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Installing inboaard motor on an O'day 23 AWalker at 5:55pm 11.13.11 Day Sailers 11/3773 I have been toying with the idea of putting an electric motor inboard on my O'Day 23. I ran across a
Mac 25 Electrical acox271929 at 4:50pm 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2073 I have a 1984 Mac 25. Need electrical schematic if someone has one. Thanks, Al Cox
The expanding bunk on the old Hunter 30 rochesterdriver at 4:43pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2178 Yep, it's a 78 model, Cherubini of course. There is no evidence that there was ever any fold out,
Slogging Roger Long at 4:21pm 11.13.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2812
Hunter 340 Mainsheet Replacement broble at 2:37pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1320 I recently purchased a Hunter 340 and on the trip home from San Diego the mainsheet let go. It shatt
Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1141 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1428 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/877 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1805 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1470 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c
SIMONIZ ROYALE MARINE cleaner/wax VBJOEY at 8:59am 11.13.11 Day Sailers 0/2304 Why can't I find one thread on this product? I've kept an old can for many, many years and just tri
Engine odor... Doug/Karen at 7:59am 11.13.11 Big Boats 8/3578 As we prepare to close the boat for the season, we bring home several items of bath and bed linens.
Replaceing halyard mike pace at 7:38am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1999
Cockpit floor repair captdaveglass at 5:52am 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1866 Having started the job and determining that the plywood under the top surface does not extend to the
Keeping food longer MORNING LIGHT at 4:55am 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9708 In my boat, I only have an ice box, like most of us I guess, but when you go sailing for more than 5
Bilge Compression Block was Mud. (3) BillyK at 4:54am 11.13.11 Catalina 30 41/15742 We dove into the compression block repair yesterday on our 1990. One of the previous owners did a b
Amongst the pain of repairs and maintenance - we have this (17) redunculous at 9:03pm 11.12.11 Big Boats 1/1229 I sometimes find myself wondering if the work on my 40.5 will ever finish Then I look through the p
Salt creep at swageless fitting? Cool Beans at 8:42pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1612 Was down at the boat to pull the port upper chain plate. I noticed all the shrouds had dried salt c
Water flow with moyer's bypass kit chiefaponte at 8:33pm 11.12.11 S2 4/1552 My atomic four is equipped with Moyer bypass kit plus a new thermostat. Last time my boat was in the
Westerbeke Universal M30 Oil Pressure Sensor Stan Breaux at 7:45pm 11.12.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3841 My oil pressure sensor won't stop alarming. I checked the oil, and it was just 1/2 quart low. I adde

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Folding Prop Verdict Georgedoyle at 6:34pm 11.12.22 We tried to take data under power before installing the new prop, but even on smooth water in the ba
O'Day Javelin Larger Jib Sail? Stu Jackson at 6:24pm 11.12.22 That is an awesome jib sail diagram! Glad it helped. I must admit I did NOT draw it, but it has a
Catalina 320 diesel? Stu Jackson at 6:17pm 11.12.22 Of course....but I am in Grand Rapids 3 hours away. I should have check this out when I was there
Timidly rebedding stanchions (1) rgranger at 4:30pm 11.12.22 Senile does come from the same root as seni. It's Greek, as you may remember. -Will My favorite
Timidly rebedding stanchions Kermit at 4:30pm 11.12.22 Senile does come from the same root as seni. It's Greek, as you may remember. -Will Well, to me
Old Barient winches binding (4) jssailem at 4:16pm 11.12.22 210856
C22 Pop Top Assist pcharn01 at 4:04pm 11.12.22 Great, will see if I can find that.
C22 Pop Top Assist Leeward Rail at 3:37pm 11.12.22 Part number would depend on manufacturer, and many companies make compatible struts. In some cases p
Folding Prop Verdict (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:27pm 11.12.22 I think it would have been great if you had taken down actual empirical data such as wind speed, sp
Folding Prop Verdict SEMPERAVANTI41 at 2:48pm 11.12.22 I think it would have been great if you had taken down actual empirical data such as wind speed, spe
Catalina 320 diesel? Tally Ho at 2:47pm 11.12.22 Of course....but I am in Grand Rapids 3 hours away. I should have check this out when I was there
Old Barient winches binding Tally Ho at 2:42pm 11.12.22 Can you take some photos? Hard to tell from the description. I have some Barlows on my Oday 322 th
Catalina 320 diesel? Ben Ingebretson at 2:32pm 11.12.22 Or count the spark plugs. :laugh: Of course....but I am in Grand Rapids 3 hours away. I should h
Fisher Panda 12 mini SEMPERAVANTI41 at 2:26pm 11.12.22 Fischer Panda considers the part to be a "wear" item. I bet it wouldn't be a wear item it it were ma
O'Day Javelin Larger Jib Sail? kgray9 at 2:25pm 11.12.22 Suggest you review this earlier post I made: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/furling-jib-
Black Widow vs VC-17M? stickinthemud57 at 2:22pm 11.12.22 Are you jib leads on a track or fixed? This sounds like it could be an issue with lead position. Wh
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater kappykaplan at 2:20pm 11.12.22 all boat stuff is expensive. :plus: BOAT unit = Bring on another thousand
First time sailboat owner Terry Cox at 2:12pm 11.12.22 He wished all SBO sailors a thank you for helping with the start of their new cruising life. You'r
Catalina 320 diesel? Terry Cox at 1:54pm 11.12.22 Count the injector lines / injectors. Each cylinder gets one injector. Or count the spark plugs. :
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Terry Cox at 1:50pm 11.12.22 Shoot, I already bought one. It's by the foot so I can't return it. Installed a Wallas furnace in

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