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Tacoma Narrows Hayden Watson at 12:05am 05.02.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 36/4597 I will be heading down to Olympia later this week and the current through the Tacoma Narrows will be
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 6:55pm 05.01.22 Ask An Oday Owner 22/1665 Hello, my original fiberglass boxes that hold my tach and auto-pilot, etc. are pitted from all the y
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 6:17pm 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2179 I have a Simrad WP30 on my 1983 Hunter 34. I believe it's original, but I'm not sure. There was an
MaxiProp on 37c? DanMaine at 6:07pm 05.01.22 The Cherubini Hunters 3/516 I found s 15" 3 blade MaxiProp on Ebay. Has anyone used one like this on a 37C? with a 1" shaft? I
Single-handing a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 3:00pm 05.01.22 Catalina 310 27/4496 I am looking at doing some single handing of my 2002 Catalina 310 this summer. I have an auto-pilot
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 2:24pm 05.01.22 Big Boats 4/780 I have two areas on the boat where it appears poor manufacturing processes left a void behind the ge
Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast brockangelo at 2:12pm 05.01.22 Catalina 22 11/1301
Flooring for Hunter 1984 Addie H at 11:19am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 3/861 My husband and I took out the old floor boards and want to put something new. Any suggestion are ap
New to me o'day mariner 19' (6) Girth Brooks at 10:17am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 15/3339
windlass not working and how to use it solo? sunlover at 9:06am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1418 are there any switches that I should be aware of? the controller looks weathered but I'll start d
why not have these built in? sunlover at 9:01am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/705 cut two supports to prop open engine hatch.
Deep stick Udi at 2:40am 05.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1298 Hi! Anybody have information where to get deep stick for Hunter 45? Thanks
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater (1) baycloud at 11:29pm 04.30.22 Big Boats 23/2469 Hey everyone, back on the boat (in the rain). Made tons of progress, pulling really long days. My b
Iso Therm mixing value install (1) ricksoth at 10:02pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 4/703 I purchased a hot/cold mixing valve from Fishermans and plan on incorporating it into my hot water s
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint (1) shank at 6:36pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 6/949 This isn't my boat and just using the photo for illustrative purposes since my set up and colors the
How do I get to this bolt? (2) rpwillia at 5:48pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1158 I had a related discussion in the 310 thread, but have a new issue. To reinstall the one bolt, I nee
Smoothing boat bottom and painting (4) mechjagger at 5:46pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 16/3226 Need some advice. My cat 22 has vc17 on the bottom and seems to have many layers of paint, it is al
Corrosion on Lightning mast (1) Seamus603 at 4:23pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 7/532 Bought an "NTM"(New to me) Lightning late last year. Pulled it out of storage the other day, and was
O'day 25 Port and Stbd setee drains to where? (1) racenmotorsports at 1:52pm 04.30.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/466 I didn't find anything searching so..... Help! I was trying to clean up my boat today and commenc
Water in the Rudder Post Tube dkinzer at 1:14pm 04.30.22 Big Boats 2/745 On our H41DS, I recently had removed the floor panel immediately behind the helm station in order to

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1993 Catalina 30 water heater replacements? Hayden Watson at 3:29pm 11.25.24 With my hydronic system, I run the heater boiler for one hour each morning which dries out any conde
Macerator pump mounting jssailem at 3:03pm 11.25.24 Will it be OK to mount the pump on a slight angle? With the motor side a little lower than the pump
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length jssailem at 2:44pm 11.25.24 If you use the 3-5 inch value below the hull and the depth of the hull for a typical boat, you will
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length jssailem at 2:42pm 11.25.24 Here are some suggestions from a prop shop on the web. The Ideal Prop Depth The general rule is tha
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length BillFred at 2:40pm 11.25.24 That's what I am thinking, thanks! A couple of extra bucks, but a friend has told me a boat is a ho
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length jssailem at 2:40pm 11.25.24 Measure from the mount to the bottom of the boat. Then, compare it to the outboard at a local shop.
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length kappykaplan at 2:38pm 11.25.24 Mount is fixed. You'll probably want a long shaft then. Welcome to the forum! :beer:
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length BillFred at 2:35pm 11.25.24 Boat is "home" working on cleaning her up and provisioning for 2025 season. Mount is fixed.
Replacement counter top jssailem at 2:32pm 11.25.24 What about one of the big box stores? HD or Lowes have access to all sorts of countertop materials.
Decking project kappykaplan at 2:30pm 11.25.24 Looks great!!!! :beer:
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? kappykaplan at 2:29pm 11.25.24 No, NO, NO ! There was a fl. before the oz. meaning a fluid ounce, before I sent it. SBO screwed u
Mast on a Hunter 19 Crazy Dave Condon at 2:28pm 11.25.24 @drtdkidd The aHunter 19 you are referring to, is it the water ballast sailboat? If not, the year
O'Day 240 Outboard Motor Shaft Length jssailem at 2:27pm 11.25.24 Welcome Bill Congrats on your new to you boat. You might want to wait til you get the boat home. Y
Decking project (2) Grotto at 2:27pm 11.25.24 Foredeck complete! Most likely going to be spring for the cockpit and seats
Replacement counter top Sailor Sue at 2:26pm 11.25.24 How about Star Board, or some other inorganic material, that you can work with woodworking tools?
How to remove panel behind the engine smokey73 at 2:10pm 11.25.24 @dlochner and @dmax Wish I would have asked before I tackled this job. Was able to do it okay with
How to remove panel behind the engine dmax at 2:04pm 11.25.24 Regarding the bungs: drill a small hole in the center and drive a screw into it leaving enough expos
How to remove panel behind the engine dlochner at 2:00pm 11.25.24 A trick for removing bungs is to use a drywall screw. Carefully drive the screw into the bung with a
Gelcoat or paste for touch ups and spider cracks? Ralph Johnstone at 1:57pm 11.25.24 Weighs a pound, doesn't it? :banghead::poke: No, NO, NO ! There was a fl. before the oz. meaning
How to remove panel behind the engine smokey73 at 1:45pm 11.25.24 I have a 1994 Hunter 40.5 so it may not be the same. Look for the subtle difference in grain indica

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