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battery placement Boatsail1 at 7:24pm 01.29.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1371 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 1/1423 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 4/13472 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 0/741 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 10/1672 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 9/5826 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 6/1848 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 13/3143 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 14/2919 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 3/3085 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 3/1656 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 4/1348 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 16/2755 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 17/2684 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 1/1061 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 0/858 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 19/4593 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 3/1089 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 2/1338 Ok, so I got the mixing elbow fixed and she's running like a dream. (thanks for all your posts on th
Best GPS Chart Plotter for trailer sailor r.oril at 7:01am 01.29.13 Ask All Sailors 27/9742 I currently use a Garmin GPSMap76CSX. It's small but usable with a chip. I use a iPad with a GPS p

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bottom paint Richard Bryer at 7:28am 02.27.23 Two quarts sounds right- I used 2.5 quarts on my Hunter 34. I suck to the same color each year
Wind generators, yay or nay? dlochner at 7:22am 02.27.23 And I likewise thank them....... Unless we have a heat wave in which case we all close the hatches,
Wind generators, yay or nay? NYSail at 7:09am 02.27.23 And I likewise thank them....... Unless we have a heat wave in which case we all close the hatches,
Proper way to attach spare tire as working tongue wheel JBP-PA at 7:09am 02.27.23 My brother rope launched his O'Day 24 on the tongue jack. You can get some serious tongue jacks. Th
Wind generators, yay or nay? Alan Gomes at 7:06am 02.27.23 Not familiar with wind generation but I love my solar.... 400 watts. I run my refrig/freezer non st
Boat Speed and Pointing leo310 at 7:01am 02.27.23 With 8 kts of wind I get 2.5-3 kts but then I also can get 8-11 kts going with the current. What are
Wind generators, yay or nay? NYSail at 7:00am 02.27.23 Not familiar with wind generation but I love my solar.... 400 watts. I run my refrig/freezer non sto
Boat Speed and Pointing jssailem at 6:41am 02.27.23 Dave. Your 50-55 (100-110) is realistic. Much depends on your rig being tuned, your sails properly s
bottom paint stickinthemud57 at 6:37am 02.27.23 Is there currently any bottom paint on the boat? Some bottom coatings can't be applied over others.
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels tfox2069 at 6:32am 02.27.23 David and Fox, Many thanks for this input. I've put in my order for the VDO Multifunction Display
Boat Speed and Pointing Dave Powell at 6:17am 02.27.23 Thanks for all the comments, but was just trying to manage my expectations. I've sailed for many ye
Replacing prop strut - typical # labor hours? jssailem at 6:08am 02.27.23 At first blush, it sounded like a lot of time. But breaking it down as follows maybe not a lot of wa
Engine oil drain hose adapter Hayden Watson at 5:40am 02.27.23 You can buy it as a Univer$al part... Or if the hose is leaking, you can go to a bearing and hose
advice on auto chart plotter dLj at 5:27am 02.27.23 I found @BarryL s post #19 interesting where Garmin says their auto guidance accounts for your dep
Passage 42 salon/kitchen hatch gaskets replacement Terry Cox at 4:31am 02.27.23 Most marine supply stores in our area carry hatch gasket replacement kits Pretty standard stuff. Not
advice on auto chart plotter Ward H at 4:20am 02.27.23 Besides that, I believe the Garmin charts shows the entry to our marina on land. Our saved coarse r
Engine oil drain hose adapter Ward H at 3:39am 02.27.23 Looks familiar. I replaced the drain hose on my my C30 last spring when I raised the engine for a ne
Replacing prop strut - typical # labor hours? Davidasailor26 at 2:32am 02.27.23 You didn't mention how old your boat is but if it goes back a ways, you may be looking at a new pro
Engine oil drain hose adapter (1) jonelli at 1:24am 02.27.23 Another option is to just get rid of the hose kit and put one of these plugs in?
Engine oil drain hose adapter (1) jonelli at 1:23am 02.27.23 From what I can tell, it looks like all the parts in this kit listed below. It doesn't look like a

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