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My diesel truck has a hard time pulling my boat! (1) jjsbiggs at 8:05am 09.04.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2078 I think I may need a bigger truck or a smaller boat! :eek:
Can you flip an O'Day 23 with Swing Keel? OS2Dude at 7:41am 09.04.11 Day Sailers 4/8523 QUESTION: Is the weight in a swing keel enough to prevent a 23' sailboat from being rolled over jus
Furler RogerHM at 7:29am 09.04.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2321 The line on my jib furller is very difficult to pull. Consequently the jib does not wind onto the fu
Catalina 28MKII Gene18 at 7:24am 09.04.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1097 I could not find Catalina 28MKII On Catalina 28MKII website. Anybody knows why?
Electric Control panel Gene18 at 7:22am 09.04.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1353 I am a Catalina 28 MKII owner. One time I pushed in the white little button that is located on ther
Autumn painting jfrench at 6:08am 09.04.11 Catalina 22 6/2105 My ship is mechanically wonderful, but the original exterior paint on the deck and hull is leaning t
Floating mudballs in the Chesapeake Bay? amoss.sharon at 5:28am 09.04.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3243 Sailed from Mobjack Bay up the York River yesterday, and saw several groups of cantaloupe-sized floa
Double Headsail Take Two (1) oreana123 at 8:25pm 09.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/5758 I spent a few hours today rigging my sailboat to fly two headsails. I have done this before, but now
Radio antennae? doehunter at 6:05pm 09.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2458 I just bought a Sony marine stereo today and got it installed and working. The only thing is there
You Can't Reason with Hurrican Season Bad Obsession at 5:27pm 09.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1675 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKPol9hD0ns Just seems appropriate with all the storms and topics fl
Bed New Scupper Grates? GorillaToast at 5:23pm 09.03.11 Catalina 22 8/1919 I got new scupper grates from CatalinaDirect. Do I need to bed these with 5200, or just screw them t
Stuck Jib Just Looking at 5:19pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 5/3764 When raising the jib on my Hunter 38, the jib is stuck in the roller furling track. The halyard is f
O'Day 35 carpet replace? Blue Streak at 5:08pm 09.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1402 Has any replaced the carpet liner on the cabin walls? If so, is it difficult and what do you recomm
Trip to National Harbor MLampner at 2:58pm 09.03.11 Destinations 4/3243 Business will give me an excuse to travel to National Harbor, near DC, from Middle River MD in midd
Cracked ignition (1) Team118 at 2:45pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/2082 Hey guys; Over the past few months, I've noticed that the house battery system seems to run down d
TS Lee (4) betzhunter at 1:09pm 09.03.11 Big Boats 0/1098 This morning took this picture of the boat at about 8:30 am. Not to bad yet! The next pictures were
Raw water intake blocked Paul Montgomery at 12:48pm 09.03.11 Catalina 30 10/7514 I have a Universal M3-20 diesel in my 1990 Catalina 30 which is running hot; I have checked out the
Need person in the Dana Pt Ca to caulk windows on 32ft 2002 Jpmeehan at 11:49am 09.03.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1371 I also need my forward hatch looked at since it is binding. Jim in Dana Point
Lifeline Size on 40.5? Rick D at 11:27am 09.03.11 Big Boats 6/1763 I am having something fabricated, but forgot to measure the OD of the lifeline. Anyone got it at the
A trailer for a '93 33.5 psherwin at 9:40am 09.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1564 I am planning on having a trailer built for my 33.5. The builder needs some measurements pertaining

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Add a dedicated starter battery acudavid at 3:27pm 02.11.22 Thanks Davidsailor26. Mechanic said valves were just replaced and looked good. Diver told me the t
Raw water intake strainer Davidasailor26 at 3:27pm 02.11.22
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:12pm 02.11.22
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 2:55pm 02.11.22 I found a pic of that area and it looks like @DeniseO30 This seems to be a thing with O'Day. I had
Rudder repairs Davidasailor26 at 2:53pm 02.11.22 Yeah, I'm in the same boat and have some rudder repair work to do and am just starting to learn abo
Add a dedicated starter battery Head Sail at 2:44pm 02.11.22 I think the batteries are weak. After maybe 30 seconds of cranking in two or three attempts, the b
Add a dedicated starter battery acudavid at 2:33pm 02.11.22 Great feedback everyone! My "mechanic" is a lifelong sailor and my marina's dockmaster just hired hi
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 2:18pm 02.11.22 I agree with all of the above ... I'm assuming that @acudavid has the ubiquitous 1+2+B. I also wil
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 2:12pm 02.11.22 Very common issue with older Catalina 30's. A member of our yacht club had starting issues with hi
Add a dedicated starter battery Scott T-Bird at 2:11pm 02.11.22 There is really no "typical" anymore. Many people realized that the old-school configuration of ha
Add a dedicated starter battery Tom J at 2:06pm 02.11.22 I'm not sure if this is the problem, however, the article below talks about a serious problem with
Hole for Mast riser pole bmorr at 1:49pm 02.11.22 My mast raising pole is in the garage. I measured its 1 1/4 and is original. I would replace the re
Rudder repairs jdrutten at 1:36pm 02.11.22 ... I've read that epoxy and chopped strand don't work well together, but then I've seen videos whe
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 1:34pm 02.11.22 It would be cool to have a hand screw on one side of the stove to adjust the height of the stove in
Raw water intake strainer Dalliance at 1:26pm 02.11.22 Dalliance, I love your clean engine and ample space. Would it make it easier if you exchanged the o
Raw water intake strainer JrzSailor at 1:25pm 02.11.22 @Dalliance: Perfect! That's exactly what I was looking for. I saw the plastic ones on Amazon, but wa
Galley Stove Gimbals JoeWhite at 12:59pm 02.11.22 Deeper frying pan or pot may solve the problem.
Raw water intake strainer JoeWhite at 12:50pm 02.11.22 Dalliance, I love your clean engine and ample space. Would it make it easier if you exchanged the oi
toilet time jssailem at 12:46pm 02.11.22 I thought about just jumping in and doing it for you. Then I remembered the parable about giving a f
Raw water intake strainer JoeWhite at 12:46pm 02.11.22 There are strainers that are connected inside after the throughull resembles a colander . Do you ha

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