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Attention all O'day Refurbishers /Recyclers (1) Panta Rei at 8:49am 11.07.11 Bigger Boats 19/5396 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 11/10003 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 4/1316 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 0/1017 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 4/1467 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 7/2336 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 5/1848 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 0/890 Just helped buddy pull his boat for season 79 S2.He had painted it with Blue Water ablative bottom
hunter 376 on a run with swept back spreaders captcwc at 5:57am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2654 Am interested in observations of ability to sail on a run with swept back spreaders thank you
O'Day 23 Backing Plates and Jib Sheet sba55 at 5:51am 11.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1347 2 questions that hopefully someone can help me with. The boat I just bought is missing the 2 bow cle
New Tide App timebandit at 5:45am 11.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1569 Check this out--- http://www.chronglobal.com
Party Photo Roger Long at 4:33am 11.07.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 12/3983 Here's a photo of the SBO forumites at the SOS Blue Lips cruise party. From left to right are, RON2
Battery Chargers AtlanticAl at 12:48am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2298 I am at present re wiring my boat. I am doubling up the batteries, bought a load of stuff, includin
Annapolis Gathering happening on Nov 11! PrincessoftheLake at 10:38pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2846 The date is set! Let's meet at the Boatyard Bar and Grill in Eastport on Friday November 11th at 4:
Hunter23.5 jetboatn at 10:08pm 11.06.11 Smaller Boats 0/1060 Would someone mind giving me the size of the plastic shackles needed to connect the sail to the mast
Has anyone bought sails from BlueWater yachts Hollyweirdos at 7:51pm 11.06.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2557 They have good prices on OEM Mac sails. Have yinz used them?
An excellent modification sailaway78 at 7:28pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2468 Finally got around to doing something I have been promising myself for a long time. Pulled the oil
Food to eat out of hand (2) Ross at 7:04pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2250 As some of you remember I was absent for a time having been distracted by another interest but I cam
Change of Plans (1) Roger Long at 6:06pm 11.06.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/3068
buytel tape to seal a water tank inspection port woodster at 5:40pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2491 i have now got my aluminum tank welded up ......i put a 1 1/2 inch nipple in for the water fill hose

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Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Tedd at 7:24am 10.25.22 Thanks, @Sanfelice . Nice to see another Triumph rider here. I have a '95 Speed Triple. I haven't ri
Voltage Meter Issue (1) dlochner at 6:53am 10.25.22 If replacing a voltmeter, consider changing to a digital display because you really can't tell stat
Voltage Meter Issue (1) Tin Kicker at 6:45am 10.25.22 If replacing a voltmeter, consider changing to a digital display because you really can't tell state
Water filter clarification... Captain Larry-DH at 6:43am 10.25.22 nice but a little pricey for me. But I would absolutely like to not only replace but also upgrade t
CDI FF2 patbratton at 6:39am 10.25.22 I replaced my forestay on the 23.5 with a stock replacement from the store on this website. Fit per
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long kloudie1 at 6:01am 10.25.22 Easy.. Remove the air cleaner, Pull the compression releases on both cylinders. Then disconnect the
Bad spider cracks ? shemandr at 5:34am 10.25.22 The only one I would say is just Gel Coat crazing is E. A,C & H appear to be cracks. I don't thin
Valve needed Parsons at 5:28am 10.25.22 For language purposes, a through-hull (the fitting in the hull) is connected to a seacock (the valve
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long RoyS at 5:18am 10.25.22 There probably is a drain on your muffler. Before you try cranking again you should empty the exhaus
Stagnant water in the lazarette Parsons at 5:13am 10.25.22 Permanent fix is a small drain hole at the bottom that will allow this to drain slowly to the main b
Stagnant water in the lazarette shemandr at 4:35am 10.25.22 Wet or Dry Shop Vac with shore power if you have it.
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? xavpil at 3:41am 10.25.22 Each bilge pump should have their own dedicated through hull/drain overboard. On my boat, all my b
Bad spider cracks ? xavpil at 3:39am 10.25.22 . Thx for taking the time to reply. I actually bought the boat 2 weeks ago. It s now out of the w
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? kappykaplan at 2:39am 10.25.22 So the manual and electric bilge pumps connect to share the same they hull. Each bilge pump should
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:19am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? :plus: Yes, John, inquiring minds want to know! :beer:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Marmalade at 2:18am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? Fingers crossed your schedule is holding course!
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar karellen at 11:59pm 10.24.22 I'll second the cooling system flush. Worked well on my 3GM30 that had muddy brown cooling water (su
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Sanfelice at 11:40pm 10.24.22 I use a heated motorcycle jacket ( Gerbing) which is very lightweight and use my foul weather jacket
Keel separating? Dean Strong at 10:15pm 10.24.22 Very typical of Hunters with iron keels. Hunter advised me 20 years ago to open the crack with a Dr
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? jon hansen at 9:46pm 10.24.22 wool what kind of bikes yawl ride. me, bmw 1150 r 2004 ski suit, snowmobile suit, bibs & parka

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