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Leaking chainplates or something else? Rich Langdon at 4:00pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 3/2463 I bought an O'day 25 2 years ago and rebedded the chainplates literally 30 minutes after I signed th
1987 O'Day 302 Owners Manual - Scanned Copy jsmac at 3:01pm 08.08.11 Bigger Boats 2/4404 Hi Everyone, I have just found and scanned my 1987 O'Day 302 Owners Manual. It's actually in pret
How to haul a 27' Sailboat cross-country (1) PamelaJo at 2:55pm 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 4/3330 http://s0.2mdn.net/dot.gif How could I go about hauling my 27' Catalina from California to
Mariner Cockpit drains JRH at 2:53pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 2/1806 Hi....just launched my "new" Mariner....1970 centerboard model I purchased about 10 years ago...! Lo
Hunter 356 or 376 ? rdkaz at 2:29pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2276 Narrowed my boat search to either a 1997 Hunter 376; or a 2003 Hunter 356. Both boats are about the
Added a water heater thermometer? KenKindrick at 2:12pm 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1376 I want to know what the water temperature in my water heater is so I will know if I need to run the
leaking prop shaft waynesr at 1:48pm 08.08.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3365 I see the prop shaft on my cal 2-27 is leaking. What is the procedure?
Leaky Jabsco Discharge Elbow stevemac at 1:43pm 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/10634 Hi Peggy, In 2008 I performed a complete refit with a new Jabsco toilet, Shields Poly X hose, repla
150% genoa ebsail at 1:40pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 1/1480 Has anyone purchase a 150% Genoa for a 25 O'day? if so how do you like it. Who made it? How much
Jib car repair Paul17630 at 1:30pm 08.08.11 Day Sailers 0/1220 I purchased a 1973 DS II. The jib car was frozen. I broke off the nut attempting to free it up. I ha
LED Lights? An anonymous user at 1:06pm 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1470 Anyone tried these? http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage'Page2Disp
Stepping the mast for the first time! An anonymous user at 1:02pm 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2638 Well we raised the mast for the first time by ourselves. I added a friction winch to the ladder on t
Hunter 49 Jabsco Solenoid location mrmarch at 12:58pm 08.08.11 Big Boats 2/1377 Does anyone know the location of the Solenoid Valve ' Siphon Breaker for the Jabsco head in the main
holding tank system on Catalina 30 abaron at 12:45pm 08.08.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/15060 I crew on my brother's new (old) Catalina 30. Circa late 80's. While he is replacing all standing ri
Beneteau 343 Rig Tension pmunger at 12:44pm 08.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1945 Does anyone know the Loos-Gage Tension for a 343? Uppers and lowers???
adding files to downlaod section of resources Richard19068 at 12:14pm 08.08.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/5620 adding files to download section of resources I tried to upload a pdf of an O'Day 31 manual to the
New member...Hello! tjar at 11:39am 08.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3210 I'm the new owner of a Macgreggor 26D, planning to pick it up this week. I've been looking at Macgr
New Photos Roger Long at 11:33am 08.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/2429 Shelburn to Lunenburg http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1709929248503.71118.1846284215'l=2f2
Muffler Replacement Dean Strong at 11:16am 08.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1508 I need to replace the muffler on my 1990 H30. There are lots of posts regarding older H30s, but can
Blocks sailman57 at 10:35am 08.08.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1031 looking for help locating cheak/turning blocks for 1985/H34?:)

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How many impellers? flightlead404 at 8:13am 10.18.22 Was happened to the pin that goes through the hub of the impellers that you installed? Do you mea
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 8:03am 10.18.22 He's through the Pleasent canal. Staging at Cape May to head up to the DC canal. Looking for any a
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:53am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is a
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:51am 10.18.22 There is no provision for electronics or an autopilot. Cabin lights are typically on 2 circuits, por
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:50am 10.18.22 This is great! thanks guys - and how did I forget the bilge, sheesh!
New electrical panel WayneH at 7:45am 10.18.22 Are you cooking onboard? Propane needs a solenoid at the tank. On that line, I saw a neat idea. Some
Twin coil water heater dlochner at 7:45am 10.18.22 Due to space limitations, I'll probably use a heat exchanger from Sure Marine. It is only 2" x 23" w
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 7:44am 10.18.22 I've used separate breakers for each of the following: chartplotter autopilot VHF sailing instrumen
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 7:42am 10.18.22 It sounds like he had a bit of confusion over the specifications of his boat. I think he mentioned
How many impellers? sailcapt340 at 7:40am 10.18.22 On my 3GM30F Yanmar, I had 1 Yanmar impeller separate from the hub also. It happened about 4 years
Replacing transducer on C310 PlaneTom at 7:27am 10.18.22 I got the same answer from Raymarine at the time. It didn't look like a bad routing, so I decided to
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 7:13am 10.18.22 Thanks for the insight. He doesnt know everything from a complete physics perspective, but Captain
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 7:04am 10.18.22 It looks like he will have light winds all week. It will be excellent for motoring in the ICW. He
How many impellers? flightlead404 at 6:42am 10.18.22 Couple of hundred hours is a lot. Suggest a scheduled replacement every X hours. "a lot" meaning
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs Orbweaver at 6:38am 10.18.22 Thanks guys! I'll have to remove all the bulbs and measure lengths.
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 6:22am 10.18.22 I was thinking of using a heat exchanger https://www.supplyhouse.com/Heat-Exchangers-821000 but I do
Twin coil water heater dlochner at 6:22am 10.18.22
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 6:12am 10.18.22
Rig on Legend 35.5 replacement (3) CAVU at 6:02am 10.18.22 I have a Hunter 380 and your story sounds like mine. Our 380 had its rig destroyed by the two boats

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