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water in hull of H23 revans18@woh.rr.com at 4:38pm 10.12.09 Smaller Boats 7/2889 Water leaks into the compartments below the floor panels in my 1987 hunter 23. It happens when it i
Deck Problems. Should I be worried? (5) LordNelson at 3:47pm 10.12.09 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1967 I have an oday 20 with some small cracks in the deck. I have rebed all the deck fittings which looke
Oceanus 473 jbouwer at 3:40pm 10.12.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1421 Hello All, Any for advise for a purchase of a Oceanus 473. Year 2003? Thanks Johan VA3JBO
Hunter 23 chain plates Bill Leathen at 2:47pm 10.12.09 Smaller Boats 3/2178 Within the last month, two ODay 25 boats on Lake Onalaska, have been de-masted when one their chain
sport utility sailboats (SUS) gmeyerga at 2:31pm 10.12.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2369 Just got back from Annapolis and was struck by the dearth of boats on display in the 27-32 foot rang
shaft allignment chusansail at 2:17pm 10.12.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1861 I have a flexible coupling on the shaft. does it require a special procedure when aligning the shaft
Hunter 23.5 Life Lines strobeone at 1:59pm 10.12.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1678 OK folks, I broke two life lines last weekend that apparently had a little rust on them. What is the
1978 30 water tank leeking John G at 11:40am 10.12.09 Bigger Boats 2/2384 The 40 gal. water tank on my 1978 30' O'Day is under the v-berth. The only access is from the top. I
H34 Mast Head Bob Poff at 9:53am 10.12.09 Big Boats 13/2020 Does anyone have a photograph of the 34 mast head? In particular the top plate. In general, is the
Flush issue Fly Away at 9:07am 10.12.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2849 1979 cat 30. I am having an issue with my head. When I set the selector to pull seawater to flush
UPDATE to Seized 2QM15 garylinger at 9:03am 10.12.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3839 I just pulled the head and found rust in the combustion chamber (opening for injector and the valves
Increasing Hull speed with OB... RogerHM at 6:34am 10.12.09 Ask All Sailors 30/6263 What modifications can be made to my hull to increase Hull Speed when motoring? (I have a 9.9 Merc
Roto-zip the shower seat? ybrad at 6:34am 10.12.09 Big Boats 3/1284 It's time to remove the 30 year old holding tank in my 37C. Using the search function on the site tu
Chain Plates sailfree at 6:18am 10.12.09 Catalina 30 1/2432 There seems to be quite a bit written about chain plate problems on the Catalina 30. We have a 1980
Looking for Pearson 23 manual elpasebo at 6:14am 10.12.09 Pearson 1/1859 I just purchased a '79 Pearson 23' and was wondering if there was an owner's manual or similar docum
New(to me) Boat Owner!!!! Catalina 25 Harleyworker at 5:58am 10.12.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2324 I have recently purchased a 1979 Catalina 25 fin keel. The tiller has been snapped off, I am in the
Covering the fuel fill John T1594 at 5:52am 10.12.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1234 Several recent posts about rain water in the fuel have caused me to wonder about some sort of cover
Can u help me identify this boat? pasterax at 5:43am 10.12.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1913 Do you recognize the make and model of this boat? http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/ab35/pasternax
Beaching mkinnane at 5:22am 10.12.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1369 I just purchased a Hunter 260. I have a McGregor 22 and have always moored it in a tidal area( water
Revised the revised swim ladder (1) paulj at 10:09pm 10.11.09 Catalina 310 5/2230 This last July trip, my Niece fell in the water with a SOS inflatable vest on, at the dock at Ganges

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I purchased stock in ITW (maker of Plexus) ... Now What? stickinthemud57 at 4:23pm 01.23.22 Nice work! I echo your observations. My practice is to overfill and sand back, but I get this littl
Buyer's or Seller's market? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:20pm 01.23.22
Buyer's or Seller's market? BarryL at 4:18pm 01.23.22 Hey, At this time the boat market is most definitely a SELLERs market. Boat prices are very high. N
Something I found on my computer when copying files to my new one. Weasel at 4:14pm 01.23.22 I can paste this as a pdf, would that be better. Let me know and I will do it.
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Don S/V ILLusion at 4:12pm 01.23.22 Rick i had that exact same problem when we had a 40.5 when raising the main. Sometimes the breaker w
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting smokey73 at 3:59pm 01.23.22 Clean the track. Dirt and grit in the track can increase friction which might be over loading the m
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 dLj at 3:52pm 01.23.22 No they were old pictures, the whole deck needs sealant then a good oiling or varnish, the cabin ro
Buyer's or Seller's market? Rick486 at 3:50pm 01.23.22 Rising tide floats all boats......
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting kappykaplan at 3:44pm 01.23.22 Is the engine running when raising the main? Batteries 100% and engine running.
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting dlochner at 3:35pm 01.23.22 Voltage is one thing, capacity is another. Older batteries can show good voltage, but not have the c
Lifeline Stanchion Installation 1987 Catalina 22 Gene Neill at 3:34pm 01.23.22 Catalina Direct customer support is fine. It's Catalina's support department that's awful. Yeah,
Raymarine depth transducer Ken13559 at 3:17pm 01.23.22 A very similar question was posted a couple of years back. Raymarine ST40 Depth Yes indeed that wa
O'Day Sprite Rudder. SFS at 3:13pm 01.23.22 Sent you a PM.
Raymarine depth transducer Ken13559 at 3:13pm 01.23.22 I cut the cable when installing a new DST-800 transducer. Used marine grade heat shrink connectors,
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting Rick D at 3:10pm 01.23.22 How is the battery voltage. A low voltage will cause higher current and trip the breaker. Voltage i
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 fred1diver at 3:08pm 01.23.22 No they were old pictures, the whole deck needs sealant then a good oiling or varnish, the cabin roo
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 dLj at 2:58pm 01.23.22 well, it's a good thing I got to go see my dad as the boat is 4 hours away, the only good thing on
Power Halyard Winch Trouble Shooting JoeWhite at 2:53pm 01.23.22 How is the battery voltage. A low voltage will cause higher current and trip the breaker.
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 ggrizzard at 2:52pm 01.23.22 Boomer2it You are correct (obviously). That is what my, and every other Hunter, 30 ft. Cherubini lo
First time out of the water in 8 years (2) SailingLoto at 2:22pm 01.23.22 About half sanded down. Looks like I will have a few small repairs, but nothing major

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