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mast step replacement (2) Steve22124 at 9:26am 08.14.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/2237 Last winter I found that my mast step had cracked. I assume it was due to metal fatigue and temperat
Howdy All! Zoomie at 9:14am 08.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1132 Howdy All! Brand new guy here. I live in SC and work in NC. I'm a DOD air traffic controller and fly
New Here, Hi to all O'day 25 Coty137 at 9:06am 08.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1619 Good day to all, I am new to your community and would like to salute all of the O'day owners here!
Raymarine ST6002 problems bman88 at 8:51am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 6/3734 I recently hooked up my Raymarine ST6002 auto pilot to my new Garmin 540 GPS, and after considerable
removing mast step pin R.S.Cape at 8:01am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 7/2022 Does anyone have any tricks for removing the mast step pin? We lowered the mast for the first time o
leaky sink drain hose tombow88 at 7:52am 08.14.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1240 Hi folks, I just bought an '05 Mac26m and it stunk! turned out, kitchen hose was leaking waste wate
Cutting through fibreglass core decking suggestions? Starfish at 7:28am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 20/6939 Hi, I am replacing the forward hatch of my Seidelmann S299 and need to cut out the decking for the o
Gelcoat thinner RichH at 7:25am 08.14.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1565 Am looking for east coast supplier of "Duratec High Gloss Additive" -- a thinner used for spraying
Some many parts ,so little knowledge Mitchell Slochower at 7:00am 08.14.09 Pearson 1/1580 I just moved up from a very basic O'day 22, to a 1984 Pearson 34. I am looking to replace some of th
Swimming with friends (1) amcmahon at 6:52am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1516 In a previous thread (1 gm heating) I mentoned that I had gone in the water to clean the coolant wat
Painting Hull sgreenest at 6:50am 08.14.09 Smaller Boats 1/2591 Painting Hull/need "pick points" We are new to this, we need to have the hull repainted and need to
Lewmar Hatches Richard E. ("Dick") Craig at 6:22am 08.14.09 Big Boats 2/1267 Has anyone replaced the lens in their Lewmar hatches?
Forestay replacement????? steveebryant at 5:17am 08.14.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1703 I need to replace the forestay on my 1989 Hunter 30. I would like to replace it as soon as possible.
Holding Tank Leak MikeWilkinson at 7:38pm 08.13.09 Big Boats 8/2457 My 2005 Hunter 36 holding tank has a hose fitting cross threaded from the factory. It has taken 3 y
Air conditioner mold odor Rxman47 at 6:46pm 08.13.09 Ask All Sailors 8/5469 In my Hunter 336 when we switch on the A/C we get very strong odor of mold. Probably the PO didn't u
1968 Ericson 30' Restoration TipsySailor at 5:38pm 08.13.09 Ericson 2/5483 Hi, I would love to talk with anyone who owns another Ericson 30 Sailboat, we haven't had ours long,
Roller furler replacement dduhaime at 4:03pm 08.13.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1192 I have a 1993 First 35s5 with the original Profurl roller furler. I replaced the upper bearing last
Galley Counter Mod Siamese at 2:12pm 08.13.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/1914 Okay, so I haven't done this mod yet, but when the snow flies...... I'm not in love with the hatch
Catalina Owners Kubota Engines Surftraveler01 at 2:00pm 08.13.09 Catalina 30 1/1888 If anyone is having a hard time finding parts for their Universal or Yanmar Motors, or is outraged b
Mainsheet adjustment when single handing Irish Ayes at 1:23pm 08.13.09 Catalina 310 27/7443 Has anybody retrofitted their mainsheet controls so that you can make adjustments without having to

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A lost art: Conserving ice. Mark Maulden at 10:29pm 03.27.22 What about a couple handful size of dry ice?
Datamarine Instruments Mark Maulden at 10:10pm 03.27.22 I had no problems with DMI!
Hatch handle Mark Maulden at 10:01pm 03.27.22 No problem. Glad to help anytime. Mine must be hull 40. We are true sisterships! As for new board
Datamarine Instruments mikeracca at 9:26pm 03.27.22 Did you click on the products link/tab? IIRC, it has gauges to fit existing holes. DMI Marine, In
Datamarine Instruments FastOlson at 8:05pm 03.27.22 Many years ago I replaced our boat's three OEM Datamarine instruments. Since the holes in the bulkhe
O'day 23 through hull access Tom J at 7:50pm 03.27.22 Yikes! That's a plastic thru hull below the waterline. Maybe a previous owner installation. You mi
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Benny17441 at 7:38pm 03.27.22 Yes, you can run a battery charger with a 1000 Watts inverter. Some generators like a Honda 2000 h
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Benny17441 at 7:27pm 03.27.22 The operational turning range of a Yanmar engine is between 750 to 3,600 Revolutions per Minute. Y
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Hello Below at 6:29pm 03.27.22
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question Monheganlover at 6:26pm 03.27.22 Thanks!
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question BigEasy at 6:21pm 03.27.22 I am also wondering if I could connect the existing rudder position sensor to the Sea Talk backbone
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Tally Ho at 6:19pm 03.27.22
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? jssailem at 6:15pm 03.27.22 For me it is similar to the question, Electric Power or Diesel auxiliary. For economics and power pe
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question jssailem at 6:10pm 03.27.22 I have the EV100 working with out a rudder reference. That said I understand that it works even bett
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question Tom J at 6:05pm 03.27.22 I have the original Raymarine wheel auto pilot that came with the C310. It does not have a rudder r
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) mixmarkai at 5:32pm 03.27.22 To clear the blockage without damaging the drain hose, use water hose and push water in from outsid
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? dlochner at 5:26pm 03.27.22
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) JoeWhite at 5:19pm 03.27.22 To clear the blockage without damaging the drain hose, use water hose and push water in from outside
Datamarine Instruments heritage at 5:15pm 03.27.22 I replaced the Datamarine depth and speed instruments on my Hunter after a year or so trying to get
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold (2) clapres at 5:13pm 03.27.22

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