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Catalina 22 - Fixed keel or swing? Pete at 4:41am 10.23.07 Smaller Boats 3/3265 Fixed, wing or swing keel?Which boat has better sailing performance?Looking to buy a C22, any a
New Mast Installation - NEED INPUT-- ODAY 26 radiocommander at 5:02am 10.23.07 Day Sailers 8/1271 I have an O'Day 26. It had a French mast that I did not like, so I purchased a traditional, original
Fiberglass in cold weather renom2 at 4:58am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1070 HelloWell the Wind Dancer is on the hard and the list of jobs before she goes back in is long. I
De-Rigging an O'day 23 john Adams at 5:05am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1060 I have a 1978 O'Day 23 that has never been out of the water and has been sitting unused for 3-4 year
Foss Foam Rudder Repair Steve Carpman22174 at 5:40am 10.23.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1530 As a result of an unanticipated run in with an uncharted underwater obstruction, we lost an approxim
Prop shaft strut aisling at 6:43am 10.23.07 Bigger Boats 1/1213 Does anyone have the "casting number" for the O'Day 34 prop shaft strut?.... Better still, does anyo
windex ASC at 9:27am 10.23.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1129 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 3/1113 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 5/870 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 5/1083 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 6/1082 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 4/1437 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 0/1216 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 10/1925 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 11/1744 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 12/3388 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 22/4683 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 3/906 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 2/866 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 12/2378 Any Ideas? Terns or Sea Gulls have soiled my boat with a staggering ammount of guano. I took the b

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Happy Birthday you Marines. jssailem at 4:43pm 11.11.21 Only the Marines can you put them in a ships boiler room. Swing them in hammocks strung from bulkhea
331 Oceanis wiring diagram ChrisMro at 4:41pm 11.11.21 Thanks Bluenose, I am just about to call Balmar and order a new 120A alternator and serpentine conve
Plastimo Olympic 135 Compass replacement RitSim at 4:39pm 11.11.21 My understanding is that the Plastimo compasses cannot be rebuilt. Indeed, I do see small cracks in
Plastimo Olympic 135 Compass replacement sail sfbay at 4:36pm 11.11.21 OR get it rebuilt by Viking Compass.......that is what I did on my last 3 sailboats.
Add a battery twistedskipper at 4:28pm 11.11.21
SOLAR PANEL NOW ON THE OUTSIDE OF WINTER COVER Bluenose at 4:06pm 11.11.21 No, they are AGM's.
Add a battery Richard19068 at 3:10pm 11.11.21 The batteries are quite likely the problem but it could be possible that the wiring connections are
Veterans' Day Salute Dr. D at 2:22pm 11.11.21
Replace or Repair Amiot traveler car on a Beneteau 35S5. KGarvey at 2:00pm 11.11.21 I'll check them out. Thanks
Add a battery dlochner at 1:52pm 11.11.21 As far as starting your boat with the shore power on ... I think that is not good. Are you saying t
SOLAR PANEL NOW ON THE OUTSIDE OF WINTER COVER Tally Ho at 1:33pm 11.11.21 Do you need to top off water in the batteries? Or are you using something other than normal FLA ?
Happy Birthday you Marines. (1) Justin_NSA at 1:01pm 11.11.21 200052
Happy Birthday you Marines. Brian D at 12:51pm 11.11.21
331 Oceanis wiring diagram Bluenose at 12:46pm 11.11.21 Asking about the alternator, no we kept the same one.
Replace or Repair Amiot traveler car on a Beneteau 35S5. JohnShannon at 12:35pm 11.11.21 Maybe Rig rite? https://www.rigrite.com/Travellers/Amiot_Travellers/Amiot_Travellers.php
Hot Water tank dLj at 12:15pm 11.11.21 Then, if you opened a hot water faucet, you would have pumped antifreeze through your hot water t
Add a battery Scott T-Bird at 12:02pm 11.11.21 Welcome to this forum! I think you have a lot to review regarding your electrical systems. I've fo
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 12:02pm 11.11.21 200050
Add a battery rgranger at 11:55am 11.11.21 I am guessing that they are wired in a series. Probably in parallel. If your batteries are w
Its funny Friday! SFS at 11:54am 11.11.21 The grammar errors killed it for me.

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