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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 20/6938 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 1/2590 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 8/5467 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 2/5482 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 0/1913 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 1/1887 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
Pulled the sticks and didn't break anything (7) CharlieCobra at 1:11pm 08.13.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1597 Today was the day to pull the sticks and move Oh Joy into the boathouse. She looks funny bare. htt

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Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Tally Ho at 4:28pm 03.27.22 I think that the short answer is yes, you can use a small portable generator to run the battery char
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire kloudie1 at 4:20pm 03.27.22 They look OK but ya might want to offset the next ones so the flats of one line up with the ridges o
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold jssailem at 4:19pm 03.27.22 Greg, it is definitely not a typical setup.
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Tally Ho at 4:07pm 03.27.22
Headliner Scot Yount at 4:01pm 03.27.22 Re-open an old thread. Does anyone have a source for a v-berth headliner for an 11A, or instruction
Datamarine Instruments Stu Jackson at 4:00pm 03.27.22 and no Datamarine products. Did you click on the products link/tab? IIRC, it has gauges to fit ex
New S2 ( to me :) Scot Yount at 3:56pm 03.27.22 I have been looking for some time for a 30 to 35 foot for some time now and finally settled on an
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire Tom J at 3:44pm 03.27.22 They look like good swages, and, being doubled, should have enough mechanical strength for a 21' boa
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? dlochner at 3:41pm 03.27.22 I see that the runtime spec for this charger at 25% load (175w) is 3 hours with a 1lb tank of propa
Problem Raising the Genoa on a Furlex 200S senang at 3:22pm 03.27.22 JohnT is right, I have had the same problem on hoisting the genoa. To get a grip on the sail I used
Small Genset - Can it mate to shore power port? Hello Below at 3:15pm 03.27.22 I have no interest in the air conditioner. I just want to top off batteries if the solar panels
Hunter 306 salt water in the bilge but only when sailing senang at 3:09pm 03.27.22 Put the bilge pump slightly above the bilge and cover it in kitchen wipe paper. After a sail you wil
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:27pm 03.27.22 Good intentions, not a feasible solution. If there is water in the keel it will be at the bottom. I
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:25pm 03.27.22
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold clapres at 2:22pm 03.27.22 What does the garboard (turn of the hull to keel) look like on the outside of the hull? Look like
A lost art: Conserving ice. dLj at 2:12pm 03.27.22 You can just cut out the excess foam. It's a pain, but not an impossible task. That's if you want to
Greatest knot tying in the world Roadking Larry at 1:53pm 03.27.22 I have seen a couple of boats in my marina that were tied too tight and had a cleat rip out when th
New sails kendyoozed at 1:11pm 03.27.22 I have three Rolly Tasker sails, and I feel they are of reasonable quality for the cost. I can see
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Davidasailor26 at 1:11pm 03.27.22
Datamarine Instruments Scott T-Bird at 1:06pm 03.27.22 I had the DM Corinthian instruments on my Starwind and they worked beautifully after I was able to b

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