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Interior Liner source? Pat at 6:27am 04.22.13 Bigger Boats 2/945 Good Morning, does anyone have a source for the carpeting/liner used on the O'day 272 and other mode
Battery Size NYSail at 6:25am 04.22.13 Engines and Propulsion 8/3120 Hello all, Quick one here... what is the smallest battery one can use as a back-up / starter batt
New Headsail DJN51 at 5:06am 04.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/722 Need to replace furled headsail after this season,what is the largest sail 23.5 Hunter owners have i
Buff Deck Color (1) Mick143 at 4:11am 04.22.13 Bigger Boats 4/1442 Hello , need help locating a color source for the tan deck color on 28 ft O'Day. It is a 79, and the
TV antenna on mast top or spreader height Philip_Oceanis 361 at 1:34am 04.22.13 Ask All Sailors 13/8365 Would you prefer to install a TV antenna on the mast top or near the spreader height (above the rada
Beneteau 285 trailer fuzzy at 11:15pm 04.21.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/12317 I'm new to the Beneteau world. Are there trailers available for my Beneteau first 285? I would like
25.5 Hunter daniell at 10:40pm 04.21.13 Smaller Boats 5/1346 Just bought a 25.5 Hunter and raising the pop top is a night mare, is there supposed to be a stabili
Fin-Gal truewind at 10:01pm 04.21.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1152 I'm trying to find Richard Marble (location?) or Chris H. in Pueblo, Colorado, or an unknown owner i
Hunter 41 AC Getting Under The Headliner? Mystique at 8:48pm 04.21.13 Big Boats 12/2862 Hey Folks, I wanted to run some additional DC wires from the helm to the panel for iPhone /iPad c
Looking for local knowledge for Green Cove Springs ybrad at 8:06pm 04.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2805 Considering leaving the boat in GC Springs for some number of weeks (mooring or dockside). I underst
Get a clue on a Mac (or venture) 22' (4) airshac at 7:38pm 04.21.13 Trailer Sailors 11/3524 So just brought a project boat home last weekend. Bought it thinking it is a '79 Mac 22' but as I w
Sink Backsplash (3) Coriolisbc at 7:32pm 04.21.13 Catalina 30 1/1296 Spring upgrades this season include an Acrylic sink backsplash, 6 inches wide, 32 long, 1/4 inch thi
Steaming Light and Deck Light c130king at 7:27pm 04.21.13 Catalina 310 11/7217 Is the Steaming Light/Deck Light combo unit standard on Catalina 310's? Does anyone have the info
NW and BC 2013 Rendezvous ! FastOlson at 7:21pm 04.21.13 Ericson 1/7113 All owners of Ericsons or Olsons (25,911s,34) are invited to the annual rendezvous in Pt Townsen, WA
What kind of bilge pump??? (1) colinhulse at 7:10pm 04.21.13 Bigger Boats 2/2020 This is at the rear of the cockpit in my 30' O'day. Any Idea what brand it is? There is a big K with
Holding tank & macerator mysteries... BOBBB at 7:03pm 04.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/927 I have a 2005 Cat 28 MkII - I have yet to get all of the mysteries of the head, holding tank ' macer
bleeder valve leaking JBboat at 6:13pm 04.21.13 Big Boats 0/762 Anybody ever have there bleeder valve to the hot water heater (heat exchanger) leak? This is on the
Hunter 23' Boom Height/Location carboman at 6:03pm 04.21.13 Smaller Boats 18/3412 seems like when i took my boom off a year ago during my reapair project, it was set so that when I d
Splash... Kh3412 at 6:02pm 04.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/1227 Well in a week the boat goes in for the first time for us. Getting nervous hope I did everything rig
How to fill permanent head through hull Monheganlover at 5:36pm 04.21.13 Catalina 22 3/2793 I recently bought a 1976 Catalina 22 that, much to my surprise, came with a permanent head. The hea

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Life's Most Infuriating Moments Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 05.06.23 :biggrin:always here to provide helpful information. I've got your name on speed dial in case I r
Life's Most Infuriating Moments Hello Below at 10:11am 05.06.23
Life's Most Infuriating Moments jssailem at 10:04am 05.06.23
Ducks in my backyard! Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 05.06.23 Mostly this couple who have never come up on the dock until the other day Ducks must have a good
Life's Most Infuriating Moments (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:48am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. Those are truly words to warm the cockles of
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 05.06.23 There were NO LEAKS observed! Absolutely baffling. Just can't see how it corrected itself and we
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour JoeWhite at 9:08am 05.06.23 Oil can also come out of the dip stick if not inserted back in.
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger sailcapt340 at 9:06am 05.06.23
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Hayden Watson at 8:43am 05.06.23 The other big challenge to going with LFP is preventing the alternator from cooking itself in its ow
Bottom Chip Repair Jacktar at 8:36am 05.06.23 True sail it til it breaks, repair and sail it again.
Hunter 41AC/41DS spinnaker tack location Sailor Arny at 8:30am 05.06.23 I am going to go without the furler this season, just pull it down into a deck bag, tired of all the
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer mermike at 8:28am 05.06.23 The secret to no boom is some FLA that is connected into the charging circuit to give the current s
ProMariner Protech-4 Series On board Battery Charger Stu Jackson at 8:07am 05.06.23 sc, glad to be able to try to help. You didn't say your charger was a "Flyback" model but I figured
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick Webb at 8:06am 05.06.23 Another potential source is the oil filter seal. I once had an oil filter seal stick to the engine
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges (4) Cap'nCook at 7:57am 05.06.23 215392 With some assistance we can get the gap to close a bit more, but still short of being able t
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rick486 at 7:20am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north,
Life's Most Infuriating Moments JamesG161 at 7:04am 05.06.23 If you buy a new one, $100, the clips are included. But I bought this, to strap down my Genset Muff
2005 Hunter 25 w/ roller furler - mast stepping challenges Cap'nCook at 7:02am 05.06.23 Thanks Dave. I'm about to go out and raise once more so I can get pictures of the process and then w
Blisters - To Repair or not to repair..... Sailfanatic at 6:56am 05.06.23 I have been finding quotes like this in other sailing forums. I guess I disagree about blisters. T
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rafael8008 at 6:56am 05.06.23 Great replies from the community. It is so appreciated, especially from those of us in the north, t

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