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First Sail: O'Day 25 Ron20386 at 2:33pm 08.09.13 Day Sailers 13/2479 My wife and I helped out some friends who just bought a (1984?) O'Day 25 centerboard model by taking
Interdeck paint on Topsides? Caribbean trade-offs! Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 1:31pm 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1673 My haulout date for a bottom job fast approaches and I see an opportunity to have my topsides painte
Boat Refrigeration Richard Kollmann at 12:52pm 08.09.13 Big Boats 2/2072 Tech Tip 3 Are new boat refrigerators better than the older ones? Product improvements in sma
topping lift splax at 11:19am 08.09.13 Big Boats 33/7470 Will someone please tell me the proper routing of the topping lift. I believe mine is caught inside
Deisel Shutdown Woes wstockho at 10:45am 08.09.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1697 I have a 2005 Hunter 33 with a Yanmar 2GM20F auxiliary. The engine is equipped with a remote shutdo
New Catalina 22 Owner (1) fjordstar at 10:12am 08.09.13 Catalina 22 25/3520 Ahoy! Newbie to the group. Bought my C22 last week and have spent a lot of time cleaning her insid
Cheap Alcohol FourPoints at 9:44am 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 23/4122 ok, you probably thought I was meaning the kind you drink... but no, I'm looking for cheap sources f
Door and Cabin Hardware replacement PDReynolds at 9:39am 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/5392 Hi Folks, We are quite happy for the most part with our 2006 Beneteau 423. The interior is very wel
Catalina 36 Main Halyard Recommendation? jviss at 9:34am 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 23/8472 Time to replace the main halyard. I've had StaSet-X, 7/16" (I think) these past 13 years. Not craz
Looking to buy harleyjl at 8:58am 08.09.13 Smaller Boats 1/812 I am a novice "sailor" and would like to buy a used Catalina-22 or, failing that, a Catalina -18 so
Mainsail leech flutter rfriesen at 8:45am 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/4086 We have a 2007 B40 with a battened in mast furling (Neil Pryde) mainsail. In winds over 15 knots it
Auctioning a large boat jander31 at 8:12am 08.09.13 Big Boats 2/1076 Has anyone had any succes auctioning off their boat? I'm talking about boats 35-40 feet in the $60-
Damaged Spar, Oday 222 (2) noolacam at 7:55am 08.09.13 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1976 Hi, I just picked up an Oday 222 that has been sitting for several years. When I got it home I found
"Pop-Top" Cabin Enclosure for the Hunter 23? (1) Paladin27 at 7:28am 08.09.13 Smaller Boats 10/7664 http://shop.hunterowners.com/images/product/141.jpg This pop-top cabin enclosure on the sailboatowne
racing in Galveston bay (2) sandsailor at 10:41pm 08.08.13 Racing 3/6321 Anybody on here with me out there ere next season 67350.vB
Bowsprit Wayward at 9:57pm 08.08.13 Catalina 30 1/1042 I have a 1983 Catalina 30 tall rig with a narrow bowsprit, I want to either put a couple of rollers
rotten egg water heater Jacques C at 7:32pm 08.08.13 Big Boats 4/1297 We finally got the boat back in commission and turned on the hot water heater. It smelled terrible
chainplate failure peter22 at 7:08pm 08.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1628 Neighbour's phonecall notified us that a passing cruiser (too close and too fast) rocked our recentl
prop size and pitch pamacm at 7:04pm 08.08.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1013 i have a 25 oday with a 2 stroke 15 hp johnson outboard. it hardly moves the boat in reverse, what
Rudder Issue burkedavid699-boat at 6:59pm 08.08.13 Sirius 21/22 3/4005 I am guessing that the rudder that came with the boat is original. It is a swing rudder and if the b

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Circuit panel wiring question. Wm. Gill at 9:51am 05.24.23 I love this topic, because I love electrical things and equipment. I completely replace the panel
Plans for hurricane season 2023? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:48am 05.24.23 So nobody is moving their boat out of the area of hurricane risk ? So nobody is hauling their sailb
Sidewall fabric upgrade nramsey at 9:44am 05.24.23 Nicely done! It's tough to get the curves right. What is the bead covering the joint?
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 9:38am 05.24.23 So nobody is moving their boat out of the area of hurricane risk ? So nobody is hauling their sailbo
Sleeping on 22 new design Any Sea at 9:32am 05.24.23 Please post your thoughts after you've used your v berth set-up. I'm interested to know how you li
I was so close ... Timm R Oday25 at 9:21am 05.24.23 I was so close part two.. I very carefully tied a messenger line to the coax cable at the base of th
Installing additional bunks on a trailer (1) sbrogden at 9:08am 05.24.23 Here's the boat on the trailer.
Sidewall fabric upgrade (3) LaDonaMina at 8:14am 05.24.23 On my Hunter the sidewall fabric was a dingy gray carpet that over the years got wet, held mold and
Santana 21 design info needed rgranger at 8:13am 05.24.23 Second @rgranger Rob, advise where Santana was built for me please. Dave Newport Beach CA http
Possible SmartPlug problem jviss at 8:02am 05.24.23 Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I am awaiting the delivery of the male (boat side) plug an
Possible SmartPlug problem Sailm8 at 7:57am 05.24.23 Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I am awaiting the delivery of the male (boat side) plug and
Seacock Mystery Ralph Johnstone at 7:48am 05.24.23 Ok the good news is the former owner got back to me and reports both holes are sealed from the outs
Santana 21 design info needed Crazy Dave Condon at 7:45am 05.24.23 Second @rgranger contacting Dwyer but is under new ownership. The mast head gave it away for me.
Sleeping on 22 new design morbidfollower at 7:45am 05.24.23 ya I haven't been a fan of the v berth as of yet. The froli system I got (v-berth large) seems modul
Seacock Mystery (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:40am 05.24.23 216024 Something is blocking the internals of the valve which is why nothing is coming through. I'
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch (1) eherlihy at 7:34am 05.24.23 The through hulls for the bilge pump, cockpit drains (scuppers), propane locker, head sink drain, an
Installing additional bunks on a trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 7:31am 05.24.23 Can you post a picture of the trailer?
I was so close ... Crazy Dave Condon at 7:29am 05.24.23 As a dealer, I would say OOPS as I did tha too. One reason why I am Crazy dave
Seacock Mystery silasl at 7:29am 05.24.23 Ok the good news is the former owner got back to me and reports both holes are sealed from the outsi
Stuffing box- dumb question? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 7:19am 05.24.23 Unfortunately, given the lack of response from the OP, it appears that their boat has sunk from a ru

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