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Mast Base Organizer - Question for Appleman Shoaldrafter at 5:18pm 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/4025 Appleman: What brand organizer did you use under mast. I am thinking of adding one while I have
Anchor fox islander at 4:59pm 03.07.09 Catalina 30 3/1426 Wondering what you guys are using for an anchor (type and weight) on your C30's. Mine came with what
REWIRING - Help Everlong 25 at 3:31pm 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1449 Okay, spring is just around the corner and I promised myself that I would replace the 34 year old wi
Sailing today - Solomons Island, Chesapeake Bay garylinger at 2:30pm 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2459 After my wife, grandson and I checked on the boat we drove to Solomons Island, MD (the central Chesa
Hunter 216 Outboard Lock? bloomac at 2:02pm 03.07.09 Smaller Boats 4/1281 Does Anyone have any tips on outboard locks for the Hunter 216? Looking at the $80 Stazo, but not
Electrical wiring Nick and shar at 1:58pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1093 We just bought our first boat ever--1980 28 Hunter form the original owner--great guy. New motor/ tr
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal SailorBabe at 1:55pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1297 Can anyone please tell me the correct PSS Shaft Seal Size for a 1989 Hunter 30? The shaft is 1", but
Rudder problem ehelms7477 at 1:32pm 03.07.09 Big Boats 1/1171 I have a 1987 Hunter Legend 40 and the rudder was rubbing the bottom of the hull with a hard starbo
Awaiting the marine survey... yugnoir at 11:04am 03.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1554 Well the sale is now conditional on the marine survey, hope all goes well cause I've already made so
Long shaft vs Regular shaft Motors itsagoodthing at 10:01am 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1862 I just purchase a 1975 22 boat, I read that a long shaft is needed over that of a regular shaft, min
Raymarine ST4000+ paulj at 6:27am 03.07.09 Catalina 310 1/1601 Shell My ST 4000+ auto pilot when activated will not hold course. Boat course will drift 30 degress
sailing withdrawals Chuck Creel at 5:24am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1416 anyone wanna go sailing week of mar 14th? cant wait to stretch some sails on mobile bay. looking
AC Reverse Polarity Indicator pvanv at 5:16am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2658 I have a very spartan AC shore power setup, with proper inlet, and double main breaker. This feeds t
Echo Charger Neil McDonald at 11:43pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 64/16698 Before deciding how to upgrade my electrical system, I need a better understanding of the performanc
Steering conversion MLM at 7:57pm 03.06.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1912 Has anyone had any experience with tiller to wheel conversion on a 25' O'Day ( wife wants a wheel, m
New steering brake pads paulj at 7:28pm 03.06.09 Catalina 310 9/2205 Had problem with steering brake not holding. So I purchased a kit from Defender. Pulled all parts of
Ladylove's Best Night Ever. Ed Schenck at 6:33pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2041 Thursday morning at 0810 Ladylove headed under the Seven Mile bridge at Marathon facing a stiff NE b
Pearson 30 Rudder Bushing Repair doublec9 at 6:20pm 03.06.09 Pearson 0/2911 Hello folks, Here's a link to my recent rudder bushing replacement write-up on my Pearson 30. Fun
Proscraper feedback Michel16055 at 6:17pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1271 I'm starting to plan the scraping of the hull of my O'Day 302. I came across a product which I would
first boat heybuddy at 6:13pm 03.06.09 S2 1/1478 S2 owners, I am looking for a first boat and the S2s are always highly spoken of. I am a beginn

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Forestay and furling genoa Tally Ho at 6:10pm 11.13.21 I am not a MacGregor expert, but unusually, the head stay is inside of the furling foil. So you h
Hoses from somewhere going nowhere. BOSSailor at 5:55pm 11.13.21 99% certainty that runs under the cabin sole to your water heater. Any chance you have a photo of th
Hoses from somewhere going nowhere. (1) mjsb at 5:50pm 11.13.21 I would suspect a leak in the heat exchanger somewhere and a previous owner just removed the HX fro
Hunter 306- can I add refrigeration? Arbee at 5:38pm 11.13.21 Very late to this thread so my info is most likely redundant, but in case not, our 306 has a Waeco C
Assemetrical Arbee at 5:23pm 11.13.21 Now that we've had our 306 for a season, and LOVING it, I'm ready to try out the assym that came wit
Winter Jackstands and Blocking Tally Ho at 5:23pm 11.13.21
Lancer 45' DayDreamer41 at 5:00pm 11.13.21 You might want to check the fuel pickup tube, the older model boats (not saying this your case, just
Winter Jackstands and Blocking dlochner at 4:55pm 11.13.21 The experts on jack stands is Brownell. A trip to their website is instructive. Jack stands should
Anchor 150 miles offshore ? Don Guillette at 4:10pm 11.13.21 I'm 60 miles downcoast from Los Angeles and it looks like a floating village of container ships all
Winter Jackstands and Blocking DayDreamer41 at 3:54pm 11.13.21 While not an expert I don't believe that the stand is there to suppor the motors weight, I know on o
Lancer 45' jon hansen at 3:33pm 11.13.21 i have had a fuel line gasket that had been pinched the wrong way. did just what you experience. i
puck lights that fit sunlover at 3:21pm 11.13.21 For the bar lights, these work well and don't fry your retinas. G4 LED Bulb 12V, Warm White... http
I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Profile model that it seems would fit. Thoughts? (1) jon hansen at 3:13pm 11.13.21 what a sweet location to hail from. pictures? i don't have a windlass, but go for it. most here l
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina FasterHorses at 3:07pm 11.13.21 The more I read this, the more suspect I get about its truthfulness..... We own a 39' Oday and I can
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:05pm 11.13.21 That won't work. Distilled white vinegar has to be replaced every 45-60 minutes because that's as l
De Persia Automatic Bailer sail sfbay at 2:30pm 11.13.21 Welcome to the forum!! Try Rudy Nickerson at D& RMarine who sells O'Day parts: D & R Marine (drmari
TV/VCP Breaker senang at 2:11pm 11.13.21 It ends there where Hunter planned to install the (I presume optional) TV and VCR. Find pictures of
Lifting Sling Points for Hunter 40.5 - Help smokey73 at 1:51pm 11.13.21 Thanks for the pictures Rich. Exactly what I needed!
2004 41 AC Hex key size for Tiller lever sail sfbay at 1:48pm 11.13.21 Maybe one of your marina neighbors has a tool kit with lots of keys.
I just purchased a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1980 and considering adding a Windlass. Lewmar has a Low Profile model that it seems would fit. Thoughts? Bill Martin PEI at 1:42pm 11.13.21 I bought the V3 Lewmar winch. Works great on my boat. Thank You!

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