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A diesel engine mystery... Rob 1981 Cat 3019642 at 2:49pm 05.01.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1576 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 3/1601 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 6/2407 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 1/972 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 3/1281 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 6/810 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 1/931 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 1/1172 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 2/1398 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 5/1131 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 4/1011 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 5/1174 I have bought a 30 1989 this will be my first season. my cusions need replacing Please advise on per
Mast Step Water Damage - Ugh! bcwave at 2:33am 04.30.06 Other Sailboats 9/4643 Guess I should have expected that each maintenance/upgrade would lead to a whole different set of pr
Rotten Bulkhear - O'Day 25 muised at 2:36am 04.30.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1226 Installing a new porta=pottie yesterday, noticed some wet at the bottom of the port bulkhear. I doo
Keel up or down - when anchor is set Sean at 2:33am 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1496 When anchored, is it best to leave the keel down, or pull it up?What got me thinking was the other
Opening/Displaying free NOAA chart? Jim Dort at 4:55am 04.30.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1141
Bavaria 36 (2005 model) - Air Conditioner Hawkins at 4:55am 04.30.06 Bavaria 5/4167 Does anyone have a Bavaria 36 with air conditioning installed? I'd like to know where it was insta
Shipping to Alaska Greg at 4:54am 04.30.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/860 I would like to purchase a 26M. I live in Alaska. No dealers here. To buy one from a lower 48 dealer
Opening/displaying a NOAA free chart Jim Dort at 4:24am 04.30.06 Big Boats 2/968
mast for a 1977 Catalina 22 Mike at 4:13am 04.30.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2388 Hello,I need help in getting a replacement mast as the boat I have came without one. I know that

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Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 5:17am 06.26.21 Next haul out adjust your maxprop pitch up one notch. Trial and error works for this setting. When
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed HarryvdMeer at 5:14am 06.26.21 Thank you! The pdf is a great find!
Hunter 44DS Cruising Speed RoyS at 5:02am 06.26.21 Next haul out adjust your maxprop pitch up one notch. Trial and error works for this setting. When y
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 4:59am 06.26.21 Was your battery charger on at the time of the false alarms? Battery off-gassing has been a reporte
Mast Corrosion Davidasailor26 at 4:51am 06.26.21
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Davidasailor26 at 4:45am 06.26.21 Was your battery charger on at the time of the false alarms? Battery off-gassing has been a reported
EV-100 auto helm issues RoyS at 4:36am 06.26.21 Probably the clutch needs adjustment would be my guess. You might want to have a new belt handy in c
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 4:34am 06.26.21 I realize that my wording is sounding like a newb, and also rambling about choices. I've read numero
Oday 23 or Oday 272 TieOneOn at 4:34am 06.26.21 Thanks for your replies so far. Great review on the 272. Tender, healing, yet 6 knots close-hauled
UPS must hate sailors NotCook at 4:16am 06.26.21 I've always been pleased with USPS personnel, the leadership and politics about the USPS is a diffe
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement Nodak7 at 4:11am 06.26.21 I have there Propane detector. It was alarming when I ran the auxiliary engine. I replaced the snif
UPS must hate sailors NotCook at 4:03am 06.26.21
Mainsail slug replacement Fleet at 3:49am 06.26.21 Thanks for all the suggestions. New sails are not in the plans for this year. I'll look into getti
Coolant type used on 2009 43 DougM at 3:42am 06.26.21 Welcome to the forum, The refrigerant type used should be indicated on the compressor label, if ther
Never say never justsomeguy at 12:46am 06.26.21 Yow! What's the humidity? I think I feel cooler here in the Sonoran desert...
Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement jssailem at 10:56pm 06.25.21 I have there Propane detector. It was alarming when I ran the auxiliary engine. I replaced the sniff
Reef line Routing dmax at 10:51pm 06.25.21 From the factory, the end caps are held on by 4 rivets each - the gooseneck fitting on yours has bol
Replacement for bose 321 (2) Nodak7 at 8:20pm 06.25.21 I just removed mine and replaced it with a DVD Player and a bigger TV. It was such old technology th
Diesel Heater install on H460/466 jssailem at 8:10pm 06.25.21 Let us know how the project turns out. Pictures are a great way of saying... Look what I did..:bigg
Leak on B332 arf145 at 7:58pm 06.25.21 My 331 was leaking water through the bulkhead at the aft end of the anchor locker. In my case, it wa

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