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Hot battery IanJ at 6:21pm 10.09.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1650 Recently I found one of my two wet house batteries with the two covers off, and the lead exposed. I
Reviews of O'day 23 sailing features O'dayO'boy at 5:47pm 10.09.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/17262 I have sailed for many years... 10 with an O'day outlaw... then to a marinner which I love for trail
Inboard engine for a O'day 25 dfrom at 5:46pm 10.09.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2675 I have a Oday 25 which came with a Vire 7 inboard motor. I am thinking about replacing the engine d
Keel Operation tommy at 4:57pm 10.09.10 Day Sailers 2/1548 Can anyone give me the proper way to bring the keel up and down while out of water and what to inspe
Lowering Mast on H340 Cool_Change at 4:47pm 10.09.10 Big Boats 4/2510 This is our first year taking down the mast on our 2000 h340....Our club has a crane for this and on
Lowering the boom ... next to the mast jveatch at 4:13pm 10.09.10 Big Boats 6/1753 We have a 2006 Hunter 36. We have had trouble bringing the main sail back in to the furling mast. I
H23.5 Water Ballast Question davidb at 3:00pm 10.09.10 Smaller Boats 3/1475 The last 2 times I have taken my H23.5, out I have had something happen that seems odd to me. At th
Reefing Roger Long at 2:40pm 10.09.10 Ask All Sailors 23/6416 I just came back this afternoon from a short, somewhat gnarly, daysail. Strider was plugging along
C&C 33-2 Owners Manual Wanted Imagineer at 1:49pm 10.09.10 C&C 3/4350 Greetings all you lucky C'C owners! I have just discovered that the C'C 33-2 (mid~late 80s models) i
understanding serial number oldsalt70 at 1:00pm 10.09.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1691 I know the serial no. breaks down into "manufacturer" "model sequence number" and "date built". Is
Need an expert's opinion hunter bum at 11:23am 10.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2266 I just bought a 1985 hunter 34 that needs to be almost completely remodeled. I'm estimating to spen
Leak through Keel bolts morris at 11:17am 10.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1819 We are worried we may have water seeping in through the keel as a result of a grounding. Can this be
356 Remove Holding tank shemandr at 8:12am 10.09.10 Big Boats 5/2142 I am thinking of replacing my holding tank - something is unholy down there. I've measured it and I
Charger/Inverter Location Switched Off at 8:02am 10.09.10 Big Boats 6/1619 Can I get a sense of where everyone has put their inverters. I am replacing my old Freedom 10 and th
What makes them a Legend? danstanford at 7:50am 10.09.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/6833 I see several models that share a Legend designation, and I think Hunter calls themselves Legend in
Using a trailer for 4'11" fix keel Cofresi at 7:42am 10.09.10 Trailer Sailors 12/5427 There are many fine 27 - 28 foot fixed keel sailboats for sale at very reasonable prices. I am very
New 27 questions and Atomic 4 issues in particular mpahl at 6:51am 10.09.10 Bigger Boats 3/1688 So, I bought a 1977 Oday 27 as my first "big" boat- coming from a 14' trailer dinghy... I looked the
Boat Babe makes cover of Lats & Atts Jim Seamans at 6:45am 10.09.10 Ask All Sailors 6/4382 October issue of Latitudes ' Attitudes features our very own Boat Babe on the cover. Way to go Steph
Looking at a 1985 Beneteau First 325 yammydo1 at 6:25am 10.09.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/2431 Have sailed a Sonic 23 for 5 years and looking to move up. Looking at a 1985 Beneteau 325. I know th
Broken mast teacher63 at 5:18am 10.09.10 Smaller Boats 8/2952 After about a month of waiting for a decision on my broken mast the insurance company has agreed to

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Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 kappykaplan at 7:51am 06.26.22 Air leaks could be one of several problems. Do the faucets have aerator screens? They could have j
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D JBP-PA at 7:48am 06.26.22 In addition to the usual sail, motor, trailer, etc. condition, you want to check out the ballast tan
Good exercise of older boaters jssailem at 7:45am 06.26.22 Water balloons and water cannons Less damage than a spud wacking you.
Hypalon vs pvc dmax at 7:32am 06.26.22 As a point of reference, I have had my hypalon inflatable (made by Zeppelin) for 28 years, still loo
little egg inlet nj Dil at 7:12am 06.26.22 we came in the little egg Saturday and are staying at beach haven we had no issues coming in, howeve
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings (1) PlaneTom at 6:50am 06.26.22 I received the new drum from Schaefer and finally found time to do the swap. Easier than I expected,
Good exercise of older boaters Leeward Rail at 6:50am 06.26.22 Man... you guys know how to kill a joke. That is SOOOOOOO Depressing. I might just get a potato lau
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing (1) duck21 at 6:43am 06.26.22 Attached is a picture of how the line currently drops through the deck on my boat. Here is one of t
Alberg Daystar 22' Epic1969 at 6:35am 06.26.22 Good list of boats there. Right now I have a Precision 18 and a fixer upper Montgomery 17 to satisf
Main Halyard for Catalina 315 Bill Russell at 6:30am 06.26.22 That's very interesting, Stephen. My clutches on the starboard side are rigged with the vang and th
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries dlochner at 6:28am 06.26.22 The more complicated you make the system the more points of failure you introduce and the more diffi
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 6:21am 06.26.22 Hard to say. Ask AB? Mine is an Aria model. I think this was their idea of a budget model and used t
Cordless power tools: best for boat? Marmalade at 5:59am 06.26.22 Chainsaw might do better than the "sawszall" in a de-masting situation.... unless you have a wood
Hypalon vs pvc jviss at 5:58am 06.26.22 My AB with the 215 is toast after 7 years. Leaking like a sieve. Yikes! I have an AB 9VL with Or
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 5:36am 06.26.22 I'm going to start a new thread on backing up the house bank (or maybe not), as that's where this on
Cordless power tools: best for boat? Ward H at 5:18am 06.26.22 I've had my Rigid Compact 18v Drill & Impact Driver for about 10 years now, bought them specifically
H34 mid ship cleats location Sefuller at 4:58am 06.26.22 @DeniseO30 if this is for a Hunter 34 with slotted toe-rails you can use a Dyneema soft shackle on t
Help needed with Magnum inverter problem robertcropdust at 4:55am 06.26.22 Thanks for the reply. Looking through the the logs the inverter was installed by a certified marine
Cordless power tools: best for boat? Sefuller at 4:47am 06.26.22 Milwaukee M12 is the way to go - they have an almost unlimited number of tools available. I keep on
Balmar SG2000 Failure to connect Ward H at 4:46am 06.26.22 Sounds like several issues posted here. Last year my issue was after an update the SG200 screen woul

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