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O'Day 23 broken mast step casting heymagic at 8:44am 11.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 40/11353 I am the new owner of a 1978 O'Day 23. The mast step casting is cracked on one corner and the hinge
Finally in the water Our Seas at 7:59am 11.04.11 Catalina 22 3/1327 Finally after two years of hard work, many late nights in the driveway and garage, many adult bevera
Using the sun to precisly navigate, at night? FourPoints at 7:25am 11.04.11 Sails Call Lounge 68/13948 "Fabled Viking 'sunstone' shown to really work" "These sunstones are mentioned in several contempo
recent occurrance in pago pago.... zeehag at 6:56am 11.04.11 Ask All Sailors 23/4273 a friend is in pago pgo and reports th news finally reported this incident happened oct 27th..:
Just to make you jealous (3) inarathree at 6:19am 11.04.11 Smaller Boats 17/2160 Went sailing last night. Low 70s, so i bundled up by putting on socks. Light winds, but they died
Outdoor Camera of Interest jdratlif at 6:05am 11.04.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1974 A buddy of mine just sent me a link of the commercials for this outdoor sports camera. I think its p
Another newbie question allaynaw at 10:42pm 11.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1230 Please excuse my ignorance, I am very new to this. The Mac 25 did not come with a boom vang. What ar
Deck Paint Lost Parent at 9:56pm 11.03.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2358 I am redoeing my decks this winter {under cover} and would like to know the best way to do them , ev
Key West, Big Boat Haven (5) shipwreck66 at 7:09pm 11.03.11 Destinations 3/3874 Forgive if you've already been there, but are all the cool big boats all homeported in Key West? Eve
Buttoned up for the winter (3) tjar at 5:02pm 11.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1965 The weather is starting to turn here in the northwest and the rains have returned. I struggled with
Cracked Up! jetboatn at 5:02pm 11.03.11 Smaller Boats 4/1321 OK...1994 Hunter 23.5- First sailboat, first year to sail and loving it!!! Problem, hairline and big
54 knots in a sailboat ??? Scott B at 4:28pm 11.03.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2438 Pretty cool... Bonneville Salt Flats type of sailing bjCRxKs2QgY
Sailboat video tours from Annapolis Show abk at 3:54pm 11.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1390 Hello, I tried to post this before but I don't think it went up. If it did I apologize I am a sail
How to decide correct tire size on trailer? UseDaGreyMatter at 3:26pm 11.03.11 Trailer Sailors 12/9497 I bought this boat and trailer. The boat is a 22 ft venture by macgregor. I don't know if the trai
Just won a Mac 22-2 on ebay Bobjr59 at 3:09pm 11.03.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3117 Hi I'm a newbie to boats so I thought I'd start with something I could restore and learn to sail. So
ST1000 + Oday 25..... teach me RECESS at 3:04pm 11.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 13/7122 I am planning on buying a Raymarine ST1000 for our Oday 25. Do I need to get the offset bar? What ti
Bimini slides SailArkansas at 2:40pm 11.03.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1281 I just purchased a set of Taylor-made slides for my Precision 28. My bimini is split due to the mai
Prepurchase advice 1988 Beneteau 432 CHM at 1:23pm 11.03.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/8747 I have a survey scheduled in a couple of weeks. This is an ex charter with the engine replaced in 2
This would get your attention brian3820 at 1:10pm 11.03.11 Big Boats 0/1050 So, you're in your dingy rowing around the harbor and this happens.... Would certainly get my attent
ICW Bridge Closure Chuckbear at 12:28pm 11.03.11 Destinations 0/2381 If you are traveling the ICW in the Norfolk area on November 28th and 29th, you should be aware of t

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Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar SycloneDriver at 6:56pm 10.24.22 That sludge might be caused by additive dropout. This can happen when incompatible coolants are mix
Stagnant water in the lazarette xavpil at 6:51pm 10.24.22 Small powerboats can have bilge drain because when they are up on plane and moving quickly the wat
Valve needed xavpil at 6:49pm 10.24.22 The brass is probably and should be bronze. You are correct, a valve is needed. A bronze or Marelon
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 SVAngelina at 6:33pm 10.24.22 It is typical practice to bed a faucet with something, usually plumbers putty that seals without a
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? sesmith at 6:31pm 10.24.22 Was afraid that would be the answer. Good thing we're in no hurry to leave the Great Lakes then.
Stagnant water in the lazarette dlochner at 6:26pm 10.24.22
Valve needed dlochner at 6:24pm 10.24.22 Well what I have is a threaded piece of brass sticking out of the hull to which an old valve was co
Stagnant water in the lazarette xavpil at 6:24pm 10.24.22 Unlike powerboats, sailboats typically don't have holes to drain the bilge overboard. Typically wat
Valve needed xavpil at 6:18pm 10.24.22 Clarity helps. shall we assume you mean you want to connect a strainer directly to a thruhull? and
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? dlochner at 6:14pm 10.24.22 Nice idea. Will it take off VC17 ? If we ever go to salt water I might give this a try if it will
Stagnant water in the lazarette dlochner at 6:12pm 10.24.22
Valve needed dlochner at 6:08pm 10.24.22 Hi all. what type of valve do I need to connect the strainer to the seasick? i obviously want somet
Valve needed Don S/V ILLusion at 6:08pm 10.24.22 Clarity helps. shall we assume you mean you want to connect a strainer directly to a thruhull? and w
Insurance claim capta at 6:02pm 10.24.22 I don't suppose you will have much of a choice. The insurance company will pay as little as possible
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? sesmith at 5:54pm 10.24.22 I used to post on here a receipe for homemade peel away. YOu take a 5lb bag of garden lime, two
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long capta at 5:53pm 10.24.22 The problem is that you could have water on top of the cylinders (at least1) and when you crank the
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 5:42pm 10.24.22 I installed a Groco ARG-750 . Substantial construction able to take the boat conditions of near fr
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 5:35pm 10.24.22 BTW I noticed that the hose between the strainer and the pump is too big for the intake pump. 3/4IN
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 5:30pm 10.24.22
Voltage Meter Issue dlochner at 5:12pm 10.24.22 Prior to my load test/recovery all connections were inspected and confirmed secure. The load test s

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