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New H30 Owner H30Gary at 1:47pm 11.07.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1207 Hi all - I'm the new owner of Cutlass, a 1980 H30. Actually, I've had the boat about a year, but jus
Oops! Bill Jones at 12:42pm 11.07.11 Smaller Boats 1/1090 I took my H23.5 off the lake Saturday and noticed when parking it for the long winter I was missing
What to buy, 26M, 26X 25M +Video of my Mac 25 abk at 12:14pm 11.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2495 Just a link to a video on my 1984 25M on the Delaware River near Bristol, Pa on July 4th 2011. I ha
An idea for Cabin Lights... (1) rgranger at 10:56am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4798 I was at a trailer supply shop Saturday and saw these... They are fully enclosed backup (White) LED
Gudgeon for O'Day 25? DharmaBum at 10:53am 11.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3807 Hi, Anyone have any ideas where I can find a transom-mounted gudgeon for my O'Day 25 tall-rig? The
ODay 28 - Winterizing Engine questions skisil at 10:25am 11.07.11 Bigger Boats 2/1648 I have an OD 28 with a Universal 5416 Diesel. This is the first time that I have winterized engine a
GFI in Catalina 25 kmdeleon at 10:22am 11.07.11 Smaller Boats 5/2352 Hi All, Hubby and I went to spend some quality time on the boat this weekend only to find that we ha
Speed Paddle Wheel / Knot Meter jrgINTHEoc at 10:17am 11.07.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2657 Newer owner of a 1974 Cat27. Knot Meter was inop so I located the speed paddle wheel and housing in
53 'Cheoy Lee Motorsailer vatab at 9:50am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 2/4326 I am looking for a large sail boat in size 50-55 foot for sailing around the world. I wonder if the
Bow plate Dreamgate at 9:48am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1115 I read a great article by Bob Skalkowski in 2004 on how he modified the bow plate for an anchor set
Solar panels in the pacific northwest Jared1048 at 9:47am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1994 I'm looking at getting a 65watt panel added to the top side of my deck below the main. I know its no
Bent Mast drterryh at 9:44am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 8/1786 I have a friend with a small daysailer who has a bent aluminum mast. The mast was in it's cradle and
Attention all O'day Refurbishers /Recyclers (1) Panta Rei at 8:49am 11.07.11 Bigger Boats 19/5266 Picking up on Joe's (25 years later) recycler concept , I have decided to make a set of rub on dec
Pettit Ultima SR 60 Questions..... (1) Sumner at 8:23am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 11/9822 First thanks for the help on the Zipper/Enclosure Window question. I'm going to get some 303. We a
Feathering Prop & barnacles Ken13559 at 8:00am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1297 Those who uses feathering prop e.g. Kiwi Prop, could you advice me if barnacle growing around the pr
Some Photo sharing allen-deckard at 7:57am 11.07.11 Catalina 22 0/1013 Just thouught it might be fun for people to share some photos of this past boating season with each
Main sail question allen-deckard at 7:41am 11.07.11 Catalina 22 4/1448 This spring I plan on buying a new main sail. When I was at the anapolis sailboat show I went arou
oil filter question hmurmur at 7:24am 11.07.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/2293 I successfully changed my oil on my Yanmar engine. I drained the oil, removed the old oil filter and
Well, I did it! Now what? joes new addiction at 7:08am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1826 Got the sailing bug in '88 after a pisser of a motorcycle wreck and 18 months in a leg cast, (raced
peeling bottom paint DJN51 at 6:29am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/879 Just helped buddy pull his boat for season 79 S2.He had painted it with Blue Water ablative bottom

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Identify 6M O'DAY? Will Gilmore at 9:28pm 09.12.22 Hello Mike, it is good to welcome you to our forums. These guys are the best, and you just also fou
37.5 1991 mast base plate PAC3142 at 9:09pm 09.12.22 Hans, The chances are you have an Isomat mast and base, like I do. The turning blocks screw into a
How to raise a one-piece mast? markwbird at 8:43pm 09.12.22 One piece mast?
New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 8:41pm 09.12.22
Traveling alongside Crusty Ol Salt at 8:23pm 09.12.22 This would be exacrly my response as well .Coming from a blue collar background myself ,the driver
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? Crusty Ol Salt at 8:01pm 09.12.22 What kind of shaft seal is he working with. If it is an old school packing gland, they will sing whe
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? dlochner at 7:57pm 09.12.22 He was unsure. Knows it is a 3 bladed fixed prop. The fixed blade prop will spin when in neutral.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? sail sfbay at 7:57pm 09.12.22 3 bladed fixed propeller on the Hunter 46.....no big deal to sail in neutral.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? jssailem at 7:53pm 09.12.22 He was unsure. Knows it is a 3 bladed fixed prop.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? jssailem at 7:47pm 09.12.22 Yes David. I thought is a little strange. I wondered if there might be a shaft issue or the cutlass
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? dlochner at 7:46pm 09.12.22 What kind of prop is installed? A fixed blade prop will spin the shaft in neutral. A folding or fe
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? Davidasailor26 at 7:43pm 09.12.22 A noise described as singing reminds me of a thread that I think involved the edges of the blade bei
H38 - Jacklines and boom preventer jssailem at 7:41pm 09.12.22 I found the advice from John Harries regarding both Jacklines and preventers to be sound and practic
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? (1) sail sfbay at 7:29pm 09.12.22 Neutral.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 7:11pm 09.12.22 if the rebuild is done right, Yes. My adventure into the unknown.
Traveling alongside Timm R Oday25 at 7:11pm 09.12.22 When my boat was transported from Charleston to a yard in New Orleans, the trucker called me from
H38 - Jacklines and boom preventer sail sfbay at 7:10pm 09.12.22 What's a good material? high-strength, low-stretch webbing Jackline Materials Evaluation - Practical
Long range rescue DArcy at 7:10pm 09.12.22 When things go wrong in a survival situation it tends to lead to a snowballing series of problems.
2022 Golden Globe Around the World Race berner73 at 6:46pm 09.12.22 Very cool and thanks for sharing. Nice to see the race in action again. Interesting fleet, surpris
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't DArcy at 6:43pm 09.12.22 John, I'm a little late to the party, I only noticed this thread a couple days ago. Sorry to hear ab

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