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O'Day 322 Genoa/Jib Track Leaks, Rebedding, and Annual Tight philziggy at 10:01am 10.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1734
Rebeding hatch, rot, wood screws KandD at 9:52am 10.12.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2157 I'm rebeding a hatch, and I don't think the wood-screws would hold what they are biting into. I kno
Holding tank margiekch at 9:43am 10.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/2022 I have a 1989 ( early model) Hunter 30. Some years ago the original holding tank was replaced. I wo
Reefing Question - Irwin 25 dansam55 at 9:36am 10.12.10 Ask All Sailors 8/3260 I'm a fairly new owner of a 1971 Irwin 25 (8 foot beam), and have actually not had the need yet to r
Kanzaki Reverser troubles? KD3PC at 9:28am 10.12.10 Big Boats 7/3245 We were set to go out this past week, when I noticed that my P42 transmission has enough reverse dra
where are all the Tempest's? doublezero at 9:26am 10.12.10 Day Sailers 11/4810 Hello, Brand new to the site, looks like quite a bit of information. I am also new to sailing a
Question about this piece of tackle... What is it!? (3) JWIELOCH at 8:49am 10.12.10 Catalina 22 4/2030 i restored a catalina 22 earlier this season and I can't figure out what this piece of tackle is/doe
Cruising from N to S. Cptjimmy at 8:33am 10.12.10 Ask All Sailors 50/7522 Hi folks...I hope you all are doing super! I just bought a 1975 Pearson 33 in excellent condition
Boats for sale - interested? DianaOfBurlington at 7:59am 10.12.10 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1518 In the yard next to ours (in NJ) are several very worthy boats in need of some love and care (but no
Upgrading chartplotter SpongeRob at 7:28am 10.12.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1484 My 2006 H33 came installed with RaymarineRC435 chatplotter. It works well but very small screen and
Elusive Head Odor Solved Mike Turner at 6:16am 10.12.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2852 Peggy - I thought I'd do a post on my experience chasing down head odors on my boat to say "thank
battery question butchrobbins at 6:11am 10.12.10 Ask All Sailors 11/3765 I have a battery bank of 2x4D batteries along with a 40amp 3 stage battery charger that when on the
Sharing - H22 (10) inarathree at 4:16am 10.12.10 Smaller Boats 9/1550 Just thought I would share this with the group. The PO of my girl, neglected her. Basically she sa
macerator discharge plumbing gettinthere at 3:47am 10.12.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/13288 My old boat was set up with an overboard discharge underwater thru-hull direct from the toilet. Late
376 standing rigging Hoomalie at 12:15am 10.12.10 Big Boats 2/1582 I am about to change the standing rigging for the first time ( bought the boat used ) 1996 Hunter 37
Cradle Sylvain at 7:22pm 10.11.10 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1853 Last year, I got some measurements to modify a very heavy built 8 pad cradle from a Hans Christian 3
Disgusting and unnecessary LuzSD at 7:10pm 10.11.10 Ask All Sailors 45/9031 Sunday we ventured out of San Diego Bay in search of better wind. We decided to go out to the entran
Something has happened not sure what jwieneck at 7:02pm 10.11.10 Big Boats 15/2423 Ok my boat engine starts every time all the time. Then two weeks ago I go out to the mooring and tu
Arkansas River Sailing Mark H at 6:46pm 10.11.10 Smaller Boats 5/3078 I'm starting a trip down Arkansas River. Please share with me any others that enjoyed this sailing.
Joe - The old fuzzy faced Captain of the "Trinkka" James19955 at 6:21pm 10.11.10 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2428 Joe - We were out on Narrangansett bay 2 weekends ago just of Warwick Point ..... I know there are s

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Self Tacking Jib Will Gilmore at 12:35pm 06.26.22 I would like to see a picture or two of your setup. I'm unfamiliar with your description, but it so
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap jssailem at 12:30pm 06.26.22
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 arf145 at 12:23pm 06.26.22 As the others said, look for problems on the suction side. With an old system on another boat, I wou
Self Tacking Jib Brian D at 12:21pm 06.26.22 :wow3::worthless: LOL Good job. If it works and meets your needs, then you have done well.
Good exercise of older boaters jssailem at 12:13pm 06.26.22 mashed potatoes Or SMASHED potatoes
Navionics missing Active Captain info dlochner at 12:09pm 06.26.22 Can't speak to Navionics however on our recent trip down south we had access to both Waterway Guide
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap MikeHoncho at 11:48am 06.26.22
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap FastOlson at 11:42am 06.26.22 Regularly, even BoatUS warns members about this scam. They have some small print in their web site
Sailing Brownsville TX (2) jssailem at 11:01am 06.26.22 Regarding "rough"... Watch during the season (June to November) the storms coming up from the South
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap PaulK at 10:48am 06.26.22 I agree that these firms are deceiving the public and the feds should make them state that they ar
Balmar SG2000 Failure to connect MikeHoncho at 10:48am 06.26.22 Sounds like several issues posted here. Last year my issue was after an update the SG200 screen wou
Good exercise of older boaters Ralph Johnstone at 10:44am 06.26.22 Unless one needs spuds for dinner tonight. :huh: Pretty well limited to mashed potatoes :facepalm
Yeti Goal Zero (1) Windpilot at 10:08am 06.26.22 You should see this. It's the coolant lines going into the heater heat exchanger inside the heater b
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries dlochner at 10:07am 06.26.22 As far as I can tell, from internet research, the vast majority of flooded lead acid battery failur
Yeti Goal Zero c07chrisjohnson at 9:57am 06.26.22 Hey Greg, appreciate the help, I'll check it out. So look at the water heater and see if any lines r
Sailing Brownsville TX A6C5O7 at 9:51am 06.26.22 I was stationed at Naval Air Station corpus and kitesurfed laguna madre for three years. It was ver
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap BigEasy at 9:28am 06.26.22 Had a friend who recently received the same notification. He complained to me about the renewal cos
Good exercise of older boaters Brian D at 9:26am 06.26.22 Water balloons and water cannons Less damage than a spud wacking you. Unless one needs spuds for d
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D Kenflyet at 9:23am 06.26.22 In addition to the usual sail, motor, trailer, etc. condition, you want to check out the ballast ta
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 BigEasy at 9:14am 06.26.22 By all means, check the aforementioned items listed by Kappy, John, & Ralph. I have other thoughts,

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