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Lazy jacks for OD28 Mike4116 at 8:09am 04.19.10 Bigger Boats 4/2499 I am installing lazy jacks (home made) this spring on my OD 28. How high up the mast should the pad
Paint Colar EBC93 at 7:21am 04.19.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1205 Does anyone Know the color and brand of the paint used on the non skid on the deck of a 2003 306
coming to terms with terms Ross at 6:05am 04.19.10 Sails Call Lounge 22/6305 Everybody knows that MPH is miles per hour and RPM is revolutions per minute and KNOTS is nautical m
Re - Waterproofing bimini top Jeff Bacon at 5:31am 04.19.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3907 Hi All: This year is the year to refurbish the Bimini, and I want to apply a waterproofing product.
Great project weekend! DannyS at 5:06am 04.19.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2720 Well, after three years of trying, I finally installed my new cutlass bearing. The first attempt I w
Key West & Dry Tortugas seadaddler at 3:56am 04.19.10 Ask All Sailors 7/1970 I know they have been discussed already many times but I am stuck on land for now until I get the OK
Yanmar 3GM30F cold start procedure Andreas T at 10:48pm 04.18.10 Ask All Sailors 14/16006 I know there've been posts on the issue of cold starting of Diesel engines before. One thing where y
Signet Instrument Housing stephen Penny at 8:44pm 04.18.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1256 I would like to replace my Signet SL172 depth and SL267A digital knot meter housings on my 1987 Hunt
Tabernackle help on my 27' Buzzlovelace at 7:47pm 04.18.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1691 Ahoy. I need a little help here, as I dont know the proper name for the part I am looking for. I hav
Manual Bilge Pump Won't Work (2) revir92 at 7:44pm 04.18.10 Ask All Sailors 11/12462 The manual Bilge pump does not work in the O'day 25 that I just purchased. Feels like it is not prim
Looking for a 25 or 26 O'day John Stevens at 7:38pm 04.18.10 Day Sailers 0/1143 I'm located in FL. Thanks, John
Rail Mount Bimini shipwreck66 at 6:43pm 04.18.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1850 I have a ill-fit bimini on my C27, it works, but definitely not made for this boat. I am interested
S2 6.9 Dagger board / Liftting Keel -NACA #'s Howard.LKN at 6:22pm 04.18.10 S2 6/3414 Can someone please tell me what the NACA foil number is that most closely matches the board on the S
Fuel Gauge Tim Hughes at 6:17pm 04.18.10 Big Boats 6/1918 Please help me locate the fuel gauge on a Hunter 40 (1989) - Thank you
Hunter 216 wedge troutsmustang at 5:39pm 04.18.10 Smaller Boats 0/1045 Just went sailing today and had great time. One problem is that when I put up the mast, I could not
Oday 222 compression post Jonrod222 at 5:22pm 04.18.10 Day Sailers 6/3180 I noticed today that the floor under the compression post has sagged. It has pulled away slightly fr
Mast Damage, how serious? (3) Lynnie at 4:46pm 04.18.10 Ask All Sailors 74/16049 Hello, I have a Hunter 23.5 with a rip in the mast at the spreaders. It is a vertical rip in the met
23.5 mast is damaged with a tear at the spreaders (3) Lynnie at 4:39pm 04.18.10 Smaller Boats 3/1663 Hello, I have a Hunter 23.5 with a rip in the mast at the spreaders. It is a vertical rip in the met
Voltage Out Put Wntcrazy at 4:30pm 04.18.10 Day Sailers 2/1412 Having some trouble with House battery, I have replaced most all of my lights with LED's. Battery ke
To winch or not to winch? damoses1 at 3:04pm 04.18.10 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2121 I recently bought an O'day 22 and am new to sailing. I noticed my sailboat is not equipped with any

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Smoothing boat bottom and painting jssailem at 8:11am 05.02.22
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 8:11am 05.02.22 That should clean up nicely with some paint. Brushing should be fine for something that size. Paints
WORX Hydro shot WG620.4 20v jssailem at 8:07am 05.02.22 Cool looking. Tell us how it works out. Certainly convenient and at about $110 from Amazon inside th
Line Bags thinwater at 8:01am 05.02.22 Many are stiffened to stay open. A fiberglass batten? I've used hooks, bags, and boxes, and find th
New to me o'day mariner 19' dmax at 7:56am 05.02.22 Hi Girth - I know where you got your name ;)
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 (1) BKParks at 7:46am 05.02.22 Hello and thank you for reaching out. I am a new sailboat owner and this is my first boat. Working
WORX Hydro shot WG620.4 20v dmax at 7:46am 05.02.22 Thanks for sharing - I was thinking of installing a washdown pump but this seems like a simpler, mor
Desperate leakinhg jviss at 7:43am 05.02.22 The way the info about what happened and when is dribbling in I'm going to unwatch this thread, it's
Line Bags Ward H at 7:42am 05.02.22 Currently I "figure 8" coil my lines and hang them from the cabin top winches. When sailing I lay
Smoothing boat bottom and painting (1) mechjagger at 7:42am 05.02.22
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? jviss at 7:39am 05.02.22 So, a sidebar, but I read the CPT web site - I think all of it - and there's a nit I'd like to pick.
Smoothing boat bottom and painting Davidasailor26 at 7:38am 05.02.22 Thanks Siamese, I think given the benefits I will put vc17 back on. Removing the old layers will al
Smoothing boat bottom and painting mechjagger at 7:35am 05.02.22 VC17 is probably the most common bottom paint here on the Great Lakes. We get algae growth, and fo
Tacoma Narrows jssailem at 7:35am 05.02.22 Hayden, I have not sailed down that far south but, having studied the charts for a planned explorati
Funny Friday!!! (1) JamesG161 at 7:27am 05.02.22 Terror Turkey stalks Walkers
Desperate leakinhg Scott T-Bird at 7:23am 05.02.22 Gentlemen, crack within half an inch is dead center. I spoke with Chief Rigger @ KKMI in Richmond C
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:22am 05.02.22 I know it's Monday... but this was too good to pass up... Ben Franklin's Bird Attacks Washington DC
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed Artey1 at 7:04am 05.02.22 Flightlead - go watch boatworks today on youtube. Andy is awesome at explaining how to do all of thi
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 6:28am 05.02.22 Any advice on how to repair would be appreciated. I'm not much of an FG guy
Wiring Rodsails at 6:18am 05.02.22 I believe a typical setup has a heavy gauge wire running from the starter to the positive terminal o

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