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windex ASC at 9:27am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1105 I am a first time O'day owner as of today! I bought an O'day 28. The windex is not complete. Is ther
Confirm alternator David21341 at 9:49am 10.23.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1087 Can any Beneteau 351 owners (with Perkins 27) confirm the alternator output? I believe mine is 15 Am
hull MACR0423M80L year? model? dave at 10:26am 10.23.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/854 Can any tell me what model and year is hull MACR0423M80L ?Thanks!
LP Gas Locker Lid Sam Bocchicchio at 10:28am 10.23.07 Big Boats 5/1053 I have a big problem. I droped my starboard side LP Locker Lid in the ocean and I called Hunter to
Solar charger Mac at 10:38am 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 6/1066 Here is a new one, and I tried to archive it but no luck, my buddy gave me two 9volt solar chargers.
Optimum Heel Angle Break Away at 10:50am 10.23.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1396 Just purchased '92 First 310. What is the optimum angle of heel for this boat?
Rerigging an old boat Hugh Bernard at 11:31am 10.23.07 Bigger Boats 0/1174 Just did the Annapolis boat show and think its time to redo the standing rigging instead of looking
Fresh Water Rigging Replacement higgs at 12:47pm 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1863 It seems our brothers in salt water do replace their rigging periodically. The other post attracted
P42 headsail roller furling replacement John3127 at 1:19pm 10.23.07 Big Boats 11/1685 My 1991 Hood furler is at it's end of life and I'm considering replacement options. There appear to
Thin Gelcoat Manny at 1:53pm 10.23.07 Ask All Sailors 12/3256 I have a few spots on the boat that the gelcoat is thin enough to see a noticeable dark area underne
Mooring setup chiefjgreene at 12:02am 10.24.07 Smaller Boats 22/4543 My second question is that I'm renting a mooring for next season and have never tied to a mooring be
Cockpit Drain Hose chiefjgreene at 11:56pm 10.23.07 Smaller Boats 3/896 Does anyone have a replacement hose recommendation? I have the white corrigated hose there now and i
Cockpit Table Leaves waldo Emerson at 12:23am 10.24.07 Big Boats 2/843 Looking to find source of rubber/plastic clips/inserts that hold the cockpit table leaves from stri
Dirty Birds Poop Deck Dan at 12:43am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 12/2257 Any Ideas? Terns or Sea Gulls have soiled my boat with a staggering ammount of guano. I took the b
How Do You Access The H34 Starboard Lazarette? Joe Mullee at 1:52am 10.24.07 Big Boats 2/1246 I'm trying to gain better/easier access to the starboard lazarette. I know I'm not alone having to b
Getting a Jump on Spring Maintenance Journey6534 at 2:07am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 5/2011 Boat's out and in the yard, everything has been taken off and stored. I'm going to paint the keel i
Phil, why is it that every post dealing with heads CharlieCobra at 2:53am 10.24.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1205 throws an error?
mast handling on the23'new owner old sailor davis22773 at 3:01am 10.24.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/1645 new owner,old sailor needs input on mast raising,lowering. The pics in the owners manual show a guy
steering maintenance John R. at 3:00am 10.24.07 Big Boats 3/1669 We purchased our 1998 C36 MKII several months ago. At that time, the surveyor wrote about the steeri
HIN doesn't match documentation SailTIP at 4:02am 10.24.07 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1046 I am close to purchasing a H37C (subject to survey) which the owner and the documentation states is

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Indoor/Outdoor marine speakers jeepbluetj at 12:31pm 09.30.21 So are you NOT recommending these speakers? I'm confused... dj p.s. I'm following this tread as I
170 Under Main Only markwbird at 12:27pm 09.30.21 Increased weather helm and will not point.
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! Stu Jackson at 12:24pm 09.30.21 Might be useful for folks to know where this bleed device is exactly, say on the Universal's. Any
Galvanic Isolators - take in handluggage? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 09.30.21 But if they do decide to do a luggage check .................... you really got some "splainin' to
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? (3) Timm R Oday25 at 12:11pm 09.30.21 Hopefully these will help . You absolutely need something to keep the gin pole or boom from going si
Exhaust Steam Ralph Johnstone at 12:00pm 09.30.21 if you have good flow out the exhaust one possible cause of steam in the exhaust is fouled mixing e
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? (1) Timm R Oday25 at 11:14am 09.30.21 As an owner of a very similar Oday 25 , I can tell you straight out that dropping the mast is very m
Looking for First 405 stanchion bases JuanMarcos at 10:48am 09.30.21 Just an update. Downloaded the Beneteau catalog and found the part. It is used in many models. rigr
Adding kayak to sailboat (4) SoSound at 10:44am 09.30.21 2350 PDT. Wind is back up and blowing from the south. Point Wilson weather station reports 37 mph g
Quest Water Pipe Size duck21 at 10:42am 09.30.21 @Terry Cox -- This is a great write up -- thanks for sharing! @Claude L.-Auger -- Thanks for the p
When is diesel fuel too old? shank at 10:32am 09.30.21 Winters are a piece of cake along the coast of Maine compared to Vermont. We have more snow, it's m
When is diesel fuel too old? smokey73 at 10:17am 09.30.21 I'm allergic to snow shovels and I like to sail in January. :beer: Go figure. By the way, stayed i
When is diesel fuel too old? T Dunn at 10:08am 09.30.21 You do need biocide down south. Here in Maine not much grows in diesel at 10F or below. My questio
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? dmax at 10:04am 09.30.21 So, the pivot point is at the 2-pin base plate, right? I have two methods for "pausing" the proce
Replace fuel stop cable with stop button JoeWhite at 10:03am 09.30.21 Use 16 gauge wires from house battery bus. The solenoid must be able to pull 1" of travel. Use 3 AMP
Fall Maintenance - Universal Diesel Stu Jackson at 10:03am 09.30.21 fuel pump sieve/screen Is your fuel pump before your primary? If so, you should re-plumb it to be
Why are selling prices so much less in Europe than in the US? NYSail at 9:55am 09.30.21 I sold my first boat, a 1977 Cal 34-III to a gentleman from St. Petersburg Russia. When we were spea
When is diesel fuel too old? smokey73 at 9:53am 09.30.21 I'm not sure how that would work here in hot - humid coastal South Carolina and the cost of the Biof
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! odaydokay at 9:49am 09.30.21 Might be useful for folks to know where this bleed device is exactly, say on the Universal's. Any p
S2 Owners - does anyone else have this interior lighting? (1) Rapport at 9:48am 09.30.21 The bulb that failed in less the 50 hrs use.

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