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lost mast BillKelly at 10:40am 02.25.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1425 Sailing last week I had a stay/chain plate break on my boat.The mid-stayattached to the bulk head(st
Vivid bottom paint Joe at 9:38am 02.25.08 Ask All Sailors 0/849 I switched to Ultima SR (a soft ablative)a few years ago because I was tired of the pain of hard san
Deck Hatches derek.leistra@charter.net at 12:15pm 02.25.08 Irwin 1/1812 I just recently purchased a 1980 37' Irwin. I would like to replace the deck hatches and also replac
Ericson 25+ with sail drive Rick Jorgensen at 7:11pm 02.23.08 Ericson 1/2331 HI,I have an Ericson 25+ that came originally with a Sial Drive engine. A couple of years ago it d
Mast rake on 2-22 TheCopperMonkey at 11:02pm 02.23.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1619 Hello,I have a Venture 2-22 and I am planning on tuning the rig. I was wondering if anybody knows
Repower a 1980 Hunter 27 BeamReacher at 11:13pm 02.23.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/3252 My Hunter 27 has its original Renault 8hp inboard from 1980. I bought it three years ago, and have d
Chartplotter Install Location? mseifert at 12:09am 02.24.08 Mid-Size Boats 4/1244 I'm considering installing a Garmin Chartplotter on my H33. Does anyone have any pictures of their
Buying a Beneteau 373 capbillh at 1:43am 02.24.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2928 I am in the process of buying a used one with the 39 hp Yanmar, coming from a 28 ODay. I want to go
Tipping for sailing Schools Len at 2:28am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 1/994 My wife and I will be attending a seven day sailing school which will cost approximately $3700. Tipp
Hull Indentations, Port and Starboard, Below Chain Plates daisydog7 at 5:14am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 16/4036 I'm looking at a 1970 Morgan 35 for sale and it's a very nice boat, but it has a problem that concer
Darker Hull Colors sailaway78 at 4:06am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 20/4953 It's about time to pull the boat and do a bottom job. Am seriously considering painting the hull whi
antifouling on a Kiwi prop Pat at 3:56am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1126 I have a Kiwi prop and sail in fresh water. I use Interlux VC-17m on the hull. Can I use this on the
Gulfstar 37 1976 aft cockpit toe rail/genoa track Leprechaun III at 5:40am 02.24.08 Other Sailboats 1/1816 We have a stainless steel genoa track which is 1 1/4" x 12', it is deteriorating, crazing and cracki
Help with Hood LD Furler saltygator at 5:57am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 8/4136 I just got home from the boat and I am online trying to figure out how to fix my Hood LD furler. Th
Surface cracks in the Jel. Arnie at 5:54am 02.24.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1032 I was up waxing today and found a few small "pencil line" type cracks around the front windshild and
trailer for oday 272 louis boudrias at 7:51am 02.24.08 Bigger Boats 2/1747 hi im looking for some pictures of a trailer for a oday 272 to give me some idea how to build mine
ODay 25cb Main sail replacement ?? sPk at 7:30am 02.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1650 After a couple years of repeatedly hand sewing up the original mainsail, I am treating my 1980 with
84 Hunter 31 to be surveyed. Ted Vaughn at 8:37am 02.24.08 Mid-Size Boats 7/1957 I am purchasing an 84 Hunter 31 and am going to have a marine survey performed this Friday. Are ther
bow roller david simmons at 8:13am 02.24.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/919 my anchor chain got hung up on a pinacle sr14 to be exact when i tightened down the clutch on the wi
TV or not TV SailboatOwners.com at 10:41am 02.24.08 Ask All Sailors 71/5711 Do you have a TV aboard?Does a small VCR combo do the job, or have you installed a giant flat scre

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EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair BigEasy at 8:04am 11.03.21 Disappointment was that Raymarine redesigned the EV100 wheel pilot with a new course computer, compa
Saturated rudder FastOlson at 7:37am 11.03.21 Your rudder interior is very likely hi-density foam. The SS post should have some sort of internal g
Single handing Justin_NSA at 7:35am 11.03.21 Hover whoever you want to contact and send a PM
Saturated rudder dmax at 7:34am 11.03.21 Another source of water entrance into the rudder is through the top of the shaft (assuming it is a t
Tall Rig or Standard sail sfbay at 7:34am 11.03.21 Another option that requires no measurement............find another Catalina 36 mkII sailor to race
Yanmar Reface Justin_NSA at 7:34am 11.03.21 When you say "showing their age", what does that mean? I don't know anyone who replaces hardware due
Single handing WI Rigger at 7:30am 11.03.21 Will and Joe The winch I have is mast mounted, just above the entrance of the main halyard into
Yanmar Reface mjsb at 7:22am 11.03.21 You could also get the nuts and bolts from a Yanmar dealer but you'd have to rob a bank (no, make t
Saturated rudder (1) dmax at 7:10am 11.03.21 To seal the rudder shaft's entrance into the rudder, chisel/grind out the fiberglass around the open
Tall Rig or Standard sail sfbay at 6:51am 11.03.21 .............How do I tell (without measuring) if I have the Tall Rig or Standard Rig?....... Fast
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? sunlover at 6:48am 11.03.21 I ground out my thru Hull and it was really in there. I was impressed at how well it sealed and adhe
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? sunlover at 6:45am 11.03.21 What angle adaptor did you purchase to adapt the thru hull fitting to the valve? let me answer to
Tall Rig or Standard Justin_NSA at 6:41am 11.03.21 You didn't want to measure but you may have to. You might be able to shoot a laser type "tape'. Or y
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair MikeHoncho at 5:09am 11.03.21 Hearing stories like this ( there are a lot of them when you search) steered me in the direction of
EV-100 Autopilot 4000Mk2 Wheel Drive Repair Tally Ho at 5:01am 11.03.21 There is likely no electronics in the Wheel Drive. Motor is DC and goes left or right depending on
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) chriscampbell at 5:00am 11.03.21 So I need: Panel (20-30amp) WATT MC4s to put on the panel leads --- No, hard to undo, find discon
Tall Rig or Standard Captain Larry-DH at 3:59am 11.03.21 @EdWard3 if you run a tape measure up the mast, I suggest you also tie a spare line to the halyard t
New Forums: Questions, Suggestions, Comments kappykaplan at 3:43am 11.03.21 @Aarrrgh , post this in Ask All Sailors. This section is primarily for software issues. :beer:
Tall Rig or Standard jssailem at 10:37pm 11.02.21 Congrats to you Ed. A great boat. You can run a tape up the mast and measure the mast height. A sa
Oh Yeah! Just when the boat is put to bed. jssailem at 10:11pm 11.02.21 Thanks Mr. Dave. Perhaps a touch of Malapropism infected my fingers.

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