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trailer for oday 25 swing keel Uncle Bill at 5:53am 03.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 10/8822 Mainly for storage, but would like to be able to make short (30-50 mile) hauls to the finger lakes.
Looking for trailer for Oday 25 Uncle Bill at 5:43am 03.22.09 Day Sailers 0/4 Mainly for storage, but would like to be able to make short (30-50 mile) hauls to the finger lakes.
Self Tacking Jib Ksarna at 5:37am 03.22.09 Catalina 30 4/3248 Does any one have or installed or used one.Im intrested in one for my 89
Lines to Cockpit Chris3704 at 10:14pm 03.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1222 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 23, with what appears to be the original running rigging, back in J
Navimatics Maps for Garmin chartplotters captain frank II at 8:06pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2337 Any body have experience using Navimatics maps in their Garmin chartplotters ? They are so much chea
'86 22 flcaptainbill at 7:59pm 03.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1284 Considering purchase of an 86 22 and have a couple of questions. 1. What is the towing weight. 2.
Help Running with the wind KandD at 7:52pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 8/1868 Not sure if this is the place... but I went out for a sail today and tried to run wing and wing with
Pedestal for Catalina 42 Salon Table lavie423 at 5:04pm 03.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1596 To appease my first mate and make for a happy crew, I built a cabinet to support the salon table for
Mixing elbow sail361 at 5:39pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1978 I have a simple question for you motor heads. I tore apart my heat exchanger today to check it and c
SD 20 oil seal in water replacement? tsmwebb at 3:57pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2377 I'm back in La Paz, Mexico because one of my saildrives has started to leak a bit of tranny oil out
Irwin 31' Citation JoeD at 3:31pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/10861 Looking at a 31" citation. It has damaged mast strp and floor grid. Looking for any information that
Floor grid JoeD at 3:26pm 03.21.09 Irwin 1/2009 Looking at a 31' Citation. The mast step is broken and floor grid damaged. Anyone know any thing abo
can someone start a thread on how to properly wax a boat? (1) luvitt at 2:55pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2259 sounds silly, but i've not had good results in the past. I guess there is some trick, or special sa
Measurement question for PSS shaft seal Ken Honeycutt at 2:35pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 0/40 I want to install a PSS shaft seal before splash down this spring so I took some measurements today.
Plastic Clips (1) AndrewB at 2:33pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 5/1442 Does anybody know where I can purchase some new plastic clips for the hindge of our hatch. Photo is
Store survey Phil Herring at 1:46pm 03.21.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1905 First, I want to thank everyone who responded to our store survey. We received many, many responses
Skylight Replacement; hardware or not Mysterious Ways at 1:23pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 1/1346 I was once told that when replacing the skylights I should not have the corners of the new acrylic d
Rolly Tasker 14' (4) jhesh at 1:19pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1566 Hi all, First post here, hope I do it right. I have what I think is a Rolly Tasker daysailer. I d
New 6 horse tohatsu captian dave at 11:11am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2576 I've been looking on the internet for a new outboard. I been looking at the Tohatsu 6 HP extra long
Deck core replacement project Ed Schenck at 11:10am 03.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2819 Here's a topic that has been covered many times, cutting out and replacing wet and rotten deck balsa

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Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. All U Get at 5:20am 03.09.22 I have removed some bundles while attaching a string to the end. After cutting the zip ties to remo
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. Sailbaum at 5:17am 03.09.22 Try wrapping one at a time in aluminum foil and see if you loose signal. If you loose signal, don't
Hunter Passage 42 Holding Tank Sending Unit Terry Cox at 5:01am 03.09.22 Hi Peggy...thanks for the info on the Scad Monitor, but unfortunately the tank is completely encase
Extending Cable Throw on Transmission and Throttle Cables dlochner at 4:45am 03.09.22 So, I am wondering if there is one standard length for the part of the cable outside of the jacket?
Removing wall covering Timm R Oday25 at 4:36am 03.09.22 There are a number of very good outdoor carpet brans that would work well. When I chose to redo the
Inner forestay to O'day 23? shemandr at 3:43am 03.09.22 You might have to reinforce the deck from underneath. I think it was the C&C 25 that had a "Check s
Ford 20 information (1) landhort at 3:41am 03.09.22 I'm still discovering things about this Ford 20 that I don't understand. In this picture of my mast
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. kappykaplan at 2:53am 03.09.22 Anyone have an easy way to tell which are active and which can be removed? Some antennas have a fl
Starwind 19 project boat kappykaplan at 2:48am 03.09.22 Very nice @SailingLoto ! :beer:
removing fuel tank SJN at 10:36pm 03.08.22 Update. The comments above were very helpful, providing the path to remove the port propane tank lo
Looking to Buy Nicro Fico adjustable stop (1) Rabe at 9:35pm 03.08.22 And it also says this pin stop version is the replacement. https://www.rigrite.com/Travellers/NF_
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV (1) Hayden Watson at 9:27pm 03.08.22 On the Mk IV you can rotate the drum guard as needed so that the line will not hit the guard either
Best anchor and chain sail sfbay at 9:25pm 03.08.22 You will get lots of opinions on this forum. Suggest reading this: Selecting an Anchor Rode \| West
Fresh water leaking in to Jabsco Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:17pm 03.08.22 Any vented loop that's in a lazarette is way too low to be of benefit. It needs to be at least 6-8"
Fuel tank/sender Benny17441 at 8:42pm 03.08.22 If the tank isn't leaking, I do not see a reason to replace. Most fuel gauges are useless even whe
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. DArcy at 8:37pm 03.08.22 Anyone have an easy way to tell which are active and which can be removed? Try wrapping one at a t
26S keel cable connection stickinthemud57 at 8:35pm 03.08.22 I snapped my keel cable sailing in Lake Travis last year. Made the mistake of trying to use the kick
Fresh water leaking in to Jabsco Shorinsean at 8:31pm 03.08.22 Peggie, Thanks for the speedy and detailed answer! There is a vented loop in the lazarette, but next
Alternator question - is this AC? Stator pic included mikeracca at 8:06pm 03.08.22 The 7102 series alternators were an oddball in the GM lineup. They were used in 71/72 and were a sto
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Garbonzo at 7:56pm 03.08.22 How does this happen? The BMS disconnects the bank? In my case the Victron relay switches a batte

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