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Cleaning the hull Wicho at 5:36am 09.18.06 Smaller Boats 3/1271 HI guys, my Catalina was in the Marina for 3 months(Lake), now very dirty with dark hull, any experi
Dock lines... Brian D at 3:29am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1200 Time for me to replace my dock lines. I'll keep to old ones as spares. I tried to use WM Product Ass
O'day 23 Trailer Ideas stickman at 3:04am 09.18.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1082 I just picked-up a trailer for my O'day 23 and know it needs some retrofitting to work. What kind o
1GM sounding different, almost no power Windrifter at 2:59am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 5/914 and smoking (white) at the top end. Motor ran fine two weeks ago. Took it out yesterday and it was
Ranger 30 Cockpit Instrument Panel Heffy at 2:54am 09.18.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 4/2049 I have a cockpit mounted instrument panel that monitors an Atomic 4. Sunlight has deteriated the pa
HUNTER (41 AC) vs. CATALINA (41 AC) bubbles at 2:48am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 5/2301 Does anyone know the pros and cons for the HUNTER 41 and CATALINA 41 aft? Considering both. Thanks
1966 O'Day Tempest Bill McCullom at 2:43am 09.18.06 Day Sailers 1/1515 Interested in this model, assuming a weight of 3,000#-need a trailer recommendation.
Length of rigging from top of mast to boat Dick Allington at 2:35am 09.18.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/992 After sitting for several years the turnbuckles on the rigging were frozen, even WD-40 didn't hep wi
out for the season :-( david at 4:27am 09.18.06 Day Sailers 8/1304 Pulled out the 170 for the year, sad to put it to bed for the winter, but opportunities to get up to
hatch cover trim slunga at 3:45am 09.18.06 Catalina 30 1/1637 Need help in locating the two teak trim boards on either side of the companionway cover.Or, somewher
centerboard stuck up jack dooley at 3:38am 09.18.06 Day Sailers 3/1232 I am a new owner of an O'day 222 (1984) and love the boat. Recently I had the misfortune of a soft
Open Water Gary Cripps at 7:43am 09.18.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1076 Just wondering how many people have made the crossing from Fl to Bimini? Trying to get some informa
Anchor Line joe5921 at 7:11am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 6/998 I have been trying to devise a method to take the strain off the windless when setting the anchor. T
Visiting Lake Havasu Abby Normal at 7:46am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1204 My wife and I are talking about going out to the Phoenix area in November to see relatives and go to
Rich, from San Diego... Brian D at 7:54am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 4/965 Did you pass information to me about a San Diego custom maker of biminis and awnings? If so, would y
Doyle Stack Pack mainsail Sherry at 10:26am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 6/4442 Does anybody have any experience with the Doyle Stack Pack mainsail? What are the pros and cons? D
WHISKER POLES V Castleton at 10:44am 09.18.06 Ask All Sailors 12/4365 Can anyone direct me to sailing rules which would allow or not allow the use of a whisker pole when
To Batten or Not Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 10:58am 09.18.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1086 I have a Cherubini 33 1983, and am having a main built. The boat is in Titusville, Fl, and will be
Lets talk rope clutches, esp. on a 340 Andy at 9:23am 09.18.06 Big Boats 0/853 The handle on one of my rope clutches broke. Spinlock XA. I'm assuming the replacement handle (p/n
WTB Tiller MrBill at 8:54am 09.18.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/913 just snapped my 1988 26D tiller. need a new one, anyone have a spare to sell me?prefer the stock

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Adventures in anchoring Kings Gambit at 8:59am 07.27.21 The last time I had to recover anchor chain manually, several years ago when the windlass froze up,
Jabsco head seepage back into bowl from holding tank jec1 at 8:53am 07.27.21 We have a similar problem, just bought a 2016 Jeanneau with a Jabsco manual head. The bowl was fill
First time boat owner... Battery alarm Davidasailor26 at 8:53am 07.27.21 Thanks for all your help. So do you suggest I hold off on replacing the house batteries? They ar
Bilge water wont stay put! FastOlson at 8:46am 07.27.21 I think the saildrive seal is leaking a bit... Then again it's an O'Day which are notorious for lea
Hunter 34 Starboard side of engine access kloudie1 at 8:38am 07.27.21 If you replace the lift pump mounting bolts with studs, things get a whole lot easier .. The dip sti
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? (1) Flying Jay at 8:37am 07.27.21 I wonder if that fair lead is supposed to be for a halyard, and not the reef line? From a diagram
2013+ MH-40 Discussion Hull13 at 8:06am 07.27.21 Thanks Bob. I would be very interested in hearing from him on this. Curious if you have an asymmet
Using a trolling motor on small boat Philly2DC2LBI at 8:03am 07.27.21 Thanks Norsail. Yeah, my endless issues with the motor has led me to the purchase of an actual outbo
Legal number of passengers for O'Day 23 Kings Gambit at 7:57am 07.27.21
2013+ MH-40 Discussion Bob R. at 7:51am 07.27.21 2nd your comments on the cabin layout and aesthetics, that was a big factor that helped swing our pu
Legal number of passengers for O'Day 23 Kings Gambit at 7:44am 07.27.21
Hunter 34 Starboard side of engine access Artey1 at 7:39am 07.27.21 having replaced the lift pump, I don't think an access hatch will be useful I think most was done f
1987 Cat 22 SK Lazy Jacks (1) Jacktar at 7:22am 07.27.21 use a centipede sail tie bungee system, drop sail and bungee it quickly, fold and flake later at lei
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? marchem at 7:21am 07.27.21 I'm also going to lower this not-so-fair lead on the mast for reef line #1. The angle causes a lot
Adventures in anchoring sesmith at 7:18am 07.27.21 I hate anchorages like that. That aside, since windlasses aren't usually suggested to take the load
Catalina 30 shoal draft for racing?? cb32863 at 7:13am 07.27.21 Anyway, I've always thought with regard to racing, you bring the boat you have vs. the one you wis
Bilge water wont stay put! Project_Mayhem at 6:37am 07.27.21 I installed the solar vents and cleaned out the bilge yesterday. To answer my own question, that are
Dinghy swing (1) sail sfbay at 6:33am 07.27.21 Sailed with the dinghy and motor attached to it tied securly to the stern rails.
2013+ MH-40 Discussion Hull13 at 6:31am 07.27.21 Thanks for the quick response. We love the boat overall and think it has many advantages over the r
Legal number of passengers for O'Day 23 sail sfbay at 6:27am 07.27.21

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