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Anchor line container (1) Joe11688 at 3:39am 05.09.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1236 Year ago, I used to do up my anchor line up every time I finished using it, to make everything look
S/V (?) Richard at 4:02am 05.09.07 Ask All Sailors 20/1737 I see a lot of posts where the boat is listed as S/V whatever. I guess S/V stands for sailing vessel
Height/length of boat/length of mast down Tim Haibach at 4:22am 05.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 1/1199 Trying to find out the dimensions to commercially transport my C27 std rig down to florida. I'm not
Cockpit manual bilge pump Mike Martin at 5:12am 05.09.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1615 Looking for a pump repair kit for the manual cockpit bilge pump. It's made by Kempax from Sweden an
Our government is at it again Nimbus at 5:31am 05.09.07 Ask All Sailors 25/2138 I just recieved an e-mail from my club to bring to my attention an a new bill to be introduced. It
Tanks Voyager5994 at 5:19am 05.09.07 Other Sailboats 3/953 Gill -The attached photo shows the area under my aft floor. The foto was taken from the entry way
Setting up to sail....how long? tegwilym at 7:51am 05.09.07 Ask All Sailors 13/1879 I'm still new at this trailer sailing thing, and have only had my new (used) Catalina out sailing 3
Bosun Chair renom2 at 6:49am 05.09.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1284 I need to replace my windex. Is there any special considerations I should think of if I want to try
Install AC After market DaveH20533 at 6:37am 05.09.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1020 I am looking at a Hunter 29.5 and was wondering if anyone has experience putting in AC after market.
headstay length redux Lenny Martin at 6:28am 05.09.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/953 Hey all. I've seen this topic posted before but with no real definitive answers. I'm trying to det
Prop Shaft 31seahorse at 10:12am 05.09.07 Bigger Boats 3/1481 Hello O'Day List Members,We are new owners of a 1984 O'Day 34. In the process of repairs for relau
Anodized Toe Rail Ron Lambert at 10:17am 05.09.07 Seidelmann 1/1691 Has anyone had any experience refinishing an anodized black toe rail? During the course of this past
installing Plasteak strips? Sherry at 12:06pm 05.09.07 Ask All Sailors 6/2489 I am preparing to install Plasteak strips to replace the old teak coach roof trim strips - about 13'
Whining noise Hunter 340 under power. KenHartfield at 12:09pm 05.09.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1269 I have a 1998 H340, it was moved by truck from San Francisco to Kelowna BC, CanadaThere is now a wh
Ok, what happened to the Home Depot post? Don s/v Tellico at 11:24am 05.09.07 Ask All Sailors 17/1242 Saw the posting with the joke this morning, now I can't find it. Is it gone? Did I imagine it?A
Weather Helm Don at 1:13pm 05.09.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/2244 Don,I have a 1992 H 35.5 and would like to confirm I am taking all the right steps to reduce wether
opinion of....312 Robert Valentine at 2:56pm 05.09.07 Hallberg-Rassy 0/1795 I am considering buying a 312...but have no idea how folks rate this boat. Any imput would be apprec
Replace Teak? SteveInMD at 6:42pm 05.09.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1263 Can anyone offer advice on replacing the teak on the swim platform and cockpit seats? The teak has
Standing Rigging Richard Deep at 3:14pm 05.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 13/1514 As another sailing season starts up, I once again struggle with whether or not to replace the standi
questionable storm tactic (1) Peter at 8:17pm 05.07.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1158 As one could easily imagine with such a powerful storm forming so quickly, many crews were caught wi

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HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted Alan Gomes at 12:32pm 08.04.21 Excellent idea for better detection, but far more important, the acetone will wash out and dry the
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 08.04.21 On second thought, acetone would be a better - although riskier - detection medium because 1) it's
Interior flooring base sail sfbay at 12:17pm 08.04.21 What are the dimensions of the wood you are looking to replace? You have some options: 1) teak from
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? DayDreamer41 at 12:10pm 08.04.21 On our 41DS I reef the main to about 50% when we see 15's gusting to 20 after 20 kts start bringing
1986 C&C 33-2 mast internal structure sail sfbay at 12:09pm 08.04.21 First question comes to mind is who is the mast manufacturer and do you have a traditional, non-furl
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 12:06pm 08.04.21 No backstay, no cunningham. I do have a traveler, which I use initially. Still working on sail tr
Reefer Drain sunlover at 12:02pm 08.04.21 well, no obvious valve on the shower sump pump, but once, I had my flashlight light out I kept looki
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 12:01pm 08.04.21 Interesting, but I'm not sure applicable? I'm not racing rather cruising (eventually). Reefing fo
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? flightlead404 at 11:57am 08.04.21 Because I sail with a No 2 furling Genoa already, I naturally look to the mainsail as the first ste
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? flightlead404 at 11:56am 08.04.21
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 11:53am 08.04.21 I will take stab at your questions based on my Hunter 386 and 46 experience with furling mainsail a
Chain snubbers Bob S at 11:45am 08.04.21 As I understand a 30-40' snubber is appropriate but if I'm anchored in 15-20' (4' tide) you would la
Foresail (Genoa)Halyard 466 Scallywagger at 11:43am 08.04.21 Top of the morning to your Scallywagger. There is a calculator here on the site. Input your boat man
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 11:31am 08.04.21
Rebedding bow pulpit Oday 25 odaydokay at 11:25am 08.04.21 Thicker washers good idea, but diameter increase first and foremost, even if you have to buzz off th
Mary E odaydokay at 11:20am 08.04.21 Glad all ok. Yes, more to this story as that was not a huge wind. Of course the "self righting" fea
Hunter 27 Bimini Roland5048 at 11:12am 08.04.21 Also, welcome to the forum. As @sail sfbay suggested, do an internet search to get some ideas, h
H38 Reefing - When, how much, in what order? Kings Gambit at 11:08am 08.04.21 It really doesn't matter. I have a masthead rig, way different than yours, but the first thing to
HR43 mk1 - salt water entry into the aft cabin - help wanted accaerre43 at 11:00am 08.04.21 Best of luck, and as repayment for @Alan Gomes guidance and my mental wanderings, please photo and
Looking for 260 in Canada Tedd at 10:59am 08.04.21 "Don't empty the ballast in your driveway, it makes a hell of a mess." Somebody's not clear on the

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