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H260 table, aft berth questions Bob 04 H260 at 2:17pm 05.21.09 Smaller Boats 6/1644 I am looking at a 2004 260. Can the dining table be lowered so it is flush with the seats and used a
Main halyard pulley stuck - H27 fawcettandrew at 1:16pm 05.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 6/2068 Good afternoon! I was reading a post about this subject (Main halyard pulley stuck on H36) and
Where is the water tank fill access timtom6003 at 11:45am 05.21.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2238 Just purchased a well used but sound 1981 Hunter 25. I can trace the fresh water tubing from the sin
Flushing outboard motor peterbud at 11:38am 05.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1584 I know that I am supose to flush out my outboard each time I use it in saltwater to keep the water p
Spinnaker Attachment To Mast NIELSED at 9:15am 05.21.09 Newport 4/4508 i HAVE A 1985 NEWPORT mkIII 30 AND NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HARDWARE i NEED TO ATTACH TO MAST FOR S
Elongated mast pin hole lloyd7284 at 8:51am 05.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1563 The hole where my mast pin goes through the mast is very elongated,and the mast is quite slopy in th
Fore and Aft Stays, streaching possible? or boat shrink? ayc22 at 8:34am 05.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1331 Our Catalina 22 was stored all winter with the mast laying on it's resting post as always. No snow
Tuning the Rig....where to begin NYSail at 8:06am 05.21.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1707 Hello all, Well the boat is in the water and floating proudly in her slip! Now for loading it up
Where are you? Member 41673 at 7:47am 05.21.09 Reliance 7/4882 Please post threads of where you are ' what your doing here.
Need help with a venture 25 wndsofchng06 at 6:38am 05.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2167 Hello all! I am new to Sailboatowners.com and to online forums in general so this is all a bit dau
opinions on isolating starting battery Dave D at 6:10am 05.21.09 Smaller Boats 2/1067 OK guys, I can't find anything in the archives to satisfy my question. I constantly see advise here
Best boating videos or commercials Cpt. Jon at 6:08am 05.21.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1543 Bad Obsession posted the "Trunk Monkey" in another link, which is great. Here are a couple of my f
lost my tie rod on ez steer earlkeim at 6:04am 05.21.09 Smaller Boats 3/1802 I lost the rod on my ez steer system on my 260. Miine is a standard ez steer from the outboard to th
H-26 Access Panels In Stern Berth? BrianW at 5:09am 05.21.09 Smaller Boats 3/1160 I have often stared at the 2 access panels on the "ceiling" of the stern berth and wondered they are
Oday 26 tiller/rudder connection 'Revisited' Shoaldrafter at 4:55am 05.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1276 Allen Harbor asked about O'Day 26 Rudder Construction. When I acquired my 26 the Pintles and Gu
Engine Alignment William12213 at 4:33am 05.21.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2282 I have done a search on this and came up with a few posts but none that really answered my question.
TV antenna Alice A. at 4:01am 05.21.09 Ask All Sailors 21/6688 Hi, everyone. We just installed a flat screen hdtv in our boat and would like some advice on tv ante
Winter storage question Mark H at 10:13pm 05.20.09 Smaller Boats 2/1123 1993 Hunter 23.5 A fiend just told me that it would have been best to place my trailer on blocks dur
PNW Sailors - How crowded can I expect Gig Harbor harbor to be this weekend? TN at 8:43pm 05.20.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1639 Just curious, from those who might have been there over Memorial Day weekend before.
Auto Tiller Installation seatravellerhawaii at 7:29pm 05.20.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/3976 Aloha All, I'm the owner of a 1978 Venture 25, "Jerry's Wish". Over the years I have done some mod

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Potential Buyer of DS1 Don S/V ILLusion at 9:12am 02.22.22 Forgive my ignorance - what's a DS1?
Leaky Windows jeepbluetj at 9:06am 02.22.22 '79 right? So aluminum framed windows. Are they leaking where they're sealed or between the aluminu
Battery options jeepbluetj at 8:53am 02.22.22 I'd say two GC-2 6v batteries are by far the best FLA house bank you can have in a C-30. IIRC for 12
Battery options Don S/V ILLusion at 8:52am 02.22.22
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION twodzusfittings at 8:47am 02.22.22 Does it look similar to the well known green patina that copper develops? yes.
Tillerarm radius for linear drive autopilot installation (1) Len Ingalls at 8:47am 02.22.22 The Raymarine Type 1 Linear Drive (M81130) has a 12" stroke. The mid stroke point (rudder centered)
Catalina 27 keel dmax at 8:30am 02.22.22 A 1984 Catalina will have plywood in the keel stub, a known weakness as the plywood can get wet and
gel coat cracks dlochner at 8:26am 02.22.22 I see that spectrum offers spray cans of gelcoat - anyone have experience with that? I've used a
Battery options BigEasy at 8:24am 02.22.22 You can look at DYNO Batteries in Seattle. They have a 12V battery that is DeepCycle. Fits in a sta
O'Day 39 owners manual sail sfbay at 8:24am 02.22.22 Welcome to the forum!! Ditto Tally Ho..............buy one here: I Heart O'Days - Manuals (iheartod
gel coat cracks dmax at 8:14am 02.22.22 I see that spectrum offers spray cans of gelcoat - anyone have experience with that?
Westerbeke 13b - FREE to good home dmax at 8:13am 02.22.22 Sure will be nice to get that weight out of the boat :)
Battery options jssailem at 8:11am 02.22.22 Two 6V batteries (225 ampHr) like the Trojan's are a good solution to provide a single 12v battery s
Starwind 19 project boat Project_Mayhem at 8:02am 02.22.22 You must own a fleet of sailboats by now! My last boat was a Starwind 19. Great little boat. There'
B&G Vulcan 7 help hj5150 at 8:01am 02.22.22 Hey, The Vulcan has a "trip calculator" that automatically tracks things like distance travelled,
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds TRFrederick at 7:57am 02.22.22
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Project_Mayhem at 7:50am 02.22.22 Does it look similar to the well known green patina that copper develops? I used CLR to clean mine u
gel coat cracks Project_Mayhem at 7:45am 02.22.22 I just picked some gelcoat up from a local supplier. With the help of the staff there we used a RAL
Leaky Windows Project_Mayhem at 7:41am 02.22.22 If you can't find the proper seal, you can use some weather stripping from the hardware store. I use
Battery options mikeracca at 7:40am 02.22.22 I know they will charge like a typical 12v when wired in series, I am worried about them becoming un

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