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Catalina 27 Outboard - 6 or 8 HP? ScottGrosenick at 10:34pm 01.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 16/15096 I have a 1975 C27 whose outboard bit the dust. I'm trying to decide between the Tohatsu 6HP SailPro
battery placement Boatsail1 at 7:24pm 01.29.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1243 Wanting to move one bank of batteries into cabin area. Any one done this in their Oday? Especially
Water in my bilge -- should it be? Stan Breaux at 7:07pm 01.29.13 Big Boats 1/1308 I have a 1996 Catalina 36 MKII. I always have about 1.5 inches of water standing in my bilge (wh
G26 Restoration Starting - looking for advice clmartin0721 at 7:01pm 01.29.13 Grampian 4/13152 Hello everyone, I am a new G26 owner (hull 422), and I am starting the renovation work on this boa
4TH Annual San Diego Big Bay Weekend (4) CaptDon01 at 6:37pm 01.29.13 Catalina 22 0/714 OK, we're going to try this again this year. I know there are a bunch of C-22's out there in the Sou
Volume control ttac at 6:27pm 01.29.13 Big Boats 10/1535 Hello all, I have been looking for the volume control that is in our 1991 42 passage. I need to repl
harken furler system (3) trainmanjess at 5:23pm 01.29.13 Ask All Sailors 9/5227 hello all i recently purchased my 1st sailboat. proud owner here... i am refitting it now, it was
Adding new deck hardware Hunter 33.5 Goldenage at 3:58pm 01.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1670 Hi Guys, Thinking of rerouting the main sheet on my 1989 Hunter 33.5 to the cockpit. The dodger is i
Shut the front door (1) paulj at 3:48pm 01.29.13 Catalina 310 13/2797 I'm in the middle of three projects and someone from a magazine would like to see the inside of a Ca
Leaving boat in water. Dogleg at 2:57pm 01.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/2580 I have had a M26S Since I bought it new in 1991. I have never left it in the water. My wife has be
Oars for widgeon jespo463 at 12:54pm 01.29.13 Day Sailers 3/2800 Hi - need to replace the oars that came with my newly purchased Widgeon (one has dried and splintere
Repairing lightning damage to Water Ballast Hunter 23.5 mrmike at 12:40pm 01.29.13 Smaller Boats 3/1510 Hello All! My Hunter 23.5 was hit by lightning causing about 6-7 small holes along water line on bot
Newbie Introduction bigmc83 at 12:08pm 01.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1255 Hi everyone! After lurking on here on and off for about a year, I'm finally going to introduce myse
Can you hear ir? Your hull speed? Brian D at 11:36am 01.29.13 Ask All Sailors 16/2629 In the thread about a trip to Catalina Is., and on the Trailerable Sailboats, there is a discussions
Cold starting 2gm20f doesnt start as easy Jared1048 at 11:21am 01.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 17/2353 Hi, This will be my 2nd winter with the boat and its taking 5-10 seconds to start this winter when
Ladder Suggestions OS2Dude at 9:44am 01.29.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1018 I have an O'Day 23 with a short 3 step transom boarding ladder. I was thinking of replacing it with
Modification for adjustable genoa cars patrscoe at 8:30am 01.29.13 S2 0/772 One of my projects this winter was to research into modifying my Schaefer twin sheet geona cars so t
tv show" Shipwreck Men" redhead78 at 7:23am 01.29.13 Ask All Sailors 19/4113 Anybody catch a new show Shipwreck men, It looks like all these other wannabe reality shows like car
info x 2 bryan crites at 7:20am 01.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1026 own my second hunter 1984 34. where are your batterys located, and also the location of your air co
Vision 32 owners manual mikewhite7314 at 7:03am 01.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1266 Ok, so I got the mixing elbow fixed and she's running like a dream. (thanks for all your posts on th

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O'Day. 40- reefing setup? LouisMK at 7:49am 06.20.22 Forgot to mention that I did not include the distance from the boon up to the reefing point in the s
1987 Hunter 23': which grease gun for trailer? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:32am 06.20.22 @isaksp00 is correct and follow his advice. Do insure the brakes are working. The boat sits high
1983 Hunter 34 port side water tank removal ROBERT1228 at 7:13am 06.20.22 Claude I used a mirror to locate the screws which unfortunately were put in from the underside goin
Pop top trouble rogerbalz at 6:51am 06.20.22 thank you for the responses and photos!
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller (1) Claude L.-Auger at 6:33am 06.20.22 You could easily modified your anchor roller to make it swivel down. It would help lower the anchor
Yamaha Outboard Cooling Problem Timm R Oday25 at 6:31am 06.20.22 Well Roy ,it appears you have your answer. All is not lost , I'd be willing to help you offset the c
How do you keep the birds at bay? Bubbadog at 6:14am 06.20.22 We made a mooring cover to protect the boat last year. This year, we lucked out and there are two o
1983 Hunter 34 port side water tank removal (2) Claude L.-Auger at 6:13am 06.20.22 Hi Robert, There are definitely screws & they are probably covered with paint ! They screw into a p
1987 Hunter 23': which grease gun for trailer? Epic1969 at 6:08am 06.20.22 I am doing similar tomorrow (driving 12 hours round trip to pick up a boat) I have a grease gun with
How do you keep the birds at bay? CaptianSteve736 at 5:31am 06.20.22 Birds are an issue at our marina. Especially when you've spent 25+ hours detailing your boat. There
Keel didn't line up in the cradle (1) brockangelo at 5:20am 06.20.22 Oh yeah, mine is no where near that easy. Here's a better view of the back: e some updates for this
helm canopy Justin_NSA at 5:16am 06.20.22 I Googled "hunter 27 bimini" and got several hits. Someone here may have done it on an H27.
INVERTER SET UP SycloneDriver at 4:46am 06.20.22 Directly from the batteries, fused and preferably switched. It will require large gauge wire but yo
New Anchor Recommendations/Experiences (1) loneshark64 at 4:12am 06.20.22
helm canopy gypsywind1980 at 4:10am 06.20.22 yes
helm canopy sailme88 at 4:00am 06.20.22 sounds like you want a Bimini.....
Installed new batteries, engine still won't start senang at 3:04am 06.20.22 Check the electrical connection of the ground of the engine block. You often get corrosion at this p
Keel bolt Triple B at 10:49pm 06.19.22
Installed new batteries, engine still won't start (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:13pm 06.19.22 As built: 206423
Keel bolt (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:05pm 06.19.22 You will most likely find two different bolt sizes. Measure each one to be sure. Measure the bolt

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