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Draining the Bilge rolandjeep at 2:20pm 08.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1565 Hello. I'm new on this site and I have a dillema. I own a 1977 20' O'Day. How can I completely drain
Water too hot Roy10289 at 2:16pm 08.15.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1388 I have a 6 gal Seward electric water heater on my 1995 Hunter 37.5. Since I have owned the boay (2ye
SL-140 Missing Items (2) starowl at 2:01pm 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 6/6296 Well, I revived an old SL-140 14' sailboat last week, but made a mistake in letting a novice take it
New Liveaboard-Week One butchrobbins at 1:46pm 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2393 Thanks to all for the info in my previous post, and now to share some thoughts from my first week ab
towing a fiberglass dinghy Carole M at 10:45am 08.15.09 Catalina 22 2/2239 How much drag do you have towing a fiberglass dinghy. I have a 4 HP engine on my Catalina 22. Does
Sun relief on a 9.2A BobM at 10:06am 08.15.09 S2 0/1235 Just not a lot of good options for sun relief at the helm of a 9.2A. So far my ventilated hat is th
Potomac and Chesapeake Sailors - NOR (1) rpwillia at 9:11am 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1443
Good Rainbow Photos (1) Larry7082 at 8:47am 08.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1209 Anyone got good rainbow photos? I took this in July just before we went out to see the fireworks...
Boat Listing Problem normhildreth at 8:26am 08.15.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1412 I have a 31' Beneteau First 1993 shoal draft. I bought the boat 3 years ago. At the time I noticed t
modifying the ladder OdayDave at 8:21am 08.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2026 My wife and kids complain that the ladder is uncomfortable on the feet when climbing out of the wate
Love that autopilot (4) OdayDave at 7:57am 08.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1918 I just finished a week of sailing on Lake Michigan and Green Bay with a buddy of mine (almost 200 mi
Gelcoat chip repair R.S.Cape at 6:56am 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1694 Has anyone used the gelcoat repair kits from West Marine? Or any other systems that work well?? We h
water in oil newboatowner at 5:44am 08.15.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1681 As a new boat owner after many years, I committed a foolish mistake and forgot to open the fresh wat
Xcite Rudder Hardware JDPeterson at 5:21am 08.15.09 Day Sailers 0/1473 Hi, Anyone know where I can find the hardware that mounts on an Xcite rudder? I need the entire a
Sail Magazine Cover / August Issue - Is That An Asymetrical Head Sail? Joe Mullee at 5:13am 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1538 I'm showing more of my ignorance by asking this question but I know very little about head sails oth
leaking centerboard mrlympi at 4:25am 08.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1310 I have a 1969 15 foot Oday and the centerboard is leaking. Where can I get parts? Thank you
vdo sumlog 34ac0002 at 2:40am 08.15.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2353 good day, all... i need a mechanical vdo sumlog sl speed indicator (30 knots-12 vdc), the impeller
Best place for a transducer? George16943 at 1:54am 08.15.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1688 I have a Mac 26 S and want to fit a through hull transducer (depth finder) but not sure of the best
Getting underneith stantions on 1979 l25 survivor at 11:03pm 08.14.09 Lancer 8/1819 My L25 has the 3 windows on each side and an inside mast support. my dillema is how to get in back o
Hauling my hunter out for the first time bigrock at 10:06pm 08.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2739 hello people. well next month i will be hauling my hunter legend 37.5 out of the water for the firs

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Hydraulic Lift Arm for Refrigerator PaulK at 7:09am 04.02.22 Try Auto Zone? This sort of thing is used a lot for car trunks, hoods, and pickup covers. Look up
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:44am 04.02.22 I suspect that the heavy load on the alternator is causing the issue, but I do not know why the gov
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 6:42am 04.02.22 This gave me an idea. With the engine running turn the key off but do not kill the engine. Try the
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. senang at 6:26am 04.02.22
Bent Wing W.P. Smith at 6:14am 04.02.22 Thank you for your input everyone. For clarification, the keel is lead. Both wings were damaged (t
Reuse shrink wrap? (1) lehighsail at 6:03am 04.02.22 Several years ago I reused my Fairclough cover, originally for my H290, for my H33. I added a secti
Cutlass bearing kappykaplan at 5:51am 04.02.22 @Dave Groshong should be able to help you.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE Timm R Oday25 at 5:43am 04.02.22 As an owner of a sailboat that has the exact same arrangement ,my suggestion would be to leave it wh
Window Advice Joe at 5:37am 04.02.22 @Joe @Calif. Ted So you both think I should just do a complete reseal of the windows? I assume it's
Fender cleanup RoyS at 5:19am 04.02.22 Never tried Tilex. I use SOS pads.
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE RoyS at 5:17am 04.02.22 For main sail trimming it is best to keep the traveller near the end of the boom, where it is now. T
TRAVELER RE-LOCATE sailme88 at 4:43am 04.02.22 If it were my boat, I'd keep the traveler right where it is.. Moving it forward by 3 or 4 feet will
Fender cleanup (1) rgranger at 8:14pm 04.01.22
Boat Bike "tech support" (1) John Nantz at 8:09pm 04.01.22 Project update: Decided to replace the shifter/brake set. Currently have the shifter/brake (SB-C201/
Bent Wing walmsleyc at 8:05pm 04.01.22 On my '87 Legend 35, one of my wings got bent up. It's made of lead. I tried using sledges and for
Rescue? I must be missing something Leeward Rail at 7:41pm 04.01.22 I'd did a quick scan of the CG twitter feed for at least some photos but didn't see it listed.
Bent Wing Scott T-Bird at 7:29pm 04.01.22 Not related to fixing the keel - but for the life of me if its the starboard wing that is bent down
Looking for an Oday 240 or 272 cheeseNcrackers at 7:07pm 04.01.22
Rescue? I must be missing something shemandr at 7:05pm 04.01.22 That particular area is not friendly to slow moving vessels. We don't know if they were headed Nort
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 7:02pm 04.01.22 I have been monitoring your post and when I was addressing the same issues: trying to cruise, havin

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