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Boat overturned, 6 missing sailortonyb Allied Mis at 1:33pm 06.07.08 Ask All Sailors 15/1602 in Galveston to Veracruz "Regatta De Amigos" race.See attached link
Rigging Tension? BaySailerBill at 7:44pm 06.05.08 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1270 Hi Everyone,I need a little help from my nautical knowledge base. I just finished the refit on
pensacola/ Big Lagoon this week end Chuck Creel at 7:39pm 06.05.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1010 Will be in the big lagoon area this week end or at pirates cove if anyone wants to raft up and tell
I'd like Your Opinion on my Choice for First Sailboat . . . JW at 8:24pm 06.05.08 Ask All Sailors 24/2651
Oday emblems...paint???? jackhartjr at 9:22pm 06.05.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1075 Hi folks, in looking through BaySailorBill's website I saw his Oday emblem was painted red with blue
Wood table for cockpit Louis at 10:25pm 06.05.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1391 I would like to make a small portable wooden table to lay across the cockpit seats (for lunches,etc)
Instrument Covers John T1594 at 12:45am 06.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/957 I have a 2000 H340 with (Autohelm) Raymarine instuments - wind, depth, speed. The wind is an ST-60 a
Has a boat manufacturer ever stood trial on manslaughter in Nth America? Ken13531 at 12:38am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1278 Check this story from Australia.Someone bulds a race boat. Some of the crew die at sea and now the
Andersen Winches Plastic Spring Problems MoonSailer at 12:18am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1374 I am having trouble with my Andersen Winches they are the 40ST model with the plastic spring on top.
Where to boat in Lubbock TX AircooledPatriot at 2:12am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1484 Where are good places to sail an O'day 26 near Lubbock, Tx?
The Sea Dart of Tristan Jones' Fame (2) oreana123 at 2:04am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 22/9958 I have been working on the Sea Dart. I made a custom fit cover for trailering the boat, and now I am
Belt for Auto Helm ST 4000 DanT at 2:03am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1401 Source for ST 4000 drive beltSt 4000 drive belt 425 syncroflex AT 5/750Poly Tech Design26 West
Height of Hunter Legend 37 with 5' 9" draft less mast for shipping purposes Dorothy at 1:58am 06.06.08 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/3361 The owner wants to ship this boat to FL and needs to know the height of the boat with the mast down.
tiller - engine FS Sailor at 4:17am 06.06.08 S2 0/1325 I acquired a S2 8.0 B without a tiller. What are the deminsions of the tiller for it - butt deminsi
Water deck fill cap for C-36 Dan C at 4:38am 06.06.08 Big Boats 5/2608 Oops! Deck fill cap went into the deep. There are three water fills, plus waste and diesel, all or
Fitted sheets for v-berth Dan C at 4:32am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 7/5238 Where's a good place to get fitted sheets for a Catalina 36 v-berth? Probably will need to go to cus
race to the coast ChuckThomas at 6:10am 06.06.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1107 anyone participating in the SYC 'race to the coast' next weekend?
Replacing sheaves at base of mast Nick Jeszenszky at 7:30am 06.06.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3322 I am trying to reinstall the main halyard sheave and shaft pin at the base of the mast. The pin cam
Fuel kill cable 272LE shem at 8:44am 06.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/949 Hi All,I have a busted cable fuel cut off. My wife refuses to stick her hand in the engine conpart
Teak Stain color alumrock at 8:44am 06.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/2259 I am replacing some of the teak in my 1984 Hunter 31. It looks like it has been stained with some c

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12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch MikeK2B at 7:41am 12.14.21 Dave, what are the sizes of each of your fuses on the starter battery?
Can't find the leak dmax at 7:32am 12.14.21 Check the radiator cap. A good way to find a leak is to clean up the area completely, do whatever it
Signed copies of my book available again this year FastOlson at 7:28am 12.14.21 I sign and mail each one. --Peggie Yes she did, and it's a solid reference book for us. Happy Hol
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch dlochner at 7:14am 12.14.21 The 2 fuses do exceed 300 amps. I have 225 and 150 amp fuses. I haven't been aware of the restric
310 DC Current Draw Chart leo310 at 7:12am 12.14.21 I have haul #44 and most of the breakers are for 2-3 outputs. So that could be the reason why the 1.
deck craze lines FastOlson at 7:09am 12.14.21 Some replies seem to declare that this is a problem for ALL boats over a certain age. Plain speak: N
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch Scott T-Bird at 6:56am 12.14.21 "The start/reserve battery has a 2 pole MRBT, one lug to the starter, one to the ACR." Question: ho
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water fstbttms at 6:52am 12.14.21 ...I did this research and found that Pettit's Vivid (a hard paint) would tolerate periodic drying
310 DC Current Draw Chart Deleted member 117556 at 6:42am 12.14.21 Doesn't look like LED lighting to me. They typically draw 0.1 amps...
deck craze lines (3) rgranger at 6:30am 12.14.21 Or cover over the bulk of your deck with rubber decking and only dremel out and fix the cracks on th
Rigging attachment question rgranger at 6:20am 12.14.21 I use them on my boat. In attention to securing the flag halyard, I sometimes hang a fender on the
deck craze lines sail sfbay at 6:16am 12.14.21 ...........Who does this gelcoat work?............. Do an internet search for "mobile marine servic
What should compression be on a 2QM15? RoyS at 5:55am 12.14.21 That adaptor might need some machine work before you can use it but I forget what I had to have done
Hunter 34 engine alignment Luna Blue at 5:55am 12.14.21 As stated prior, slip shaft coupling, PSS dripless. Yes, I have removed bolts between coupling.
Chart Plotter Location Souellette at 5:46am 12.14.21 My primary objective is to have a chart screen, as @shemandr suggested. There are lots of shallow ar
Securing anchor chain; (1) RoyS at 5:35am 12.14.21 Two quality bungy cords. Buy the solid rubber with stainless hooks versions. Hook one end in the cha
310 DC Current Draw Chart Fleet at 5:26am 12.14.21 ZoeVie, hull 108, is my Catalina 310. Barefoot, hull 151, is another Catalina 310 belonging to anot
Signed copies of my book available again this year Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24am 12.14.21 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress what an experience if you could meet Peggie in person. It was wonderf
Rigging attachment question RoyS at 5:19am 12.14.21 Get rid of those if you have no immediate use for them. Sheet lines and others tend to snag on them.
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water Justin_NSA at 5:19am 12.14.21 Fully agree with leaving the bottom bare :cool:. For future reference, when I had a trailer sailor

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