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Universal diesel 5416 Oil Change charliehall1@verizon.net at 6:40pm 07.11.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2331 My recently purchased Oday has a universal 5416 engine. I went to change the oil and the oil pump I
pop top enclosure chris at 5:01pm 07.11.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/860 Does anyone know where I could find a pop top enclosure for a 25.5? There isn't any listed on the ch
Universal M-25 XPB - WARNING Maine Sail at 10:02pm 07.09.06 Ask All Sailors 2/3084 Hi All,For about six weeks now I've noticed a funny vibration/rattling when running my engine and
SAIL LINE QUESTION (1) jerry10848 at 11:14pm 07.09.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/977 The bottom 4 or 5 sail slides on the mainsail of my ODay 28 are not directly attached to the sail, b
Exhausted after 4 hours Tony Litvak at 11:16pm 07.09.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1004
Replacing a keel cable Malcolm & Darlene at 11:16pm 07.09.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1041 I am soon going to have to replace my keel cable,,,what working strenth should I use,,and how do I k
void under companionway step Bill at 11:28pm 07.09.06 Catalina 30 1/1225 FYI - I was searching for the source of a leak around the companionway on my 1984 C-30. I removed t
Icebox Captain Flipper at 11:57pm 07.09.06 Catalina 30 0/1027 I have a 76 Catalina 30 with a front loading ice box.The outside frame is cracked, and it has the d
Owners Mannual Seekswind at 12:26am 07.10.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1027 I am trying to find an owners mannual for my 1985 O'Day 28. Does anyone know where to find one.
Help a prospective owner Pete at 12:24am 07.10.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/927 Someone wrote to me recently with an Oday question that I couldn't help with, so I'm tossing it out
Tachometer- test Jim at 12:50am 07.10.06 Big Boats 2/958 My tachometer if reading all over the place . I am doing 7 knots and it is reading 500 RPM'S or less
The smell is gone!!! walmsleyc at 1:29am 07.10.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1402 We have just replaced ALL the head hoses on our Hunter Legend 35 (1987) in hopes that we can reduce/
Lowering the Salon Table for sleeping! Nina at 5:15am 07.10.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2960 We recently purchased a 95 Beneteau Oceanis 351 and can't seem to find the easiest way to lower the
A Venture 25 with only two dead lights or ports? Old Salt at 5:05am 07.10.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1588 There is a 1972 "McGregor 25" on ebay that has only two port lights. I have never seen a Venture 2
direct replacement cleats? Ed Kruzel at 5:05am 07.10.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/833 Does anyone have a source for a direct replacment for our plastic horn cleats? I'm starting to do a
Is a Catalina 30 a reliable/sturdy cruising boat Patman at 5:04am 07.10.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/927 Im looking at a 1978 Cat. 30, tall rig with a 4' 5" draft and am wondering about Catalinas reputatio
Help a prospective owner Pete at 6:05am 07.10.06 Ask All Sailors 5/830 Someone wrote to me recently with an Oday question that I couldn't help with, so I'm tossing it out
drain question Justin_NSA at 3:23am 07.10.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/969 Has anyone added a screen of some sort to the cockpit drain? I flushed a lot of debris from mine yes
beaching a 260 Tim at 3:14am 07.10.06 Smaller Boats 6/1594 I'm wondering if anyone has been beaching their 260, resting on the keel in the up position. I woul
Datamarine depth sounder question Brian Faris at 3:03am 07.10.06 Catalina 30 1/2486 I reciently purchased a 1984 Catalina 30 with a Datamarine Corinthian series S 200 DL depth sounder.

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Electric Cooler Wiring ontherocks83 at 12:03pm 01.03.21 The smaller ones are either a fridge or a freezer down to -7 F. the bigger ones have two compartment
New Tender Captain W at 11:48am 01.03.21 Good points. The other tender I had been looking at was a Chaisson dory. Anyone have a feel of th
Electric Cooler Wiring Scott T-Bird at 11:39am 01.03.21 Does it have very good capacity as a freezer? I'd love to have ice cream on the boat every once in
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Crazy Dave Condon at 11:37am 01.03.21 Your welcome sir
New Tender jssailem at 11:36am 01.03.21 Tenders need to be able to ride on the stern wave of your boat. Sometimes you find they just do not
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Crazy Dave Condon at 11:35am 01.03.21 Good job Jimmy. Holidays over. Finally. My wife tested positive for covid 19 but is fine. Had it
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Jimmy at 11:33am 01.03.21 If correct that is galvanized tubing. I would replace those supports with new ones 5 or 6 inches l
New Tender Captain W at 11:31am 01.03.21 Yes John - look like that.
New Tender (1) jssailem at 11:29am 01.03.21 Should be fine for the purpose you are suggesting. Something like this?
New Tender Captain W at 11:23am 01.03.21 Any obvious issues with using a rowing/sailing 11-foot catboat as a tender? We are likely no more t
Stanchion Talk jssailem at 11:16am 01.03.21 When we find the boat that feels right - speaks to us "I am your boat" - we often fail to look under
Electric start conversion info to a Honda bf8ah la pull start whudatt at 11:13am 01.03.21 Thanks for the reply,good food for thought since I have no idea what price range a conversion like
Electric start conversion info to a Honda bf8ah la pull start kloudie1 at 11:07am 01.03.21 Not familiar with that engine, but if electric start was optional on that model, your local Honda ma
Antifoul prop while boat in water Bob J. at 11:05am 01.03.21 Funny, I had good luck with Desitin. It didn't stop grass from growing but no barnacles. However, I'
1994 Hunter H26 trailer bracket Crazy Dave Condon at 10:51am 01.03.21 If correct that is galvanized tubing. I would replace those supports with new ones 5 or 6 inches lo
Found a 2003 C310 Alansails at 10:51am 01.03.21 We went and bought both new sails this year, We did reconditioning once to our catalina 22 sails and
Looking at a C-22, need a trained eye Gene Neill at 10:06am 01.03.21 Sounds legit to me! Although, we parlayed our '79 into an '88 (has different cockpit drains) soon af
Do you have a SYSTEM when you go sailing... kappykaplan at 9:59am 01.03.21 :)
Do you have a SYSTEM when you go sailing... jssailem at 9:58am 01.03.21 Kappy. Your comment brought a smile to my face. Not a Gaffaw... or a LOL... :)
Do you have a SYSTEM when you go sailing... kappykaplan at 9:56am 01.03.21 Not sure why the sarcasm. You liked my short treatise on my use of spring lines while solo going in

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