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Pulpit Robert J. Antonio at 4:54am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/841 I am interested in installing a pulpit on thew Bow of the boat. I have seen other boats of the same
322 strut (1) Cliff Mann at 3:54am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/989 Hi ..... I just purchased a 1987 Oday 322 #33...... the sturt has some play in it, it apprears to be
Bilge pumps dave63021 at 3:38am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1973 Our Macgregor 26S is taking on about an inch of water every week. Some water is coming from one or
Bahamas and SSB radios EvenKeel at 3:36am 03.06.08 Destinations 12/3593 I'm hoping I can make it to the Bahamas for a few months next winter. I would probably spend a good
1.5 in discharge hose Norton at 3:31am 03.06.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1587 Peggy,This may be a silly question. I am replacing a short length of dischage hose. I bought whit
Fiberglass cleaning Michael15867 at 3:14am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1089 OK, looks like days off and good weather are gonna happen next week. I would like to clean my O'Day
Replacement paddle wheel for Standard model SL10 speed log Tim Haibach at 5:33am 03.06.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1618 My boat is a 1985, but I'm sure they used the same model speed log fora number of years. I tried go
Blackberrry Bryce22345 at 6:25am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1013 Philjust got back from a couple of weeks in the Caribbean and had good internet access from from th
Vendors to make a dodger in the Milwaukee area? mseifert at 6:20am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1182 I'm looking for a good company in the Milwaukee area to make a dodger and cockpit bimini for my sail
Two Against the Lake Sandy Stone at 8:56am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1326 Hey, did anybody here do the drifter last weekend on Lake Pontchartrain? On the Red Boat?
322 replace windows alan at 8:56am 03.06.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2039 I am looking to buy a 322 and the windows are all covered with a white haze. Does anyone have sugge
Jacklines on 26M Jerry at 8:57am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/812 Does anybody have jacklines to aid reefing the mainsail? I want to add my own jacklines but I need
Iceboating on Muskegon Lake J Page at 9:00am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1110 Those DN were really movin today. 6 or 8 boats racing. Will try to get video tommarow if they are ou
The NINA sailaway78 at 9:24am 03.06.08 Ask All Sailors 12/1518 We made a run over to Ft.Walton beach last weekend to have a look at the NINA, or a reproduction of
LED anchor light Lyle at 9:54am 03.06.08 Big Boats 3/1769 Have any of you Catalina 350 owners replaced the stock anchor light with a LED bulb? If so do you kn
Hunter 23.5 vs. Hunter 240 erik14752 at 10:09am 03.06.08 Smaller Boats 1/2060 Hello,Can anyone tell me the differences between the Hunter 23.5 and 240? Other than the obvious .5
Whats your best Downwind speed on The Mac? please state type of Mac you have. Captain E at 10:19am 03.06.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/993 Ok I have only owned my mac a few months and have got 8 knots with stock Jib and mainsail at best on
Removing Refrigerator Evaporator shiloh-hp42 at 10:27am 03.06.08 Big Boats 4/877 I'm in the process of carefully removing the refrigerator evaporator to find a leak. The sniffer wa
Starter Problems rbarclay at 10:42am 03.06.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/904 I recently purchased a 28' Catalina that had a missing starter solenoid. Now that I have installed
Masthead Transducer Instalation Milan at 11:00am 03.06.08 S2 0/1249 I have purchased 1983 S2 9.2C about 2 month ago.It came with ST50 Plus Wind.The problem is, the mas

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Best of Luck kloudie1 at 10:19am 08.21.21 Since the storms aren't rare here on the gulf coast, I usually get an e mail at the beginning of the
Leaking Volvo Stern Gland shaft seal/Yanmar 3YM30 Rob Heath at 9:49am 08.21.21 Thanks for the ideas...it has been burped and greased, and it isn't the caulking. Has anyone any exp
Best of Luck JamesG161 at 9:40am 08.21.21 email to advise me of their claim departmenty contact as a result of the impending storm. That's a
Best of Luck Don S/V ILLusion at 9:38am 08.21.21 Interestingly enough, my marine boat insurer, Chubb, just send me an email to advise me of their cl
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION Davidasailor26 at 9:35am 08.21.21 The arms on our jib sheet winches are at 6:00. On the port winch that conveniently brings the bitter
Best of Luck sail sfbay at 9:29am 08.21.21 Interestingly enough, my marine boat insurer, Chubb, just send me an email to advise me of their cla
Beneteau courtesy light controller Davidasailor26 at 9:29am 08.21.21
What do you do while stuck awaiting outside repairs? sail sfbay at 9:16am 08.21.21 I am currently waiting on 4 custom stainless steel portlights from Taiwan and expect to receive them
Making use floor grid space H34 (&others (3) kloudie1 at 9:09am 08.21.21 From other forum folks. There are some wires and water pipes in the beams, so be careful.. small hol
Indicator lights on AC/DC Control Panel jeepbluetj at 9:08am 08.21.21 Blue seas makes em. They do have a tendency to go bad. All they are is a LED with a fairly large res
Chainplate Caulking (1) DArcy at 9:08am 08.21.21 I redid one side with butyl tape. After a time a leak started. Tightened the screws on the slotted
Creature comforts BC Bernie at 9:02am 08.21.21 Noce job!! You vhf radio an mic at the helm looks like my Standard Horizon Matrix GX2200 with AIS/
Never say never kloudie1 at 9:00am 08.21.21 Having sailed several boats without a bimini, when I bought my boat in '91, it didn't have one; I ha
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. shemandr at 8:57am 08.21.21 Here are some diagrams. I couldn't copy them individually. So look at the Harken 2:1 or the Ronsta
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. shemandr at 8:53am 08.21.21 You don't need to install a new clutch solely for the outhaul. You can terminate the outhaul line o
Beneteau courtesy light controller DougM at 8:48am 08.21.21
How to rig outhaul on O'Day 272? The manual doesn't show the outhaul. (1) Revolutionary at 8:48am 08.21.21 Does anyone know what this is in the boom? Is there what I run the outhaul line through?
Indicator lights on AC/DC Control Panel kloudie1 at 8:48am 08.21.21 If both quit at the same time, I'd suspect that the power circuit for those LEDs has a bad connectio
Indicator lights on AC/DC Control Panel sail sfbay at 8:44am 08.21.21 The indicator lights are subject to failure. Just replace them. I had to replace the majority of in
Chainplate Caulking jssailem at 8:38am 08.21.21 Roy, 2016, I removed and reinstalled the 6 chainplates on my boat. Before slipping the chainplates b

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