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bimini for 88 240 oday best type and where to buy bryce lequire at 8:15pm 10.20.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1113 new 240 owner looking for info on bimini best kind and best place to buy. any info would be great
leather wheel cover maintenance Don S/V ILLusion at 12:51am 10.21.07 Big Boats 1/967 On another thread, there was mention of a need for maintenance of the leather wheel cover. For ease
Slug spacing Joetech at 11:15pm 10.20.07 Catalina 22 8/3857 Right now my C-22 has a rope sewn into the sail that goes up the track in the mast. I'll be hauling
Sailing Survey (1) Warren Milberg at 1:41am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1176 Many of us on the "right" coast are in the process of filling out fall haul out requests, the formal
Exhaust Hose Diameter ThomasPrice at 1:56am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 0/1053 I am a bit puzzled as to why the hose diameter coming out of my Volvo TMD22 turbo diesel is 3.5" to
steaming light lense for Catalina 22 Sea Scout Ship 300, B.S.A. at 3:42am 10.21.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1074 Sea Scout Ship looking for a lense for the mast light or steaming light mounted on the forward facin
What is soft leather like material called arrhythmia at 3:37am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 6/3108 What is the soft leather like material on the ceiling of many boats called, and where is a good plac
What's a good adhesive for wood to fiberglass? arrhythmia at 3:30am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 5/1912 I'm trying to find out what a good adhesive is to use for gluing backing boards to the hull of the b
Engine Vibration saylers at 2:01am 10.21.07 Mid-Size Boats 6/1377 I am new to the Diesel engine. There seems to be a lot of vibration coming from the engine. A dock p
Galley Recipes Terry Cox at 5:22am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1136 Hi fellow gourmet skippers. I do all the cooking and cleaning on our boat and I like simple but tast
Electric Heads Capt Andy at 4:46am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1218 I have been reading the posts regarding manual vs electric heads. I read about presurized, fresh wat
Winter battery maintenance John F at 4:34am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1247 I bought two brand new Group 27 batteries at the beginning of the season (May). I've heard that I
Toerail leak Tim Davis at 6:40am 10.21.07 Big Boats 6/1269 My 1987 H40 has developed a leak into the aft stateroom on the starboard quarter. It appears that th
Angle of Vanishing Stability Patrick264 at 6:04am 10.21.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1657 Howdy sailors,Does anyone know the approximate Angle of Vanishing Stability (AVS) for an O'Day 23?
survey's in what does it mean? Don Crowther at 8:18am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 13/2564 HiJust received the survey this weekend. Since it is the weekend I thought I would ask your opinon
Our Summer 2007 Video gpd955 at 8:48am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 11/1184 Submitted for your enjoyment....I hope!Had to link to YouTube, was just a tiny bit larger than the
Frayed backstay? Michael Sindelar at 8:33am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 17/2617 I just noticed that a 3-foot long, single-strand of wire is dangling from my backstay, at the top, n
NEW HEAD Sylvio22410 at 8:49am 10.21.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1207 I own a 1994 oceanis 300 and it looks like we need to replace the head, I am looking for any info re
Working on a sailboat? illegalsmile at 9:20am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1146 If this is in the wrong place sorry!I've always wanted to live/work aboard a sailboat/yacht and I
Sail Slides for an Oday 23 (1) Bobbystone at 9:28am 10.21.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1161 I'm trying to find a sail slide for my 1980's Oday 23. It is stamped "PRYDE 6" so I assume it's mad

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Wiring for electric winch - 2002 386 flightlead404 at 12:20pm 11.08.21 There are plenty of tubes in my boat and some of them had pull strings already. However entry to th
Single handing Ralph Johnstone at 11:55am 11.08.21 No hole in the hull, unless you're using it wrong. If you're using it wrong, does that mean it WI
ALLWAYS A MESS!!! JoeWhite at 11:53am 11.08.21 After the fluid has dripped into a plastic container below, it is impossible to remove this flexible
Replace windows questions Trick at 11:47am 11.08.21 I work in a cabinet shop, and we use that method a lot works great Was planning on using those.
Replace windows questions Ralph Johnstone at 11:44am 11.08.21 Note the little locator blocks that I hot glued to thhe cabin. How tightly did the locator blocks
Wiring for electric winch - 2002 386 Hamish_s at 11:41am 11.08.21 Thank you sfbay, flightlead and Ralph - I see in the owner's manual there is alleged to be an option
Wiring for electric winch - 2002 386 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:35am 11.08.21 fishing #1/0 wire through some uncomfortable and narrow areas of the boat? Kind of heavy cable fo
Catalina 250 water ballast swing keel Stu Jackson at 11:30am 11.08.21 Here is where to ask: https://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=4
331 Oceanis wiring diagram arf145 at 11:28am 11.08.21 My French made 331 did not come with any devices to separate batteries--beyond switches. I've since
CE certificate for Hunter 466? (1) twalker H260 at 10:51am 11.08.21 What you are looking for is a plate that will be attached directly to the boat somewhere and looks l
Freaky voltage reading Roland5048 at 10:40am 11.08.21 Just had this same issue with my Blue Sea panel. Volt meter for both house and start would start ac
Beneteau 473 with low maximum speed Davidasailor26 at 10:14am 11.08.21
ALLWAYS A MESS!!! MIGuy at 9:47am 11.08.21 I have used a gallon plastic jug cut out with a razor knife so I could slowly work it under the oil
Single handing Justin_NSA at 9:23am 11.08.21 I am looking at installing a depth gauge. One that does not require putting a hole in the hull. Are
NEED EYEBROW FOR FONTAINE PAJOT ORANA 44 sail sfbay at 9:20am 11.08.21 Welcome to the forum!! If you cannot find then suggest sourcing them from a company that fabricates
Running Rigging Line Type Phil Herring at 9:10am 11.08.21 Hunter used Samson XLS (now XLS3) for the sheets and MLX (now MLX3) for furling sail halyards. At ti
Its funny Friday! dLj at 9:06am 11.08.21 https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-1-missing-comma-just-cost-this-company-5-million-but-did-make-its
Wiring for electric winch - 2002 386 flightlead404 at 9:03am 11.08.21 @Hamish_s I was just fishing around in that area for my solar installation. On my boat ('07 38) the
Running Rigging Line Type (1) sail sfbay at 8:50am 11.08.21 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! My Hunter 386 manual showed the same line type which also co
Wiring for electric winch - 2002 386 sail sfbay at 8:39am 11.08.21 I had a 2004 Hunter 386 and thought about installing an electric winch for the main sheet as I now h

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