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What size anchor waterboy at 11:20am 06.27.10 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1661 What size anchor do I need for a storm I have an FX 23 but was told I need an FX 37 for the soft mu
40.5 Holding Tank Hose Repalcement Michael G at 9:21am 06.27.10 Big Boats 10/2563 Well I am fighting the holding tank odor and before I go and think of replaceing that tank I figured
Downwind trim? Quoddy at 9:19am 06.27.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 16/6599 Two opinions on trim? The situation is you are sailing downwind with 110 fractional sloop on a broad
Kubota D950 firing sequence ??? paru at 8:49am 06.27.10 Ask All Sailors 2/2834 Is the firing sequence for this engine numbered from the pulley (as being the first to fire) or from
Are there any S2 35' or 36' Center Cockpit owners in New England? ashmun at 7:38am 06.27.10 S2 3/2416
Hunter 25 Rudder MiltSchreiber at 7:10am 06.27.10 Smaller Boats 3/2239 I have a 2005 Hunter 25 with wheel steering. After sailing for a while I notice steering becomes m
Water pump jorgefife at 6:38am 06.27.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1611 I once had a posting about a water pump; mine worked and then made a rising pitch noise, and did it
H 376 stanchions allan at 11:32pm 06.26.10 Big Boats 3/1647 Can anyone tell me if these stanchions are attached with a machine screw into a threaded plate molde
Morgan Interior Lights waltdrechsler at 9:58pm 06.26.10 Morgan 0/2097 I have a 1984 Morgan 323 with Xantech interior lighting. These are two postiion fluorescent 12 volt
Looking to buy a First 305 (fresh water) Ryan.beck at 7:24pm 06.26.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1987 Hello. Looking to purchase a Beneteau First 305 (fresh water). Anyone out there looking to sel
Anybody done a crossing in a YAM? themadscientist at 6:41pm 06.26.10 Yamaha 8/4728 This is far down the line, but when I do get a decent-sized boat, I will be doing coastal stuff but
C30 Low Oil Pressure Buzzer wonkodsane at 6:04pm 06.26.10 Catalina 30 12/4443 My 89 C30 MkII doesn't buzz when I turn the ignition on, so I investigated and found that when I rem
How do I waterproff an Oday w/o an engine? GUENTHER DERMANELIAN at 2:34pm 06.26.10 Bigger Boats 3/1769 Well, after 1 1/2 years and many frustrations, we have sold our Oday 28 because our mechanic could n
How do I get boat off trailer Billbeard at 2:16pm 06.26.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3375
Boat info TealDreamin at 1:37pm 06.26.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2241 Hi all, Lookiing at purchasing a 85 Kirie Elite 37. I know it's French made, but I can't seem to fin
Working on the Plumbing (4) wufibugs at 1:33pm 06.26.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2157 I've attached some pictures of the plumbing system on my Hunter 31. I don't know if this is all OEM
sails Tomcat at 12:01pm 06.26.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1392 I just purchased a 1974 Oday 20' to restore and it has no sails ! Can anyone tell me what size sails
Sail Slug H26 size? Chiriqui at 11:04am 06.26.10 Smaller Boats 2/1155 Can someone here maybe tell me the size of the slug for the main sail.. the one that goes in the mas
Boat Shows, Do You Really Get The Best Deal On A New Boat sigbear at 10:50am 06.26.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1791 I have heard several times that if you know which "new boat" you want buy you will get your best dea
Dinghy repair Air Mobility at 10:32am 06.26.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1332 I bought an Aquamax dinghy 2 years ago. After one year the transom separated from the boots that hol

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Installed new batteries, engine still won't start Brazilu2 at 9:22am 06.20.22 On your 1986 hunter 34 you do not have a separate solenoid, do you? The solenoid is part of the star
New Hunter 19-2 update Crazy Dave Condon at 9:22am 06.20.22 First go the H19 manual and look at the centerboard control system. Go to boat information/hunter r
Keel didn't line up in the cradle brockangelo at 9:21am 06.20.22 Oh man - this is awesome. Thanks so much. So I'm assuming the best way to install these is with my k
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 flightlead404 at 9:20am 06.20.22 Thanks. I meant, order of operations in the sense that bolt broke and the other backed off, or on
Keel didn't line up in the cradle (2) danooxnard at 9:19am 06.20.22 I got these on Amazon they make it super easy to get on the trailer. Made the whole experience much
Battery Gene Neill at 9:18am 06.20.22 NO! At least not without overcoming some fitment issues. That is a group 27 battery, you want a grou
Keel didn't line up in the cradle brockangelo at 9:17am 06.20.22 Haha that last one from the day you brought it home made me chuckle. I might actually try to do the
How do you keep the birds at bay? (1) Kermit at 9:15am 06.20.22
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 (1) JamesG161 at 9:14am 06.20.22 Yeah, don't know the order of operation here.
Keel didn't line up in the cradle (5) pclarksurf at 9:09am 06.20.22 Stock Sail Rite trailer with the ridiculously too small foot print to capture the keel-- lot's of go
Battery danooxnard at 8:59am 06.20.22 I have two of these on my Cat-22. They are great batteries. Used them in an RV too. In the RV they
New Hunter 19-2 update richiemx5 at 8:58am 06.20.22 Hey thank for the reply. He has knots in some areas that are preventing me from lowering it. Its li
New Hunter 19-2 update (1) Henry Scurlock at 8:56am 06.20.22 These are about the best images I could find of the uphaul setup. Hope it gives you a better idea of
New Hunter 19-2 update Panotaker at 8:54am 06.20.22
2GM20F V-Belt for Alternator Suri at 8:50am 06.20.22 Have you used the alternator bracket to take up or supply slack to the belt you are using ? a Yanm
Battery Ward H at 8:41am 06.20.22 I had one of those in my O'day 25. Started the season fully charged and charged again once in th
How do you keep the birds at bay? kappykaplan at 8:35am 06.20.22 @kermie @Kermit
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller jssailem at 8:34am 06.20.22 you can go to deep water and deploy all chain and let the chain remove a lotof twist. Just don't h
How do you keep the birds at bay? jssailem at 8:30am 06.20.22 That sounds much better. We had a sailor named @Kermit here at SBO. He and an Osprey became unfrien
Removing old Thru-Hull brockangelo at 8:24am 06.20.22 You'll be happy to have the through-hull drains. That was one of the last things I did before I move

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