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27ft 1994 main sheet set up pete at 12:56pm 05.01.06 Mid-Size Boats 0/933 on my 1994 27 ft. hunter the main sheet set up seems to not allow the boom to swing all the way out
styrofoam in the boat is it necassary? jimjim at 1:19pm 05.01.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/924 restoring an O'DAY 22, I found styrofoam under the front bed and under the cockpit, is it necassary
Lowering the mast Ken B at 1:06pm 05.01.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/731 Moving my 87 Hunter 25.5 to another lake.Fixed keel has made it very difficult to find someone to tr
Woofer has arrived. Jon W. at 2:09pm 05.01.06 Catalina 310 6/2109 Infinity Basslink - 10 inch woofer with 10 inch passive radiator driven by internal 200 watt RMS amp
Bilge pumps(s) in a '77 25 Paul P. at 12:20pm 05.01.06 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1189 I was wondering what others have done with bilge pumps in the 25. I have a single bilge pump (with
Oceanis 390 Sails Michael Collins at 12:14pm 05.01.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1279 This oceanis 390 lost its sails in huricane Rita. How or where do I find the factory recommended me
Fuel, injector, or what? mjmulleriii at 12:13pm 05.01.06 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1429 Yanmar 2QM15 was working fine at the end of the last season. I was all set motor over to haul-out a
Catalina 310 Rub rails Jim at 2:28pm 05.01.06 Catalina 310 2/2284 Greetings, Last weekend all three 310's on our pier were out sailing. When we returned all three and
A diesel engine mystery... Rob 1981 Cat 3019642 at 2:49pm 05.01.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1567 I'm having some problems with my raw water cooled Universal 5411.I fired it up and it would only d
Pedestal Steering Brake Rebuild, '80 O'Day 30??? Sojourn Jim at 3:10pm 05.01.06 Bigger Boats 3/1582 Ahoy, Anyone know the manufacturer of the Pedestal Steering on the 1980 O'Day? And/or, whether Eds
roller furling repair paddy at 11:46pm 04.29.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2398 I have a 1988 272 ODAY with a broken roller furling. The furling has no information on it as to mak
looking for replacement rudder blade ggsailor at 11:32pm 04.29.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/968 I have a 1970's McGregor Venture 24 ft. model sail boat and need a lower rudder blade. Does anyone
bimini concerns, please help! bernie hoban at 11:04pm 04.29.06 Smaller Boats 3/1244 Dear Friends, Last fall i ordered a bimini for my 22 catalina directly from catalina. if there is an
Replacing foam bedding/fabric Debbie at 10:53pm 04.29.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/804 We just purchased our boat and are replacing the foam bedding and fabric - my question is whether it
Water heater chief14326 at 10:36pm 04.29.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/924 I recently mixed up the send and return lines going to my Seaward Products 6 gallon hot water heater
H-27: Renault engine Bob D.17465 at 11:55pm 04.29.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1165 Hi!In 1980 (sole year) Hunter 27 were equipped with Renault diesel engines.Several years ago a c
Compounding, polishing, buffing... Mike at 12:06am 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1394 I am finally going to tackle waxing my own boat. I bought a 10" orbital buffer/polisher at a flea m
Curtains sailorhiker at 12:49am 04.30.06 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1117 OK - time to make my wife happy..anybody out there have any experience with curtains for an O'day 25
Tiller Pilot on a 22 footer. PY charlie at 12:37am 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1004 Newbie here,Hopefully my brother and I will be the owners of an O'day 222 tomorrow.. Thinking of a
replacement of cushions usaemsc at 1:40am 04.30.06 Mid-Size Boats 5/1168 I have bought a 30 1989 this will be my first season. my cusions need replacing Please advise on per

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Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Install Closing Time at 4:03pm 06.11.21 Here is a diagram I made when planning my boats instrument system. I believe you can connect yo
Install Main Halyard H33.5 1994 Fred at 4:00pm 06.11.21 If my preliminary and simplistic calculations are correct then tipping the boat by 7 degrees should
Whisker pole for an O'Day 28 - which one (1) sail sfbay at 3:43pm 06.11.21 I see Forespar specifies a HD 7-15 #407101 for your O'Day 28 with a 12.08' J dimension Whisker Pole
Keeping the bugs out. rgranger at 3:39pm 06.11.21
Using a trolling motor on small boat scottstef at 3:25pm 06.11.21 New to the site, still a sailing newbie relatively as well, this is exactly the conversation I was
reefing blocks for oday 322 AlastairLC at 3:18pm 06.11.21 Theoretically it brings the tack and the clew down at the same time. Theoretically.
2 battery switches? sail sfbay at 3:12pm 06.11.21 Agree with Mike!!.........you need to perform a functionality test to confirm what each switch oper
Mast Raising Crazy Dave Condon at 2:32pm 06.11.21 You noted the location of the placement of the bridles. Generally many do not and the wires tension
H260 Rudder pivot hole not straight Crazy Dave Condon at 2:29pm 06.11.21 Private message coming your way but it should be straight thru. There is another thread under hunt
Whisker pole for an O'Day 28 - which one shemandr at 1:51pm 06.11.21 Uhhhmmm. So, we'll call light - medium winds under 18 Kts. That includes a typical sea breeze whic
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit Tally Ho at 1:44pm 06.11.21 Got an air conditioner laying around ;-) 93F in Chicago today. cheers, Greg
reefing blocks for oday 322 Tally Ho at 1:42pm 06.11.21 This is the setup on my 322, except the end of the tack line comes back down from the cringle to th
12v Fridge/Freezer Tedd at 1:33pm 06.11.21 @ronhanson01 , Did you mean 1 A-h per hour? Amps per hour would be units of charge/time^2, or rate
reefing blocks for oday 322 (1) AlastairLC at 1:11pm 06.11.21 This is the setup on my 322, except the end of the tack line comes back down from the cringle to the
12v Fridge/Freezer seadaddler at 12:49pm 06.11.21 Costway/ edge star/ whynter are ones I have and almost as good as Engel but been happy and have Eng
12v Fridge/Freezer seadaddler at 12:38pm 06.11.21 There are many of these made by different names and Engel is the best but most $$$$$ I have one Enge
12v Fridge/Freezer ronhanson01 at 12:31pm 06.11.21 1amp per hr/avg
Genoa for a 1976 Hunter 25 DianaOfBurlington at 12:21pm 06.11.21 Best online resource I know of is sailwarehouse.com - they list your boat (and mine!) with all sail
reefing blocks for oday 322 Tally Ho at 12:21pm 06.11.21 Dave and Greg thank you for you responses. Greg I have watched a lot of your youtube videos. They
I am the Boat Battery Executioner. jeepbluetj at 12:20pm 06.11.21 I actually laughed out loud at the idea of a Honda genset on TomY's boat :) Dunno how FLA's are un

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