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170 replacement sails - recommendation Art K at 11:14am 01.04.09 Day Sailers 13/7464 I just rescued a badly neglected 2006 Hunter 170. According to the dock master it had only been sail
Mast Rebed Held renom2 at 10:35am 01.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1401 Hello We have an O'Day 25 and this summer noticed a pretty good leak coming from above the bulkhea
PFD Strobe? Ed Schenck at 8:58am 01.04.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2158 What make/model of PFD strobes are you all using out there? Mine are suspect. They require two
Navman 3100 wind indicator erratic at < 10knts jkalucki at 7:45am 01.04.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1401 This problem was solved by doing a full software reset and recalibration. It works fine now. >
SeaClear II GPS Tontos Revenge at 5:47am 01.04.09 Ask All Sailors 21/7232 I've searched all through this site and can't seem to find the information I'm looking for pertainin
Jim Hunt? Shoaldrafter at 5:07am 01.04.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1578 Joe, Did you mean Jim Hunt? C. Ray Hunt had died by 1986, but his son, Jim Hunt and Olympic sailo
What makes a 30' boat heavy sea worthy? Hermit Scott at 2:16am 01.04.09 Ask All Sailors 108/29229 I started participating thisforum 6 months ago. I bought my C30 a month or 2 after I started. I live
Boating & health John at 8:57pm 01.03.09 Ask All Sailors 29/4490 The thread I previously started on issues about sailboat size for a blue water cruiser started to mo
First sail of the New Year (3) Manny at 4:19pm 01.03.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3007 Went down today to put my main sail back on after patching it and it felt like a good day to go out
Hood furler Jimm at 3:57pm 01.03.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1728 I have a single line Hood furler on my '93 Cat30 --- does anyone have instructions/diagram for chang
gps price is nice or is it sailks at 3:26pm 01.03.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1492
Water Ingress Bing at 12:18pm 01.03.09 Bavaria 10/4094 :)I'm new to this site and am still trying to find my way around. We have a brand new Bav 31 Cruiser
Edson steering brake jasosa at 11:51am 01.03.09 Big Boats 4/2033 We have an Edson rack and pinion steering in our Hunter 466 and the brake is not functioning anymore
S2 9.2A Bimini RussB at 11:51am 01.03.09 S2 9/7571 I have a 1979 9.2A with stern transom mounted traveler. I would like to add a bimini but have no ide
Taking on water? ScottD at 10:22am 01.03.09 Ask All Sailors 23/3452 Just got a call from a friend who checked on my boat, in a slip, on a lake. He told me that the ster
Taking on water? ScottD at 10:18am 01.03.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1230 Just
Split Stern Rail wdorman at 10:06am 01.03.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1842 Does anyone know if anyone makes or has modified a continuous sten rail and single backstay to a spl
Venture 22 1974 / Foam floatation Wanderer at 8:59am 01.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/5364 I came across a 1974 Venture 22. Does anyone know if this boat has foam floation as did my Venture 2
Arch Leak on 2004 - 46ftr jlm at 7:52am 01.03.09 Big Boats 2/1111 The aft stbrd SR is the recipient of a water leak caused by the arch connection to the deck. We have
Leaking coach roof ports boatguy322 at 6:38am 01.03.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1444 I am having a terrible time trying to seal the coach roof ports. I have removed , cleaned and reset

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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.
Raw water intake strainer JoeWhite at 12:50pm 02.11.22 Dalliance, I love your clean engine and ample space. Would it make it easier if you exchanged the oi
toilet time jssailem at 12:46pm 02.11.22 I thought about just jumping in and doing it for you. Then I remembered the parable about giving a f

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