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javelin serial # Mark P. LeGassey at 5:32pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1096 Can someone tell the year of this javelin from the serial #? XDYB4973M83H Thank You
Fishing Cable Challenge Neil McDonald at 5:11pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1465 Having just fitted a pair of Alpenglow lights to my cabin roof, I now need to run in two cables to p
new generation: See the light (1) emergpa1 at 5:08pm 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1122 Is anyone installing LED lights on their Oday? If so, what is your experience and source? Any though
Puffer rigging mommyzilla at 4:53pm 05.29.09 AMF 2/11754 My dad just gave me his old AMF Puffer sailboat. It has been 20 years since I used the boat and I c
Repacking stuffing box O'Day 32 with GFO jknappsax at 4:44pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2114 I just repacked the stuffing box on my O'Day 32' CC with GFO. I wasn't sure which size, 3/16" or 1/4
dude i am back thesailerdude at 3:55pm 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1461 haha well here is the update with the little trip of mine me and my 4 college buddies departed m
Stuffing box-Hunter 32 ( Yanmar 18 ) Jim Conley at 2:08pm 05.29.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1539 I have a drip- I managed to use PB Blaster and a chisel to release the locking nut and could easily
Fairlead for Keel Centerboard Lift Rope hullre at 1:53pm 05.29.09 Pearson 0/1189 I have a 1970 Pearson 33 with a movable Centerboard. I need a replacement for the molded plastic s
Hunter 240 Rig Tuning & Mast Raising Tim Kenney at 1:29pm 05.29.09 Smaller Boats 18/11939 Aurinko III is a Hunter 240 which I bought new in 1998. I have sailed her fair amount since. Being
cam cleat on main control line Miller26S at 1:04pm 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1174 The cam cleat that is attached to the block on main control line is cratered and needs replaced. I g
chain plate attachments gdarling at 12:02pm 05.29.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1153 Re: late '80s First 305 Problem: attaching shrouds to chain plates. Specifically, this boat has thr
Finally (1) Phil V25 at 11:50am 05.29.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1103 Last year was such a bad year for our sailing activities; what with two floods (one at home and one
Anchor / Mast Head light Larry14133 at 11:47am 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 0/5 The Anchor light on my O'Day 302 seams to have failed. Anyone have an idea of what type of bulb wou
Spots on stainless steel Ken Honeycutt at 11:46am 05.29.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1506 I've got what looks like water spots on some of my SS tubing. I tried Collinite metal polish and was
Puffer rigging instructions? Lindy Lou at 11:38am 05.29.09 AMF 1/10664 Hello! My husband is new to sailing and bought an AMF Alcort Puffer that did not come with rigging
Anchor / mast head light Larry14133 at 11:34am 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1347 The anchor light seams to have failed on my 1987 O'day 302. Any one have and idea on what type of b
rigging genesta at 11:31am 05.29.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1034 Never sailed and we purchased our first sailboat. How's that for adventurous! The boat is a 1977
Tall rig vs regular Ed3052 at 10:39am 05.29.09 Catalina 30 10/16204 What is the real difference between the tall rig and regular on the 30
Forestay tension paphman at 9:30am 05.29.09 Catalina 22 6/3643 I would like to know what some of you are using for forestay tension. We have an adjustable backsta
Differences between Kick-Up Rudders (1) Aldo at 9:11am 05.29.09 Catalina 22 0/1416 Please take a look at the attached photo of two kick-up rudders. My rudder is on the left, and is fr

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deck craze lines PaulK at 6:44pm 12.13.21 Gelcoat crazing is a problem with some boats because the resins they used in building them had some
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water Justin_NSA at 6:37pm 12.13.21 They've already been asked but the OP hasn't responded.
New Catalina 250 Owner Looking for Guidance DArcy at 6:36pm 12.13.21 I was told by the boat broker this model does not have a water ballast system. Maybe it does Sailb
deck craze lines dlochner at 6:01pm 12.13.21 Is crazing difficult to fix? No it is not difficult, just incredibly tedious and time consuming.
P42 Maxwell Windlass (2) Jim_H42 at 5:56pm 12.13.21 Thanks Terry for the write-up. Did you ever determine whether the flat head machine screw that sec
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch dlochner at 5:53pm 12.13.21 My layout is similar to this except that the ACR leads skip right over the isolation switches and a
deck craze lines Don S/V ILLusion at 5:52pm 12.13.21
deck craze lines Captain W at 5:22pm 12.13.21 Is crazing difficult to fix?
deck craze lines Rick D at 5:21pm 12.13.21 Geeze. OF COURSE it has crazing. It's a 1990 boat. I have a 1994. Is there crazing? OF COURSE.. Am I
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws sunlover at 5:09pm 12.13.21 Would any of these work for you? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stainless+steel+u+nut+u+clips&crid=3MN
New Catalina 250 Owner Looking for Guidance sail sfbay at 5:09pm 12.13.21 Welcome to the forum!! It might be a water ballast per Catalina 250 - Practical Sailor (practical-s
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws heritage at 5:04pm 12.13.21 Would any of these work for you? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stainless+steel+u+nut+u+clips&crid=3MNQ
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:53pm 12.13.21 Yeah, the PNW is a good place for people who like the color grey. No gators, though!
Rigging attachment question PaulK at 4:43pm 12.13.21 The eyes on the spreaders look like they'd be good to rig bullet blocks for flag halyards. A radar
Chart Plotter Location Souellette at 4:41pm 12.13.21 These are all great ideas. I'm leaning towards trying to incorporate the traveler since it would pro
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws sunlover at 4:41pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist. Ah, not there. I guess I could buy
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:33pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist.
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water Crazy Dave Condon at 4:22pm 12.13.21 A lot depends on what the owner advises regarding the response to my questions
Removing centerboard? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:18pm 12.13.21
deck craze lines justsomeguy at 4:15pm 12.13.21 He estimated it would cost about 20k. To fix the crazing? Yow. Yah, follow sail fsbay's advice.

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