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Outboard Mounting Michelle at 12:14am 09.08.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1148 My 1983 Evinrude Sailmaster 9.9 just gave up the ghost, and I'm in the market for a new outboard for
Boom and Mast Problems Burt2860 at 12:02am 09.08.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1004 I have a big problem with my boom and mast. The attachment of the boom to the mast is by two hook l
2005 Hunter 27 Purchase Advice Steve at 12:32am 09.08.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1540 Looking at a 2005 Hunter 27 (first year production) with the 9 HP motor, no traveler, and no in-mast
Broken Spreader LSU Kid at 2:44am 09.08.07 Day Sailers 7/1907 I was getting ready to launch today when I realized I had broken a spreader. I was sliding my mast o
H23.5 rudder jbreland at 3:58am 09.08.07 Smaller Boats 2/909 In searching through the archives I found a thread where people were talking about drilling a small
Old Gelcoat oday27jfc at 4:07am 09.08.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/941 Is there anything to revive 25 year old finish or do you just paint or refinish?
H-216 in Very Light Air Mr.Ernie at 6:50am 09.08.07 Smaller Boats 2/941 As those of you that have raced the 216 in very light air already know, the asymmetrical kite is use
Depthsounder malfunction Lou 14643 at 10:18am 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 12/5390 Just back from a wonderful three day sail on the Chesapeake - consistant 10-15 knot southerly winds,
water pump seals losciale1 at 9:14am 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1062 would love a step by step for my Oberdorfer seawater pump that has 4 scews on the impeller cover and
water pump seals losciale1 at 9:03am 09.08.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1004 can anyone give a step by step on the oberdorfer seawater pump that has 4 screws on the cover and is
Keel Bolts glassbutterfly at 10:30am 09.08.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/947 We have bought an old Catalina 27 and the keel bolts are rusted and extremly thin. We need to know h
Turning upwind pmeyers at 11:03am 09.08.07 Smaller Boats 16/1057 I convinced my wife to go fishing with me on my sailboat. We motored about 5 miles to the entrance t
Boat Value Radioop at 11:17am 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1377 Can anyone tell me where on-line I can go to see what the "Blue Book" value is for any given sailboa
Air Conditioning raw water clogging LSCalifornia at 12:14pm 09.08.07 Big Boats 13/6983 Thought I'd share this recent discovery regarding Air Conditioning issues related to clogged sea wat
Wheel Conversion David at 12:12pm 09.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1072 I'm interested to know if it's possible to convert the tiller/rudder assembly on the 26S to a pedest
honda 50 is getting louder gary nelms at 12:09pm 09.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/902 The '99 honda 50 4 st runs good but seems to be getting louder, especially when rpm's are up. I don'
Havre De Grace Manny at 1:52pm 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 53/4473 Hey Gang,My wife and I have been talking about moving the boat for the next season. We are conside
LOOKING FOR pics of sand sailor at 1:56pm 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1142 wood ' glass hatches dont like the fiberglass slider one i have and want to build a wood one w/ wind
Are ST50 instruments still available Pat at 3:17pm 09.08.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1259 I have been troubleshooting my speed instrument for some time now. Bought a new transducer, checked
Bent Keel lock Bolt extracted... abk at 3:46pm 09.08.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1063 The p/o had the lock down bolt sealed in with silicone... I wrestled it out and it was bent into a s

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Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 9:06am 07.26.21 JuPSDuS3UiA -Will
Adventures in anchoring markwbird at 9:04am 07.26.21 I'm not sure there is another technique that you could have used in that situation. The lesson, I g
Adventures in anchoring Project_Mayhem at 9:04am 07.26.21 Perhaps pulling some road back to the cockpit would allow you to pull it from the helm once the acho
Adventures in anchoring Scott T-Bird at 9:04am 07.26.21 Yes! That would be what I tell Sue (and myself) to make her think I'm leaving early. It was alread
Adventures in anchoring rgranger at 9:00am 07.26.21 Sounds like a autopilot would be helpful. Glad you got it sorted out. I think you could also use a
Adventures in anchoring Michael Davis at 8:56am 07.26.21 I would change my Gypsy to one that accepts rope and chain and wire in my remote control so I could
Adventures in anchoring Dave Groshong at 8:51am 07.26.21 My sure fire technique was to only pull the anchor early early in the morning when it was dead calm.
Deck Windows on a Hunter376 (1) sail sfbay at 8:35am 07.26.21 The consensus was Dow Corning 795 Window resealing \| Sailboat Owners Forums , see post #5 for the pr
Spreader boots for Hunter 335 sail sfbay at 8:13am 07.26.21 Same question came up on this thread and they purchased a large one: spreader boot size \| Sailboat O
1986 Fixed Keel Material hambonebrown at 8:07am 07.26.21 @LakeShark - Many thanks. When I have more photos, I will post. I'll read-up on the thread you've pr
1986 Fixed Keel Material LakeShark at 7:59am 07.26.21 @hambonebrown Yup that's a Fin on the original design C22 (and yes i believe that could still be an
Boat mover stevec22206 at 7:58am 07.26.21 I can also recommend Derek and SMS. They moved our boat last fall and did a superior job.
New Rudder? Pat Hooyman at 7:54am 07.26.21
1986 Fixed Keel Material (1) hambonebrown at 7:43am 07.26.21 Hi @LakeShark. Many thanks for your response. I'm certain it's a fixed keel. The boat is ~2 hours fr
New Rudder? DeliriousSailor at 7:35am 07.26.21 I have an Rudder Craft Rudder for an Hunter 26 I owned. I sold the boat 10 years ago with the origi
Catalina 22 being parted out? LakeShark at 7:34am 07.26.21 need a mainsail fiddle block system.....Catalina Direct backordered Funny I just broke mine as wel
1986 Fixed Keel Material LakeShark at 7:31am 07.26.21 New owner of 1986 fixed keel. What's the material of the keel, lead or cast iron? Many thanks --
Water stain in cabin next to bulkhead sail sfbay at 7:29am 07.26.21
Main sheet rigging - H33.5 nveater at 7:26am 07.26.21 My 1994 33.5 is set up like Don's and resembles the diagram in SFbay's illustration. Traveller is fo
Sail repair advice? sail sfbay at 7:18am 07.26.21 Ditto Scott T-Bird ..................after my used (unknown age) head sail ripped I took it down, go

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