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Cockpit locker water in O'Day 22 Pianobob at 8:00pm 10.13.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1069 Hi, I'm a new and novice sailboat owner. I just bought a 1978 O'Day 22. The boat seems to be in g
Peason Hawk 16 rebuild (2) abramoff at 7:47pm 10.13.13 Pearson 15/3838 Pearson Hawk 16 rebuild I have recently been rebuilding a Pearson Hawk 16, serial # 201. I plan on
Water system Dave Fran at 7:43pm 10.13.13 Lancer 2/1475 Can someone tell us where the water heater is located on a Lancer 36? Only thing we see is a small
Deck paint Lost Parent at 5:55pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1500 Anybody ever use Krylon or automotive spray paint in a can for deck paint
Broke my mast foot jblersch at 5:37pm 10.13.13 Smaller Boats 4/1141 While lowering my mast yesterday for winter storage, the mast foot of my 240 snapped where the pin i
Sail Trim Topics Don Guillette at 4:07pm 10.13.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/5454 I've trawled through the many sites for the past few days but can't find any subject of interest for
Bronze paint for boot stripe IH82BL8 at 3:56pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3517 I'm looking for a paint for my boot stripe that neither WM nor Jamestown seem to have. I want a boo
Bilge odor Hunter 31, 1984 steve1366 at 3:35pm 10.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/3464 Does anyone have any pics of the holes people drilled into the bilge area to drain water from the li
Boat Meals Roger Long at 3:01pm 10.13.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/4450 Four Points asked for the recipe to this un-named dish I served him on the leg from Milford to Croto
Is some hull flexing normal? We2Sail12113 at 3:00pm 10.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/1033 I'd like to know if some sections of the H27 hull is normal to flex easily? When I say flex, I me
Water in Bilge that won't drain WallyLake at 2:23pm 10.13.13 Day Sailers 1/1813 I recently purchased an O'Day DaysailerII. Upon removing the bilge inspection overs I noticed a fa
Ferrites With A Raymarine ST60+ Depth Finder Joe Mullee at 2:21pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1653 First; please excuse my ignorance. I installed my Raymarine DF. I used an Airmar hockey puck style t
Sail material Lost Parent at 2:14pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1429 Is there a way to determine what material my sail is made of
Annapolis meet-up photos (6) Phil Herring at 1:31pm 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3079 Thanks again to everyone who braved the wild weather in Annapolis this week to hang out for a while
Surveyor found a "soft spot" in hull. patrick33308 at 11:57am 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 4/3611 Had my old 1993 Hunter 33.5 surveyed last week, I bought it back, and during the survey he banged on
Fuel lift pump - Yanmar 2GMF jmce1587 at 11:47am 10.13.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1912 I have a leak around my fuel lift pump on my H31 Yanmar 2GMF. Is this item repairable or will have t
Winter Cover Frame (1) 2 OLD PIRATES at 11:27am 10.13.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4365 Another Puzzler!!! I have a winter cover made by Genco for my 310. Unfortunately there was no frame
Winter Cover 2 OLD PIRATES at 11:21am 10.13.13 Catalina 310 6/1729 Another Puzzler I have a winter cover made by Genco for my 310. Unfortunately there was no frame w
Shaft Replacement roypaul2 at 11:16am 10.13.13 Big Boats 1/1213 I've got to replace the prop shaft in my 2002 Cat 36. The motor is the Universal 35 h.p. Anybody kn
right water heater for oday 28 shozbot at 11:14am 10.13.13 Ask An Oday Owner 0/701 Want to replace original 6g Raritan heater? Want to capitalize on on going defender sale but want to

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Advice for a Solo Sailor? smokey73 at 5:57am 05.14.23 Yes ... but I would say it is better to base you plans expectations on a worst case. For example, i
Correct Product for Rub Rail Sealant? SV Bella at 5:48am 05.14.23 Good pics. Appreciate it.
Correct Product for Rub Rail Sealant? (4) sailcapt340 at 5:44am 05.14.23 On my 340, there is nowhere near as much caulking at the rub rail and anchor roller housing. In fac
Spinnaker patbratton at 5:35am 05.14.23 Zoltan's girlfriend? She is gorgeous! I am sure that he is dead now.
Advice for a Solo Sailor? JBP-PA at 5:31am 05.14.23 Of course, many singlehanders go alone, in part, because they don't want to syncronize their plans
Spinnaker justsomeguy at 5:24am 05.14.23 Photos will follow. Zoltan's girlfriend?
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 5:15am 05.14.23 The only one I could find with a quick search that does small lots and chain, etc., is in Seattle.
Need help translating Hull Identification Number on Coronado 15 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:14am 05.14.23 Who knows. Catalina use to do that too. At least you found the number
Advice for a Solo Sailor? sailme88 at 5:13am 05.14.23 I start hoisting on the winch fast speed low torque. As the main nears the mast head the drill is r
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 5:13am 05.14.23 Defender's "free shipping" isn't always free. Larger heavier items, like chain, will ship motor fre
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dlochner at 5:05am 05.14.23 New 5/16" G4 is around $4.27 per pound at Defender with free shipping. 5/16" G4 is 1.1 lb. per foot
Stanchion bases Seahawk345 at 4:39am 05.14.23 Thank you very much Dave. I've tried contacting Hunter-Marlow directly several times but so far no r
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 4:30am 05.14.23 Not in a long time, but there was a thread on here not overly long ago and someone had pointed to c
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? dLj at 4:20am 05.14.23 Has anyone had chain regalvanized? What did it cost? Thanks. Not in a long time, but there was a
Hunter 28.5 Trailer Specs Crazy Dave Condon at 4:19am 05.14.23 What hull detail is needed
Anchor chain corrosion - cause for concern? jviss at 4:15am 05.14.23 I have a vague recollection of looking into re-galvanizing my anchor chain and concluding it would b
Yanmar 2YM15 Tachyometer Failed Davidasailor26 at 2:19am 05.14.23
Yanmar 2YM15 Tachyometer Failed Ralph Johnstone at 10:08pm 05.13.23 I have a Yanmar 2YM15 and the tachyometer failed just after the warranty expired. What is the mak
How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:21pm 05.13.23 I'm amazed by how much I didn't know about WhatsApp! Thanks for the education! I did know that it's
KM4A transmission on yanmar 80hp Ralph Johnstone at 9:06pm 05.13.23 I need to figure out and attach it to the heat exchange from the new engine. That's a tough call.

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