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car stereo power requirement - data point (4) walt at 5:33am 12.16.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1901 I recently added some front bookshelf speakers to the car stereo system in the boat (stereo is about
Universal 25 - Installation -Burning rear bulkhead - 07-01-2009 (6) Albanach at 2:26am 12.16.09 Catalina 310 6/2672 It may be of interest to some other Catalina owners to see the end story to the captioned threat.
trailer for oday 23? curtisac at 1:49am 12.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2281 I need a new trailer for my oday 23. any suggestions for brand and info ?
Legend 40.5 Inside Speakers Bitofbrit at 9:55pm 12.15.09 Big Boats 5/1483 Can somebody help with replacing inside speakers? As an Xmas gift I plan to surprise the skipper wi
Ports Manny at 8:12pm 12.15.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2377 Why is it that all the opening ports i've seen on boats open inward (except for sliding ports)? Is i
Leaking Windows Causing Electrical Shorts ProjMan at 8:06pm 12.15.09 Catalina 30 2/1530 I am new to sailing and new to 120V power on the water. I have traced down some problems that all p
Blue Water bottom paint $149 gal. pkdailey4 at 5:39pm 12.15.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1246 I got some Blue Water Copper Pro SCX 67 hard bottom paint on sale at KKMI in Point Richmond Ca. $149
electrical help bobby c at 5:05pm 12.15.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1345 I'm not an electrician. A buddy and I were changing out bulbs and checking ties (keping wires neat)
Cockpit drains-mismatched hoses to below waterline seacocks (1) ccarmody at 4:56pm 12.15.09 Ask All Sailors 11/7067 We are new owners of a O'Day 37 and have come across the dreaded Forespar Marelon/RC Marine seacock/
Legend Design jnronekama at 4:21pm 12.15.09 Big Boats 12/2723 We're looking at moving up to the 40.5 model of the early "90's". The Legend design was the only one
Two cycle inboard question cheers at 2:24pm 12.15.09 Bigger Boats 20/8316 I recently (may 2009) aquired a 1973 O'day Sailboat. I saved it from being crushed by a marina owne
Picture needed / tiller connection headhunter76 at 1:38pm 12.15.09 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1112 I have a 1975 pop-top model 25' Hunter and was hoping someone could share their tiller-to-rudder pos
Pop top on O'Day 23 1975 El gran Momo at 12:52pm 12.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/3417 Hello all, I have an O'Day 23 buit arround 1975. I'm going to put new electrical panels with switch
320 Muffler Problems James J. Ricciuti at 12:41pm 12.15.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/2526 My 1995 Catalina 320 Has a very leaky muffler. Has anyone had any experience in repairing or replaci
Life Raft Rental Joe Mullee at 11:48am 12.15.09 Ask All Sailors 9/4611 Has anyone ever rented a life raft? I'm located near Annapolis/Baltimore and was curious about it fo
Hunter Marine holiday schedule Phil Herring at 11:45am 12.15.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1481 Hunter Marine will be closed from December 19, 2009 through January 3, 2010. They'll be up and run
water in the ice box RBDUFFER at 11:44am 12.15.09 Big Boats 1/1202 I usually am asking questions, it's time I offered a solution! The water that finds its way into th
Yanmar Vibrations? samdale at 10:37am 12.15.09 Ask All Sailors 11/4536 I have a 1999 Beneteau 36CC with a Yanmar 3GM30F. The boat has a pronounced vibration (hammering or
Refrigerator/Freezer Lid Gasket AlwaysFORSAIL at 10:26am 12.15.09 Big Boats 2/3239 I have a problem with seal on my 2001 Hunter 380 Fridge/freezer lids not sealing. I have replaced t
Whisker Pole Paul Rybczynski at 10:10am 12.15.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/6314 I recently acquired a whisker pole to use on my O'Day 34. The 34 has two lower shrouds on each side

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O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak Project_Mayhem at 3:11pm 04.28.22 On my 25 the holes for the centerboard plate lead right inside the keel. I discovered this when fuel
O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak jmallett at 3:07pm 04.28.22 The epoxy is not really the problem, that's pretty straight forward. The issue is water coming throu
Replace mechanical rotary autopilot drive unit (ST4000Mk2) with linear drive unit? jviss at 3:03pm 04.28.22 https://www.defender.com/pdf/253654_INSTALL.pdf And?
Replace mechanical rotary autopilot drive unit (ST4000Mk2) with linear drive unit? Len Ingalls at 3:00pm 04.28.22 https://www.defender.com/pdf/253654_INSTALL.pdf http://www.busse-yachtshop.de/pdf/rayST4000plus_mk2
Fuse or Breakers? jviss at 3:00pm 04.28.22 I would like to put my navigation lights, deck lights, chartplotter, wheel pilot and a couple other
Pearson 30 live aboard cruising? CaliBro860 at 2:50pm 04.28.22 Regarding living on a smallish boat I would recommend not filling the boat with comforts and necess
Not sure what I need (3) Hgproks at 2:44pm 04.28.22 Thanks again for the help. I took some more pics. I think I need something like the Genoa car that w
Line Bags (3) jmce1587 at 2:43pm 04.28.22 I like to use my line bags to keep all the lines led aft in one place. Before these they would wind
Fuse or Breakers? BAD ORCA at 2:31pm 04.28.22 This. I was going to say make sure you current protect the feed to your switch panel. Sure, it's co
Protecting your face and skin from the wind kappykaplan at 2:09pm 04.28.22 Full bimini, dodger and a hat. :plus: And SPF 50 sunblock.
Line Bags kappykaplan at 2:07pm 04.28.22 I have two of them - like 'em. They're used for the unused halyards, so can put water bottles, sun
Line Bags sail sfbay at 2:05pm 04.28.22 I like the Blue Performance bags for tidying up lines.........they are well constructed, hold up rea
Line Bags cb32863 at 1:58pm 04.28.22 Have a friend that got some Blue Performance on sale a few years ago and they work on his boat great
Protecting your face and skin from the wind brockangelo at 1:56pm 04.28.22 I have been using Harkenderm products for the past 3 years. Got a sample at the boat show. Showed t
Protecting your face and skin from the wind brockangelo at 1:55pm 04.28.22 I hate sunblock so I generally go with a big hat, long pants and long sleeve shirt. I know Champai
Protecting your face and skin from the wind cb32863 at 1:53pm 04.28.22 SPF 50 as per my dermatologist and hopefully never seeing again oncologist. Wear a hat now and have
Protecting your face and skin from the wind Tater at 1:16pm 04.28.22 I hate sunblock so I generally go with a big hat, long pants and long sleeve shirt. I know Champai
FreeJib Sail twodzusfittings at 1:16pm 04.28.22 Donated. All gone.
Protecting your face and skin from the wind lehighsail at 1:12pm 04.28.22 Most of the time I wear two types of sunblock and a mask. It was interesting when the Coast Guard c
Fuse or Breakers? (1) jviss at 1:06pm 04.28.22 Joe Not sure of your windlass system. My Lewmar has a "Controller" box and a "Contactor" box. The C

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