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Gas Tanks - portable vs. perminent? Raftco at 5:53pm 10.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 13/6394 I'm trying to research how people deal with their outboard engine and fuel tanks? I'd prefer to us
Keel Blistering Sans Souci at 4:05pm 10.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3035 I have a 2003 Hunter 356. During my first haul out, the keel had blistering. The thought was it had
advice on ordering new 309 austinswalk at 2:51pm 10.16.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 16/5985 hi, new to site and getting ready to order new 309. any advice on must haves and really don't need a
water holding tanks jcmaui at 2:32pm 10.16.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1698 the water tank under the v-berth is a pain because you have to take the whole v-berth apart every ti
replacing the sliding companionway Saltymare at 1:49pm 10.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1194 The plexiglass complanionway slide is badly cracked on my H34 (83) and the epoxy repair isnt holding
Running halyard to cockpit b69lotus at 1:22pm 10.16.09 Catalina 30 1/2666 I have a 1983 C30 with external halyards. Does anyone have any suggestions for running my external m
Lil' help to find a H,C,M 26 DesertSailor07 at 1:11pm 10.16.09 Smaller Boats 4/1685 Land locked as I am, a sailor at heart. Looking for a 25-26' trailer-able late 80s-late90s. I thin
Circumnavigating Long Island in 2010 Salty at 1:05pm 10.16.09 Destinations 17/12159 I am planning on circumnavigating Long Island in 2010, leaving from Mt Sinai (East of port Jeff) goi
Newer Balsa cored Hulls bffatcat at 11:53am 10.16.09 Ask All Sailors 7/5757 Any opinions or comments about the structural integrity and durability of todays newer light weight
Optimum Running RPM for 18HP Volvo Penta BreakAway at 11:40am 10.16.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1900 I have a First 310 with an 18hp 2002 Volvo Penta engine. When running for some distance (1 hour or m
Tiller Tamer vs. Tiller Lock Box Barry1957 at 9:57am 10.16.09 Day Sailers 3/8146 Does anyone have a comment on which of the two products of "hands-free" stabilizing of the tiller pr
newbie-just wondering digitek718 at 9:14am 10.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1738 Hey..this site is awesome..looks like I am going to get some great ideas for mods and maintenance of
first sailboat-what year? digitek718 at 8:31am 10.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1304 I just bought my first sailboat about a week ago..an oday 25...I went out sailing a couple of times
Size matters beachkoma at 8:06am 10.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2752 Will a Sevylor Electric Trolling Motor (18 lbs thrust) be enough to power my 1976 Widgeon in a salt
H34 Interior Measurements? Mark3755 at 7:05am 10.16.09 Big Boats 4/1915 My boat is about an hour away, so I was hoping to get some help to save me a 2 hour round trip for
Below water through hull fitting - O'Day 25 Raftco at 5:53am 10.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3108 I have a through hull brass or bronze fitting that is directly below the sink in the galley on my O'
Under Water Hull Scrub Zoey at 4:37am 10.16.09 Ask All Sailors 26/5370 If sailboats already have antifoul paint (Baltoplate) why do owners they have the undersides scrubbe
SF Bay bottom paint ? pkdailey4 at 1:11am 10.16.09 Ask All Sailors 8/3397 Whats the best paint that's legal in California waters ? I'm using Interlux Ultra now but I don't kn
Using the forum awoody at 11:20pm 10.15.09 Smaller Boats 3/1802 I have been receiving a lot of good information from the forum. However, I must not be using it cor
Replacing fuel lines sol y mar at 8:04pm 10.15.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/4185 I just purchased a 1989 catalina 30 with the M25 diesel. I want to replace both the fuel line and th

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H240 Pulpit drawing (2) sail sfbay at 10:35am 05.04.22 Suggest looking for images of all the angles like the ones of a 240 below and measure the forward an
Edson wheel adjustment! Davidasailor26 at 10:33am 05.04.22
Edson wheel adjustment! sailcapt340 at 10:31am 05.04.22
Edson wheel adjustment! Richard19068 at 10:21am 05.04.22
Edson wheel adjustment! Growl at 10:08am 05.04.22
Edson wheel adjustment! Growl at 10:07am 05.04.22 Like, Two turns deport and two turns to starboard when I forget I only have half a wheel for a port
Edson wheel adjustment! jssailem at 10:07am 05.04.22 Look over the stern and check that the rudder is in inline with the boat keel. When it is inline the
Edson wheel adjustment! Growl at 10:02am 05.04.22
Edson wheel adjustment! Richard19068 at 10:00am 05.04.22 Right. That's 3-1/2 total. Is that normal or did you in the past get 5 or 6 or 7 or something else
Edson wheel adjustment! Growl at 9:57am 05.04.22 Hi, I only get half a turn to port then 3+ to starboard!
Edson wheel adjustment! Richard19068 at 9:55am 05.04.22 How many total turns do you normally have from "lock to lock"? If normally 3-1/2 turns total then pe
Ammeter replacement questions (1) jonelli at 9:54am 05.04.22 FWIW, here's my main re-wired battery setup: emory wire. They're always yellow. That black wire on B
Headsail sizes sail sfbay at 9:35am 05.04.22 Same question came up on this thread: Tacking a Genoa? \| SailNet Community
How do I get to this bolt? Len Ingalls at 9:25am 05.04.22 You could use U-joint socket of correct size. U-joint allen head sockets are also available. Cheers/
Hunter 460/466 Spinnaker Pole sail sfbay at 9:18am 05.04.22 Suggest contacting Forespar and Selden for a size and material of construction recommendation and pr
Edson wheel adjustment! Growl at 8:57am 05.04.22 Thanks, I will go check ASAP
Motor decision for my Hunter 240 isaksp00 at 8:57am 05.04.22 Don't know your motor, I have a Honda 8. Is it unreliable mainly at idle and low rpm, but once you r
Edson wheel adjustment! Sailfanatic at 8:56am 05.04.22 If this is a new development, my suspicion is that there is some obstacle inhibiting the steering q
Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related Barnacle Bill at 8:51am 05.04.22 Why wouldn't you call ePaint for a solution?
Spin vs whisker pole Barnacle Bill at 8:49am 05.04.22 Spinnaker (spelled that way) are, as someone mentioned, a fixed length - that being the j dimension

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