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Winch replacement Jonrod222 at 5:59pm 12.02.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1406 I am looking to replace my winches on my 222. I have the original barient #8 currently. I was lookin
Bayou Evening (1) kloudie1 at 4:30pm 12.02.10 Ask All Sailors 26/4338 Just back in from an overnight in a local bayou.. The weather has been really great for the last cou
Boom Vang jetboatn at 3:53pm 12.02.10 Smaller Boats 16/2526 Hello, I am new to this site and sailing also. I purchased a Hunter 23.5 as a first boat to learn sa
Nissan 5hp, no water at idle (1) C Jones at 1:41pm 12.02.10 Smaller Boats 11/4374 2002 Nissan 5hp 4stroke long shaft, I start the engine at least once a week, year round on my h23 Hu
What are you getting your Mac for Christmas? Justin_NSA at 10:39am 12.02.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2205 I am getting a Lewmar synchro block to improve my main handling. A couple 12v cabin fans, and enough
Hunter 23 wing keel on bottom at low tide Freeblowing at 9:32am 12.02.10 Smaller Boats 8/7088 Hello, I'm looking at various shallow draft sailboats right now, and trying to get the most boat for
How Far have you sailed? Freedom77 at 8:12am 12.02.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2037 Certain snobby elitists thumb their noses at Macs and their owners. Meanwhile, while they are slip l
Before I pull the trigger and buy a....... pkdailey4 at 7:36am 12.02.10 Ask All Sailors 8/3077 1980 Whitby 42' CC w/Ford Lehman 80 Anybody care to share some of the good, bad and ugly you may p
Ericson 26 mast redbud at 7:11am 12.02.10 Ericson 1/5885 Is there anybody out there that could possibly tell me the manufactures info on who made the mast fo
pivot pin paddler79 at 5:40am 12.02.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2840 Just replaced piviot pin on a 24 footer. Replacement pin is Stainless Steel. Just been told it could
DS II: Storing on blocks nick_ander at 2:51am 12.02.10 Day Sailers 9/2689 Hello, I am a new DS owner and new sailor, but I have been on boats all of my life and worked for y
GPS mccauley13 at 8:10pm 12.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3256 I'm looking at handheld GPS units and the more I look, the less I know. I have no problem with my GP
Bavaria 33 Cruiser Steering question busyengineer at 8:09pm 12.01.10 Bavaria 0/2014 I believe the steering is a Whitlock (now Lewmar) Constellation cable system. Is this true? !) D
Moonshine - 2006 Bavaria 33 Cruiser (BVI) busyengineer at 8:03pm 12.01.10 Bavaria 0/1817 Looking to contact the owners of this particular vessel...
Anyone have measurements for a replacement jib for O'Day 27? gstevens66 at 7:55pm 12.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1510 Hi, I just bought an O'Day 27 and need to buy a replacement jib for my boat. I need to know some r
Manual Needed for O'Day 27 gstevens66 at 7:41pm 12.01.10 Bigger Boats 3/1760 Hi everyone, I'm new here and just bought my first boat, an O'Day 27. Does anyone have an owner's
How to reach Mac at 6:17pm 12.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/3754 the block on my Mac 25 that pulls the lines for the boom. The screws are loose and i cannot tighte
Just saying hello Silvio at 4:34pm 12.01.10 Catalina 310 22/4232 Just saying hello. I am looking to purchase a 2003 310 next week if all goes well with the survey an
Lifeline stanchions Golden Road at 3:02pm 12.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1855 All of mine need tightening, and one was badly damaged to the point where I have ripped it out compl
Anchor chain/locker aggravation rwspreen at 3:02pm 12.01.10 Big Boats 15/6777 2005 Hunter 38 - When pulling up the hook the chain doesn't fall to the bottom of the anchor chain l

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Mast Strut Bolt Tedd at 8:31am 07.07.22 Are you talking about the bolts on the baby struts? I'm not familiar with the details of the H240 in
Low oil indicator fading in and out (1) dmax at 8:26am 07.07.22 This diagram should be pretty close to what you have but may not be exact (it has an ammeter). On mi
Low oil indicator fading in and out jonelli at 8:10am 07.07.22 Going off on a tangent here, I started looking at wiring diagrams, and literally the only thing I ca
Spinnaker Question colb218 at 8:02am 07.07.22 Thanks for the insight everyone! I will look into something to get the tack sorted, I like the ide
Air conditioning issue Captain Mateo at 7:58am 07.07.22 Wanted to provide an update and solution to this for any future searches. First of all, thanks to ev
Mast Strut Bolt travorgeron at 7:54am 07.07.22 FWIW, that's what I did. Worked fine until the replacement came (bought two and keep spare on the
Mast Strut Bolt BobSail at 7:42am 07.07.22 FWIW, that's what I did. Worked fine until the replacement came (bought two and keep spare on the b
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? Captain Larry-DH at 7:33am 07.07.22 Have you serviced it and see what the emissions are afterwards? Yes, carb recently cleaned after c
Traveler for B281 sail sfbay at 7:28am 07.07.22 Suggest contacing Garhauer and/or Harken as they likely will have supplied a replacement upgraded tr
Worth a shot-- rogerbalz at 7:12am 07.07.22 Getting her ready for a road trip-- trying to check out all the new pieces and make sure they work:
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA tfox2069 at 6:52am 07.07.22 I noticed you rented a life raft from Vane Brothers. I'm scratching my head over that because I did
Raritan CH Cleans Hoses Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:19am 07.07.22 Unlike Raritan K.O. and C.P., which are unique products, CH Cleans Hoses is just their considerably
Cheap Fuses/Breakers be careful! Maine Sail at 6:05am 07.07.22 There appear to be many brand name items for sale on Amazon that are really counterfeits although c
Wiring schematic jssailem at 5:55am 07.07.22 Such things as electricity are not for everyone. When it is not your thing, hire a marine electrici
The one armed electrician... sailme88 at 5:46am 07.07.22 Thanks for the offer I'd love to but, my balance is nowhere near good enough. Have not even been ou
A "green"dilemma. What would you do? Vvs1blue at 5:26am 07.07.22 Have you serviced it and see what the emissions are afterwards?
Tying up at the dock Joe at 5:12am 07.07.22 You can also add a pair of springs by anchoring them to a mid ships cleat on the toe rail or even to
Lines Aft on an old Precision 18 Joe at 4:54am 07.07.22 If you feel safer with the halyards led aft, by all means, make the change. A cheek block at the
boom attachment on mast Joe at 4:45am 07.07.22 Post a picture.
Spinnaker Question Joe at 4:43am 07.07.22 If the two edges from the Head (top) are the same length it's a symmetrical or racing spinnaker. If

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