pm 01.19.14 Bigger Boats 8/3059 I looked in the archives and didn't see anything to help me...I need to replace my very tired main a
Rudder Bearing Replacement, Hunter 35.5 Steverhnm at 6:34pm 01.19.14 Big Boats 18/7135 So it looks like rudder bearing replacement is in the future for me. Has anyone done this on a 35.5
Hunter 216 Centre Board michael gill at 4:56pm 01.19.14 Smaller Boats 3/1106 My 216 is showing too much sideways movement and I assume the bushes or some other element of the CB
oil indicator light Jwhy at 4:52pm 01.19.14 Catalina 30 2/930 Should the oil pressure light come on when the ignition key is turned to on?

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Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May BigEasy at 3:26pm 07.12.23 Gee, I thought my next sentence would have let you figure it out. It was: Speed Time Distance
Potential new Hunter owner isaksp00 at 3:18pm 07.12.23 The price is $3500? That'd be a hard pass from me. I don't think I'd take it for free, given the cos
Potential new Hunter owner (4) 60bubba at 2:56pm 07.12.23
Potential new Hunter owner 60bubba at 2:47pm 07.12.23
In boom reefing design Sailfanatic at 2:46pm 07.12.23 Thanks for the replies and info. I would like to have a set up like Rich shared but my actual arran
Prop size for my 28.5 JamesG161 at 2:45pm 07.12.23 Call the SBO shops and they know the proper size propeller Hunter 28.5 Parts Jim...
Your experience with propane outboards? MikeHoncho at 2:39pm 07.12.23 Disconnect the hose from the motor. There should be a valve that looks like a tire stem valve in it
Your experience with propane outboards? MikeHoncho at 2:38pm 07.12.23 I have two 11 lb tanks in the fuel compartment under the tiller. I have a hose I move between them
Winch handle safe use JamesG161 at 2:33pm 07.12.23 I grab the free end of the Jib sheet, and PULL, while the Admiral Cranks the winch with the handle.
Winch handle safe use Dalliance at 2:32pm 07.12.23 I've never had a spring break but that is certainly possible. Mine get kinda gunked up after a whi
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May artleyt115 at 2:20pm 07.12.23 Hi everyone! oh my word the responses so I have looked into launching wayyy down the bay like lewes
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (3) JamesG161 at 2:15pm 07.12.23 I am replacing all of the Seacocks and discovered this. 217787 What happened? The old genset, n
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May rgranger at 2:03pm 07.12.23
Potential new Hunter owner rgranger at 1:54pm 07.12.23
Winch handle safe use Roland5048 at 1:13pm 07.12.23
Your experience with propane outboards? patbratton at 1:12pm 07.12.23
S2 9.2 head door sticking - compression post issue? jayk_s2 at 1:08pm 07.12.23 I have an 82 S2 9.2C. I thought I had a compression post issue and when I had the mast pulled and r
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May Stu Jackson at 12:21pm 07.12.23 1) What does STD stand for in this context? Gee, I thought my next sentence would have let you fi
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May TheBigDeal at 12:10pm 07.12.23 Hey All, I am Artley's co-captain, also planning this trip. Some things I want to add, as well as re
Advice - Sailing from Phillidelpha to Cape May Ward H at 12:06pm 07.12.23 Be sure to plan on carrying extra fuel. Unless you followed through with connecting your OB to the o

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