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centerboard cable replacement john grobe at 10:19am 09.09.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1596 I had my cable replaced that raises and lowers the centerboard on my 1975 O'day Mariner. Within 3 we
Need help identifing a odor BJSSailing at 9:45am 09.09.12 Big Boats 12/2209 I know most odors come from the head, but I'm prety sure the one I'm experiencing is not from the he
Fiberglass propane tanks for H356 Jim Seamans at 9:05am 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1929 Finally have the write up for modification I made to my H356. It is a PDF file for now (large 20MB).
1985 Hunter 34' Pedestal Guard hunter frank at 8:18am 09.09.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1267 I have a Yacht Specialties/ Merriman steering system without a pedestal guard. Have seen many of the
Slot control Warren Milberg at 7:26am 09.09.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/4666 Don: I'd like to hear your views about when to open or close the slot between the main and headsail
Small bend in boom JasonC at 7:21am 09.09.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1739 When I got Demasted, I guess I bent my boom a bit. It is not to bad, and does not seem to effect th
Catalina 270 jhagg at 7:18am 09.09.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/4889 We are looking at a 1995 Catalina 270 - I've read the owner reviews on this site - just hoping someo
lost something I had soldier1964 at 7:00am 09.09.12 Day Sailers 4/1363 I sail a O'day 20 on a inland lake, and today was a wonderful day for sailing. I dock at the end so
Stanshion Source or Repairs? MLampner at 6:31am 09.09.12 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2199 If you have seen my post in the all sailors forum you will no by my own stupidity I broke the weld o
Backing out of a slip Against the wind MLampner at 6:17am 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 31/16402 OK, lets start with this first truth in hindsight I did something stupid. It won't be the first time
O'Day - SPREADER Darin21 at 4:50am 09.09.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1066 Hello, One of my spreaders is "jury rigged" by a previous owner who obviously broke or lost the ori
Hard to believe... Costy at 9:45pm 09.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3184 Hard to believe that I forgot to retract the center board and people launched and retrieved their bo
Ice box won't close jmhenry at 9:12pm 09.08.12 Pearson 1/2017 I'm the new owner of a Pearson 31. During my first sail, the ice box opened as it should, but upon
Deck moisture on Catalina 34 steve77 at 8:26pm 09.08.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2857 Hello. I'm looking at buying a Catalina 34, I found one that looked good and came to an agreement wi
Raymarine Network Switch JR Larsen at 7:34pm 09.08.12 Big Boats 5/1810 I have a 2007 Hunter 41DS installed with the full array of Raymarine products offered at that time.
Dinghy leak mellis18 at 7:25pm 09.08.12 Mid-Size Boats 8/2257 Still having problems with my dang dinghy. Although now its water coming in, not air going out. Look
Painting a deck Lost Parent at 6:43pm 09.08.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1351 I am just going to paint my deck using the roller and tipping method and just a couple of questions
25 swing keel barniclebob at 5:01pm 09.08.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1034 Just bought YAHOO,25 cat from Modesto Cali. hopping to talk to former owner with upgrades and how th
My 87 Catalina 27 weinie at 4:41pm 09.08.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/4694 I've finally got around to uploading some pics of Impulse: http://s839.photobucket.com/albums/zz3
O'day sailing without a swing keel dreamboat23 at 3:32pm 09.08.12 Day Sailers 12/8487 I have a 23 which I haven't sailed yet ( new to sailing):confused: and my swing keel is gone. If I

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Bermuda dLj at 4:35pm 01.20.23 No excitment is desired. I'm sailing with weather windows. Nice tip on the bus pass! Looks like the
What did he mean when he said this? DArcy at 4:26pm 01.20.23 I enjoy sailing my Robert Perry designed Islander Freeport 36. He certainly has drawn a lot of very
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat ggrizzard at 3:37pm 01.20.23 I'll buy your winches. And I'll pay shipping or come and pick them up. G.
Anchor light - battery operated and rechargeable ggrizzard at 3:27pm 01.20.23 There is an 'approved', LED, battery operated, all around, white anchor light available. The compan
What did he mean when he said this? thinwater at 3:11pm 01.20.23 With all due respect to Mr. Perry I have to conclude he is not sailing on the Indian River Lagoon h
Bermuda PaulK at 3:10pm 01.20.23 Have sailed to Bermuda more than a half-dozen times. Crossing the Gulf Stream is different every ti
Mattress Underlayment ggrizzard at 3:09pm 01.20.23 :plus: for Hypervent. My buddy boat and I have used it for years. We've never seen any
Mattress Underlayment PaulK at 2:59pm 01.20.23 We used the Froli plastic spring system on our previous boat. Adjusted easily to fit the awkward sp
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Tally Ho at 2:38pm 01.20.23 I installed a Garmin Airmar P79 in-hull transducer. The transducer reads depths >15FT very accurate
Hunter 260 Trailer Mods Rick Webb at 2:24pm 01.20.23 Thanks Rick. I'll definitely be trying these ideas. Just wondering what type of plastic? Is it t
Bermuda smokey73 at 2:23pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. I am assuming you are refering
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths dlochner at 2:21pm 01.20.23 i have only used it in the muddy chesapeake bay. But I am still able to get good readings in the mu
Bermuda dLj at 2:18pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except du
44ds rudder drop HarryvdMeer at 2:14pm 01.20.23 Cool. Great idea. Thank you!
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:09pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false ech
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths tenacity31 at 2:07pm 01.20.23 What is the bottom like? Depth sounders like nice hard bottoms. Softer bottoms absorb the pings rat
44ds rudder drop dmax at 1:53pm 01.20.23 Yes, once I pressed the pin flush I used a bolt (actually was same size as pin) to push it the rest
In-hull depth transducer fails to read shallow depths Davidasailor26 at 1:29pm 01.20.23 There may be a Gain adjustment on the sounder. When the gain is too high it will pick up false echo
H34 Insurance Company is Totalling the boat (10) PGIJon at 1:29pm 01.20.23 212344212345212346212347212348212349212350212351212352
Bermuda Don S/V ILLusion at 1:27pm 01.20.23 Was just there 3 months ago. Easiest route is to/from Beaufort. St George is pretty dead except dur

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