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O'Day 23 lines drawing anchorh at 8:46am 10.16.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1686 I'm having to build a new cradle for a 1980 23 Mk2 that I bought this summer. With the boat still in
Replacing Sail Slides srogers at 8:21am 10.16.10 Smaller Boats 3/3286 Hi! My stronger-than-he-looks teenage son, hoisted the main of our Cat 250 recently and broke 3-4 of
Dropping the mast Johnrself at 6:54am 10.16.10 Big Boats 3/1463 I am new to sailing and have purchased a Hunter 35.5. I need to have it trucked to new marina and n
Wooden Ship Wheel Buzzlovelace at 6:11am 10.16.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1459 I just worked on a wooden ship wheel, to install on a friends Challenger 36' It was a little loose a
Centerboard line replacement H26--need help Tom Wootton at 5:43am 10.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1498 Been away for awhile, because I haven't been able to sail much in the last few years. I'm trying to
Fog Horn Recommendation jibes138 at 11:49pm 10.15.10 Ask All Sailors 26/13216 In my years of sailing i have seen mouth/lung actuated horns, aerosol cans with a horn attached and
Replace lost keel? An anonymous user at 9:53pm 10.15.10 Trailer Sailors 16/8792 I found a Venture22 sailboat for sale $1500 but they say the keel fell off into the lake. What would
Anti spam question? savvy at 8:00pm 10.15.10 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/3348 New to the forum, just thought it was hilarious that i got the anti spam questions wrong twice. app
Storm Coming? Remove Your Anchor Please.... (5) Maine Sail at 7:20pm 10.15.10 Musings With Maine Sail 34/18993 Some of you will remember my many rantings about folks leaving anchors on their bows, in exposed mo
Trailer Rental Cptjimmy at 6:47pm 10.15.10 Trailer Sailors 2/2682 Hello Sailors! I hope you all are doing good! I need to rent a trailer to haul a sailboat with the
Black Trim Paint Mick at 5:27pm 10.15.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1220 I am getting ready to pull my boat home for the season. Water in lake is way to low to launch. Whi
Recessed lights in Catalina 30' igor at 3:33pm 10.15.10 Catalina 30 8/3953 Hi all, I am thinking of installing recessed lights in the cabin of my 1980 Catalina 30'. Has anyo
Caulk at Hull and rub rail. brokenfeather at 2:58pm 10.15.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3171 I just finished removing all the old caulk and some new silicone stuff the PO place on our new to us
Correct sheet routing on a A-sym. spinnaker C Jones at 2:36pm 10.15.10 Smaller Boats 4/1685 I have sailed with friends in the past on larger boats in the 34'-40' range. They had A-sym spinnake
WINDSHIFTS - land & shoreline effects (1) RichH at 1:45pm 10.15.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/4354 WINDSHIFTS - land/shoreline effects Shoreline effects When the wind is moving across a shoreline
WINDSHIFTS ... clouds and gusts. RichH at 1:29pm 10.15.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/6602
Slings location 281 Beneteau clauden at 1:01pm 10.15.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2046 Could someone tell me where on my 1998 28.5 Beneteau I should put the slings when lifting the boat o
26X replacement rudders aubry_pierre at 1:01pm 10.15.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2259 After a cruise to Cuba, my rudders became cracked from the pressure of the strong seas. I noticed th
WIND SHIFTS..... using the boat's COMPASS to know WHEN to ta (1) RichH at 11:55am 10.15.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/6537
engine cutoff on O'Day 34/35 chrisbare at 11:44am 10.15.10 Bigger Boats 3/2266 I have an 81 O'Day 34 with the Universal Atomic M-25XP. It has a pull cable run from the fuel shutof

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Diesel Inboard RPMs (1) dlochner at 4:09am 08.03.22 A couple of things. First, it's that diesels like to be run at 80%+ power, not RPM. So, running a
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') jssailem at 3:45am 08.03.22
Going to Rio kappykaplan at 3:05am 08.03.22 Outstanding! Indeed!!!! :plus:
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') Hayden Watson at 2:04am 08.03.22 At 24' you might be able to find someone with a trailer that you can rent and tow it yourself.
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising garymalmgren at 1:39am 08.03.22
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') Qorgyle at 11:35pm 08.02.22 Lots of boats up in the Seattle area. Required? Sound boat with mast and rigging that is sound. S
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:31pm 08.02.22
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:30pm 08.02.22 When is the last time your ran the engine at 3600 RPM and for how long. I try to run it at 3400 fo
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') jssailem at 10:37pm 08.02.22 Lots of boats up in the Seattle area. Required? Sound boat with mast and rigging that is sound. Sa
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') Qorgyle at 10:18pm 08.02.22 Do you live in the Portland OR, area? There are excellent boats in that size range for sale here. A
Happened again - Yami T9.9XPA JamesG161 at 9:52pm 08.02.22 The issue is caused by their safety design to NOT let the Motor drop unexpectedly. The same thing i
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') FastOlson at 9:13pm 08.02.22 Do you live in the Portland OR, area? There are excellent boats in that size range for sale here. As
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Ralph Johnstone at 9:12pm 08.02.22 When is the last time your ran the engine at 3600 RPM and for how long.
Going to Rio kloudie1 at 8:55pm 08.02.22 Outstanding!
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') Qorgyle at 7:18pm 08.02.22 I'm sure you could find a coupe of competent guys from the local sailing club that would be happy t
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Davidasailor26 at 6:13pm 08.02.22
Jib Height Off the Deck Davidasailor26 at 5:55pm 08.02.22 Lower is better for performance for a few reasons - A lower center of effort means less heeling, ha
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? Rick Webb at 5:51pm 08.02.22
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising SycloneDriver at 5:31pm 08.02.22 It almost has to be rings or valve guides, neither is easy or cheap to replace.
Transport or delivery question (Seattle to Portland, 24-27') SycloneDriver at 5:27pm 08.02.22 I'm sure you could find a coupe of competent guys from the local sailing club that would be happy to

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