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oday23centrboard winch cable seacow at 1:09pm 01.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1513 I Just Recently Purchsed A Oday 23 How Ever I Discovered The Cable For The Centerboard Was Broken An
Out island 41 rigging gonezo at 11:58am 01.07.09 Morgan 0/1861 Me agian I am also interested in new or used rigging for a 1975 ketch rigged out island 41 any sugge
Wet exhaust for O/I 41 gonezo at 11:50am 01.07.09 Morgan 0/1982 I have 1975 o/i 41 I repowered with a perkins 4-108. The former motor was a nissan. The old muffler
Mainsail difficult to raise Ricky0695 at 11:01am 01.07.09 Com-Pac 3/3443 I have a 1991 Compac 33, My main sail is very difficult to raise. Has anybody had such an experience
What I did Rick Sylvester at 10:36am 01.07.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2098 on my vacation. Hi all. I hope this is okay to do here and Phil, you can spank me later if it's n
Great support from Watchmate tsmwebb at 9:42am 01.07.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1373 This is a where credit is due kind of post. I hope it is appropriate. We've been hanging out in
Genoa track on Oday 26 Drifter26 at 9:23am 01.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/3268 I noticed in this site's boat review section, several owners mentioned that they had added a genoa t
Heave-to off wind Franklin at 7:50am 01.07.09 Ask All Sailors 35/5596 Started a new thread as lots of talk about it. You should try this sometime. You will be amazed at
rOnDAYvous site-selection poll (1) Capn Pete at 5:38am 01.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2880 It's that time of year again -- time to start thinking about where to hold the 7th annual Northeast
Loss of the Brigantine Albatross Roger Long at 3:40am 01.07.09 Ask All Sailors 17/8737 While searching the net for Google hits where I can get my recent phone number change listed, I disc
Looking to purchase an O'Day 222 Mich222 at 3:29am 01.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/5869 Due to the popularity of my and another O'Day 222 in our yacht club, we have another member who is l
balboa 26 okiesails at 10:14pm 01.06.09 Balboa 3/5538 I need a boom, rudder and tiller for a 1972 Balboa 26. I live in Northern WI. Any leads would be app
Boom/Mast Bushings gweisheipl at 9:08pm 01.06.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1250 The bushings which help connect the boom to the mast on my boat occasionally come lose and drop to t
location for propane control switch & bilge switch MAC915 at 9:01pm 01.06.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2028 1.installing both a propane control switch and an auto bilge switch. Any recommendations for cabin l
Hard starting when cold-3GM diesel Yanmar catawbarod at 7:04pm 01.06.09 Big Boats 11/7356 I have a 35.5 legend 1993 with a 3 GM diesel engine 28 horse. I have trouble starting it in weather
Engine alexander at 4:56pm 01.06.09 Ericson 2/2191 Several first I have a 1970 33 ft Ericson that I love I had for five years and everyone else loves i
AUTOMAC Output Low infamous-bob19215 at 12:48pm 01.06.09 Catalina 30 7/2143 I have an 84 Catalina 30 which came with an Automac that was not connected to the Alternator. I obta
California trailer sailors ! Glenn B. at 12:14pm 01.06.09 Trailer Sailors 12/4070 With the holidays, rain and cold weather I have not had my boat out since September of last year, ha
Cherub. 25 Distance sailing Ameribritalia at 10:29am 01.06.09 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1733 Curious to know if anyone has done distance sailing on a small boat particularly a Hunter 25. I h
Demopolis Yacht Basin MoonSailer at 7:57am 01.06.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1857 Does anyone have any experience at the Demopolis Yacht Basin???? I plan to move my boat to the coast

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Rudder repairs Project_Mayhem at 3:44pm 02.11.22 Stick with epoxy based resin since it's easier to work with. The most commonly used materials for me
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 3:37pm 02.11.22 Bronze will lose is zinc and become brittle and weak in a marine environment. You mean brass will
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:35pm 02.11.22 Hopefully the air in the fuel line issue can be sorted and the engine starts and runs reliably after
Add a dedicated starter battery acudavid at 3:27pm 02.11.22 Thanks Davidsailor26. Mechanic said valves were just replaced and looked good. Diver told me the t
Raw water intake strainer Davidasailor26 at 3:27pm 02.11.22
Add a dedicated starter battery Davidasailor26 at 3:12pm 02.11.22
Thru Hull Backing Plates Project_Mayhem at 2:55pm 02.11.22 I found a pic of that area and it looks like @DeniseO30 This seems to be a thing with O'Day. I had
Rudder repairs Davidasailor26 at 2:53pm 02.11.22 Yeah, I'm in the same boat and have some rudder repair work to do and am just starting to learn abo
Add a dedicated starter battery Head Sail at 2:44pm 02.11.22 I think the batteries are weak. After maybe 30 seconds of cranking in two or three attempts, the b
Add a dedicated starter battery acudavid at 2:33pm 02.11.22 Great feedback everyone! My "mechanic" is a lifelong sailor and my marina's dockmaster just hired hi
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 2:18pm 02.11.22 I agree with all of the above ... I'm assuming that @acudavid has the ubiquitous 1+2+B. I also wil
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 2:12pm 02.11.22 Very common issue with older Catalina 30's. A member of our yacht club had starting issues with hi
Add a dedicated starter battery Scott T-Bird at 2:11pm 02.11.22 There is really no "typical" anymore. Many people realized that the old-school configuration of ha
Add a dedicated starter battery Tom J at 2:06pm 02.11.22 I'm not sure if this is the problem, however, the article below talks about a serious problem with
Hole for Mast riser pole bmorr at 1:49pm 02.11.22 My mast raising pole is in the garage. I measured its 1 1/4 and is original. I would replace the re
Rudder repairs jdrutten at 1:36pm 02.11.22 ... I've read that epoxy and chopped strand don't work well together, but then I've seen videos whe
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 1:34pm 02.11.22 It would be cool to have a hand screw on one side of the stove to adjust the height of the stove in
Raw water intake strainer Dalliance at 1:26pm 02.11.22 Dalliance, I love your clean engine and ample space. Would it make it easier if you exchanged the o
Raw water intake strainer JrzSailor at 1:25pm 02.11.22 @Dalliance: Perfect! That's exactly what I was looking for. I saw the plastic ones on Amazon, but wa
Galley Stove Gimbals JoeWhite at 12:59pm 02.11.22 Deeper frying pan or pot may solve the problem.

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