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O'day 22 Lightning Protection ? David S at 12:38am 06.02.10 Trailer Sailors 1/2570 I am concerned about lightning protection on my 79 O'day 22 and how to accomplish that, and how to p
O'day 22 Electrical Panel Location David S at 12:31am 06.02.10 Trailer Sailors 1/3270 I acquired a 79 O'day 22 and the electrical panel in the cabin is on the starboard inside of the cab
SOVERAL 36 Lets Buy It David S at 10:51pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 6/5750 I have a friend owns a Soveral 36 sloop, w/center board, been on the hard about 10 years, had 4 coat
johnson quick release shroud levers on a H146/H15 (1) esterhazyinoz at 9:54pm 06.01.10 Day Sailers 3/4792 Hi, Do any H146 owners ( or other new H15 owners) out there have johnson quick release shroud levers
Tanzer 22 vs O'day 22 David S at 9:41pm 06.01.10 Trailer Sailors 7/16247 Looking at a Tanzer 22 on it's trailer, been setting idle for 6-8 years covered with leaves and mold
Infestation? SeacretSailor at 9:00pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1924 I have read past topics on ant/termite infestations and I'm still stumped, so thought I'd ask the gr
Spiders shake55 at 8:13pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2086 This is the first year that I have docked my O'Day. Previous years we have moored her. What can I u
Transponder Problem JEH at 8:08pm 06.01.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1346 My wife and I own a 1982 Hunter "Cherubini" 33. We are presently putting her back together. Many tim
Goofy Gooseneck (1) kippsters at 8:06pm 06.01.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2739 I picked up a M21 last year and finally had a few days to sail. It seems the main and boom are not r
Hunter 430 FRP cracking at chainplate (4) Steve Thoma at 7:51pm 06.01.10 Big Boats 9/4549 I have a '99 Hunter 430 with a B'R Rig. The fiberglass around the chainplate riser is cracking badl
My O'Day 25 Rebuild & story Raftco at 7:44pm 06.01.10 Day Sailers 5/2792 Just thought I would share this with the group and perhaps provide some inspriation for those folks
Water level in Jabsco bowl MartinLanglois at 7:40pm 06.01.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/7187 Hello Mrs. Hall, I have just replaced the old Jabsco marine head on my Mac25 with a new Twist'n lo
smelly water insamji1 at 7:37pm 06.01.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1237 I have a 2001 Catalina 310 that I sail in Lake Ontario. I winterized my fresh water system with the
replacing muffler on 1995 Hunter 37.5 bugsboat at 7:35pm 06.01.10 Big Boats 4/1521 Muffler sounds loud and may need replacing. The engine is circulating plenty of water, but the boat
Oday 22 rescue? mark61 at 7:30pm 06.01.10 Trailer Sailors 7/5555 Hello all. This is my first post although I have been following the site for awhile.I have a 1976 La
Balancing House Batteries-Help rfrye1 at 7:27pm 06.01.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2153 We have two (wet cell) 4D house batteries plus a dedicated start battery. For our charging system we
new owner TDC at 6:55pm 06.01.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1921 Hi all, I will try this again. I have become the owner of a beneteau 285:D, after sailing an Oday 2
Help putting in new topping lift. Messenger line came out. kebr at 6:53pm 06.01.10 Big Boats 5/2559 This weekend, I was almost finished replacing the topping lift and cable to hold the dutchman system
Leech flutter on main sail when reefed wnance at 6:44pm 06.01.10 Ask An Oday Owner 9/3217 Hi, Went for a sail today in 18kt winds on Lake Ontario in the O'day 25. I reefed the main with
new 285 owner TDC at 6:40pm 06.01.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1249 Hi all, I

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Legend 40.5 Chainplates Rick D at 8:41pm 06.12.22 Hey all, how are the chain plates constructed, and how can we (or can we) inspect them? It seems li
Asymmetric spinnaker on oceanis 37 (2) SoSound at 8:41pm 06.12.22 OK, @macdoug, I finally made it down to the marina with my phone for a picture. If the goal us to j
315 Winds & Sails & Heel Angles stephen_i_w at 8:01pm 06.12.22 Today, I was out on Lake St Clair. According to my wind instrument it was gusting up to 20 knots, t
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced (2) Rjm st.petersburg at 7:29pm 06.12.22 Cord protection. Plug protectors are coming soon.
Water Line Fitting Terry Cox at 7:15pm 06.12.22 Hi Tom, I suspect your water system was built very much like the system on our 1991 boat. A Bing sea
Hiring a skipper The_Sailing_Pelican at 7:13pm 06.12.22 Darned, I didn't include that... The boat will be insured, from So Portland ME to Florida's east coa
Hiring a skipper Phil Herring at 7:09pm 06.12.22 Yes, from where to where?
Hiring a skipper FastOlson at 7:09pm 06.12.22 Where are you bound? Do you have insurance for the trip & route?
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? AaronD at 6:44pm 06.12.22 A few owners have revamped the cockpits of older boats to slope aft (I believe the new design alread
Fuel Puzzle DBoss at 6:10pm 06.12.22 Folks, thanks for all the great comments. The engine seems to be running okay now with a full fuel
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? Hollyberry at 5:57pm 06.12.22
Grounding two isolated battery banks dlochner at 5:30pm 06.12.22 I have three lfp batteries in parallel that are connected to pos and neg bus bars.The neg bus bar i
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dlochner at 5:28pm 06.12.22 The CP and chart format decisions in part rely on where you sail. If you are an international cruise
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? ShawnL at 5:27pm 06.12.22 The 2 forward scuppers in the cockpit and the galley sink, though I never use the sink.
Grounding two isolated battery banks heritage at 5:04pm 06.12.22 I have three lfp batteries in parallel that are connected to pos and neg bus bars.The neg bus bar is
Water Line Fitting heritage at 4:26pm 06.12.22 https://comsmarine.com/qest-fittings-elbows/?sku=EPC%20QE33T&gclid=CjwKCAjwnZaVBhA6EiwAVVyv9KFvxyQ95
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dLj at 3:45pm 06.12.22 Reading about the "Chart Wars" on Panbo ( Chart wars? Post acquisitions, what's the status of chart
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dLj at 3:40pm 06.12.22
315 Winds & Sails & Heel Angles Alansails at 3:38pm 06.12.22 We have had our sailmaker make a recommendation for headsails and headsail was 135% which was what t
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dLj at 3:33pm 06.12.22 The charting companies are using the same primary data from NOAA. The difference is whether there i

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