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Bahamas bound Mac Bentley at 3:06am 02.07.07 Ask All Sailors 12/1977 A woman in my office and her friend are signed up for a sailing trip to the Bahamas in March. Four b
winged keel Walt24076 at 5:16am 02.07.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1129 Help please,I've found a great looking O'DAY 272 that I'd like to purchase. The problem seems to be
Foul Weather Gear muised at 6:05am 02.07.07 Ask All Sailors 14/3192 Hi all - in the interest of improving our comfort when the weather decides not to cooperate, I took
Harken Roller P.M. grigs at 6:12am 02.07.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1156 My mast has been unstepped this year, but probably won,t next year. What should I do to take advanta
1985 C27 alternator specs Universal M-18 c2csailor at 6:35am 02.07.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/1289 I'm trying to figure out what style mount the original alternator is for my C27. I was looking to up
Catalina27.org Is anyone a member of this? c2csailor at 6:41am 02.07.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/1386 I was debating whether or not to sign up for this association as there is a fee involved. The best I
Curvable portlight replacement material Craig522 at 6:46am 02.07.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1414 I just bought a pilothouse and the windows had been previously replaced with plexiglass. The window
H26 Rudder Uphaul/Downhaul Lines BrianW at 7:43am 02.07.07 Smaller Boats 2/934 On my H-26, I have just replaced my rudder head, spacers, red gasket material, shims, nuts ' bolts a
Instrument Panel cover or shield. Honeyman at 8:00am 02.07.07 Ask All Sailors 9/2310 The clear plastic cover/shield over the "instrument panel" for the Yanmar (tach, warning lights, key
H-26 Swim Ladder Plastic Tread Replacements BrianW at 8:07am 02.07.07 Smaller Boats 0/889 On my H-26, the plastic swim ladder treads have deteriorated and broken. Has anyone found a good rep
carpeting Summer Wind at 8:06am 02.07.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1210 Does anyone know how I can replace the carpeting in the foward and aft cabins of the 461 - it was pa
Oday 25 rudder alteration SBK at 8:25am 02.07.07 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3070 My house is on a canal w/4 feet of water, but there is a bar at the mouth that has around 2'4" of wa
New Hunter 49 Claudius at 12:46pm 02.07.07 Big Boats 10/1171 I used to think that Hunters were affordable until I saw the prices for the new Hunter 49. Prices se
Mast question? Soule at 10:17am 02.07.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/948 I am a new owner of a 1970 mariner 2+2, in the fall i sailed it a few times, and the day before i to
Frozen Thru-hull Valve MarkW at 3:59pm 02.07.07 Mid-Size Boats 10/5555 The thur-hull valve in my head is frozen. It's the valve that drains the holding tank overboard. I
zinc replacements and divers Syversens at 2:17pm 02.07.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1659 Hi All, I got another maintenance question. I have hired a local shop for my inverter/galv.isolator
Spinnaker for Legend 35.5 Hugh4753 at 9:21pm 02.05.07 Big Boats 13/2523 Does anybody use a spinnaker on their 35.5? If so how does it work, how much trouble to install the
Attack of the Bull shark Franklin at 11:36pm 02.05.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1114 Interesting...I wonder what they didn't like about it. Maybe it was the noise the engine made?
Boat comparison Don Chesley at 11:57pm 02.05.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/939 Hello folks I am new at this forum and I have a question. What is the difference between the Macgrea
Two of my favorite cooking utensils (1) Joe11688 at 10:58pm 02.05.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/937 * Years ago, my wife and I trailered our 222 O'Day behind our old Delta 88 oldsmobile to Matapois*

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Help with a fresh water system issue flightlead404 at 1:12pm 08.31.21 At your water manifold swap the lines for the port and starboard tanks and see if the problem follow
Hunter 430, how do I run a seatalk cable between pedistal and instruments in the arch? Also to the nav station? flightlead404 at 1:10pm 08.31.21 On a related note, I plan on adding an NMEA2000 external GPS such as this one, and an NMEW2000 AIS t
Hunter 430, how do I run a seatalk cable between pedistal and instruments in the arch? Also to the nav station? flightlead404 at 1:02pm 08.31.21 That should work on SeaTalk already. What brand is your chart plotter? That may be the issue. Jim
Removing fuel pickup tube from tank in an O'Day 28 (1) odaydokay at 12:58pm 08.31.21 Did you miss twisting off the bottom of the electric fuel pump, pulling the plastic fine sieve and m
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! odaydokay at 12:53pm 08.31.21 An easy thing to check is to pull the hose off the raw water pump to HE and check that it has no old
Need New Air Conditioning Water Pump DeniseO30 at 12:51pm 08.31.21 I have a sea flow it gets hot also. same as the March pump what size AC and lines? Yall really nee
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Leeward Rail at 12:48pm 08.31.21 We added some DIY sun shades that make a big difference. Good idea. I made one for the south faci
Charging a NORCOLD SCQT 6406 with refrigerant DeniseO30 at 12:44pm 08.31.21 NEVER Assume it needs Refrigerant. R12 and R134A are NOT compatible because of the oil in the compr
Stantion bases Ralph Johnstone at 12:41pm 08.31.21 READ ALL ABOUT IT ! ! ! ! https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/galled-stanchion-removal.124993
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power sesmith at 12:39pm 08.31.21 Concerning 30c and hot...If it were 30c and 90 + % humidity, this northern raised guy would check in
Saildrive Indicator Panel Light blaser1234 at 12:27pm 08.31.21 Thank you for your relies. Very much appreciated.
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power (1) Jacktar at 12:26pm 08.31.21 Put a simple DYI awning over boom to keep shade over cockpit and allow air flow from a breeze if one
propeller selection, and shifting dlochner at 12:00pm 08.31.21 If you have the standard Edson Pedestal with the gear shift sitting athwartship and the throttle run
Saildrive Indicator Panel Light kloudie1 at 11:59am 08.31.21 It is a generic panel that includes a sail drive diaphragm warning. On a boat with sail drive it lig
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Leeward Rail at 11:59am 08.31.21 If rain and wind, your ventilation options will be very limited Fortunately our marina is very she
Charging a NORCOLD SCQT 6406 with refrigerant SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:58am 08.31.21 80 percent of a/c or refrigeration problems are electrical. Before doing anything mechanical, all po
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power Leeward Rail at 11:57am 08.31.21 PS. 30C is not hot :biggrin: That is what the "ish" is for. We hit 36 or 37 this summer. Likely
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power dlochner at 11:52am 08.31.21 To sum the many good suggestions, provide shade for the boat and don't block air flow. A boom tent w
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power sesmith at 11:51am 08.31.21 I got a set of Outland Hatch covers for our boat. They work great. Between that, lots of ventilati
Keeping A Sailboat Cool Without Shore Power kappykaplan at 11:50am 08.31.21 "hatch umbrella" "breeze booster" "wind scoop" "hatch scoop" etc :plus:

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