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black spots on nonskid Bill23169 at 9:45pm 06.05.11 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2693 Hi I have black spots on the deck of my Oday 26. Getting them off the nonskid is possing a problem.
Trim to the Course and Sail to the Trim red_dolphin at 8:52pm 06.05.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/9041 On our recent race from Long Beach to Catalina, we sailed a very fast boat to a win. Well, Whoopee!
Re-creating the Oday emblem (2) adanob at 8:48pm 06.05.11 Day Sailers 0/1421 I have been updating my Oday 22 and wanted to create a logo for the hull. The typography is relativ
Point Jude mast hitch54 at 8:38pm 06.05.11 Trailer Sailors 0/3179 I am looking for a mast for my '87 Point Jude. The previous mast was a Dwyer, 21' 5". I sail at Lake
Oday 25 downwind performance ebsail at 8:33pm 06.05.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1626 Finally got my 25 up and running and now I'm racing it. We only have a less than 100% jib with a PH
Lewmar Pedestal Scott B at 7:14pm 06.05.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3400 Tried connecting the GPS to DSC today and speant well over an hour trying to fish a wire down throug
Dilemma??? paulh1 at 7:02pm 06.05.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2092 I've got some cracks in my gelcoat plus I also have pieces missing where I can see the fiberglass. H
Windows for H260 earlkeim at 7:01pm 06.05.11 Smaller Boats 0/1108 HI, Would the patterns for windows in the line of Hunter 260's all be the same? I assume that the
Point Jude mast hitch54 at 6:04pm 06.05.11 Parts Search 0/3425 I am looking for a mast for my '87 Point Jude. The previous was a Dwyer, 21' 5". I sail at Lake Taho
need help finding a prop guard DAVA390 at 5:51pm 06.05.11 Trailer Sailors 16/8060 I wish to intstall on my 4hp Yamaha a prop guard to stop me from chewing up the tiller.I have read o
Stern Pulpits for Hunter 235 Scubagirl62 at 5:47pm 06.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1271 Where can I find stern pulpits for a 2006 Hunter 235?
411 aft head holding tank installation Jorgeusa at 4:39pm 06.05.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2787 I' m planning on adding a holding tank to my aft head .. I was wondering if anybody has a digital pi
Roller Furler Issue hhcribbs at 3:24pm 06.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1610 Good afternoon, today during light winds (10 - 15 Knots) the family and I found it very difficult to
Shift and Throttle Quadrant (1) hhcribbs at 3:20pm 06.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1301 Greetings, great day on the boat except my transmission lever pedestal quadrant finally failed (orig
Comfortable PFD for youth > 90 lbs Brian L.20665 at 2:26pm 06.05.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2512 My very tall 10-year old daughter is now 93 lbs, which means she no longer legally fits in any child
vented loop in head compartment fiestaMojo at 2:15pm 06.05.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/9136 would it be a bad thing to put the vented loop, that is between the pump and bowl, in the head compa
Changing halyards first time Scubagirl62 at 1:44pm 06.05.11 Smaller Boats 4/1371 We are changing out the halyards of our Hunter 235 we just purchased this year. The one was a littl
hitch pin on a Hunter 260 mast/deckplate joint Kivalo at 12:47pm 06.05.11 Smaller Boats 2/1294 Hello sailors! I have a 2003 Hunter 260. I have lost the pin that allows the mast to pivot up and do
Electric toilet Imbbeamer at 12:20pm 06.05.11 Catalina 310 1/1774 Has anyone replaced the factory head with an electric toilet? Is there a preferred model to switch t
Standing rigging tuning (1) c_witch at 11:41am 06.05.11 Trailer Sailors 10/7383 Hiee, We trailer our boat when ever we go sailing. My question is how many of you tune your stand

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Hunter Europa transom bung Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 09.05.22 Glad that's cleared up.
Hunter vision in mast wires P Lund at 9:00am 09.05.22 I put a bore scope camera into main halyard mast hole. Looks like 3/4 in PVC. This might be a chal
Windlass Power Source Tedd at 8:53am 09.05.22
Hunter 326 running rigging sail sfbay at 8:43am 09.05.22 9.5 -10mm (3/8") low stretch is fine for your length sailboat. This article recommends 8-10 mm for
Bottom Paint Clarification colb218 at 8:36am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source dlochner at 8:29am 09.05.22 Second Star's windlass is wired to a Positive Bus Bar before the battery switch. All of the charging
Main sheet line Hunter 326 jssailem at 8:23am 09.05.22 Beautiful scenic water. Kind of explains why boats developed so many different sails. Trying to capt
Hunter 326 running rigging RobAL at 8:22am 09.05.22 One more question on this topic - for some reason the main sail halyard spec isn't in my manual, my
Bottom Paint Clarification dlochner at 8:13am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source jssailem at 8:13am 09.05.22 The Studer MBI 100/3 is using a diode/capacitor technology. This is different from the BlueSea ACR w
Main sheet line Hunter 326 (2) RobAL at 8:06am 09.05.22
Airmar ST 800 Odd Problem dlochner at 8:02am 09.05.22 Sounds like there might be fault in the cable or connector. When the transducer is installed the wir
Windlass Power Source Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 09.05.22 I think to a greater extent it depends on your start battery. I don't think you have described it e
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) dlochner at 8:00am 09.05.22 I leave my clock and barometer on board all year. Even leave the battery in. It gets cold here on th
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) Davidasailor26 at 7:48am 09.05.22
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 7:35am 09.05.22 Hi @SycloneDriver thanks a lot for your pictures! You'r welcome. I hope the pictures were helpful
1977 O'Day 27 - Water damaged bulkhead / Chainplate Repair MarionAdele at 7:33am 09.05.22 O'Days can/do have issues with moisture in the deck core - they didn't seal the core at the opening
1977 O'Day 27 - Water damaged bulkhead / Chainplate Repair MarionAdele at 7:28am 09.05.22 Hello K. Welcome to the SBO forums. Congrats on your new to you boat. While it is natural to shout
2 year old Diesel Stabilzer sailcapt340 at 7:04am 09.05.22
Battleship Texas (1) Bill19233 at 7:01am 09.05.22 Monument Inn was my favorite. Could never decide between the chicken fried steak or a seafood platte

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