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O'Day 27 Sail Drive Problem Bob at 5:54am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/921 I am having trouble with my O'Day 27 Saildrive 15 hp engine. I gave it a spring tune up and ran her
traveler Justin at 5:45am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/941 I've been tossing around the idea of mounting a traveler across the cockpit seating closer to the he
306 Aft Cabin Leak MKing at 4:50am 06.06.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/1012 Spent Sat. morning looking for a small but pesky leak in the aft cabin of my 2004/306. Hard rain or
Hunter 27' 1980 owners manual dan terlizzi at 4:28am 06.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/2267 Hello all--I recently purchased a 27' 1980 Hunter at a great price and in great shape. One thing i
Profurl Roller Furling P-31 System steve rainey at 4:00am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 4/2044 I have an older P-31 Profurl system and am in need of one of the Alum pole sections. Anyone have one
Best Line Heard on the Radio Paul McGhee at 3:57am 06.06.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/928 I hope I don't get into trouble for a little mild profanity, I'll let Phil decide.On the way out t
Running In Mast Halyards grrlpirate at 3:37am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1325 The spinnaker halyard on my 56 ft mast broke. My problem is that the mast has internal halyards. Doe
new owner Joe Meno at 3:35am 06.06.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1003 Hello, New owner. 1999 411. transom shower, shutoff location. Freshwater system ok, can't seem
Jib Halyard tension with roller furling Bill at 3:10am 06.06.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/8477 As it is a pain in the a## to change the halyard tension on my roller furling jib, I am wondering if
VHF radio problem Glen at 3:00am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/847 We have just got through the launch, mast step and re-assembly process and this week-end finally got
Fixing my keel pocket ells at 2:50am 06.06.05 Day Sailers 0/983 In the 1980 Oday 19 you cannot access the keel or the keel pocket from the cabin. In order to acces
Anchoring to close - Please move Jim Seamans at 2:35am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 24/1851 Interesting thing happened Saturday evening. Joan and I had pulled into a little bay name Canoe Nec
Battery/grounding issue picklefreek at 2:08am 06.06.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/864 Hi all. Chris again that just purchased the 1973 23 converible. Just got the swing center board al
Questions following maiden voyage csobalvarro at 2:03am 06.06.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1033 Well Saturday was the maiden voyage for "Pili Lani," my "new" 1988 Mac26D! Rigging took a while, as
losing radio presets Tony5898 at 1:59am 06.06.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1674 I installed a car radio below deck. The receiver works and the wires are conntected to the main fus
Auto Pitol works great, now the roller furling texastom at 1:56am 06.06.05 Big Boats 2/878 I think I got the auto pilot working fine. Franklin was right, good sail set and the ST4000 works fi
Slapping Halyard Roy at 1:23am 06.06.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1225 I have A 1988 Catalina 30 Standard Rig with a halyard ( I'm not sure which one ) that slaps the insi
Air conditioning Thermostat Ozana at 1:16am 06.06.05 Big Boats 3/916 I want to install a thermostat on my 16500btu central air condioner. The air condioner now has a cop
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:41am 06.06.05 Trailer Sailors 3/1569 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was
Trailer mfg's for Cat 22 Micklejester at 12:40am 06.06.05 Smaller Boats 2/1049 Cat 22 Trail mfgs Hi,I recently saw a manufacturer of Catalina 22 trailers on this forum that was

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Shaft Zinc Placement jssailem at 7:13am 04.09.21 it is sure to rub against the cutlass when shifting forward and backward. :plus:Very true. Now add
Hydrofoils future impact on sailing rgranger at 7:10am 04.09.21 How many of you know that Nirvana coverd this Led Belly song? EVrLLi2KcmA
Shipping / brokerage costs to Canada Noodle at 7:05am 04.09.21 Thanks everyone - We'll stick with the less heavy/bulky items straight from the site. The rest will
Shaft Zinc Placement rpell1@msn.com at 6:54am 04.09.21 Point taken and appreciated. It's always a good idea to ask before implementing a "good idea". Tha
ST7000 Autohelm All U Get at 6:32am 04.09.21 Consider advertising it on this site's classified ad. I give it a try.
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates dLj at 6:29am 04.09.21 Nice diagram! I think it's going to be costly. Take mast down. ($400- $600) Remove appropriate cab
Halyard wrap with Furlex (1) Justin_NSA at 6:22am 04.09.21 The wrap is due to the head of the jib too far away from the top of the furler. The jib needs to be
Universal M25-XP Broken Engine Mount L Bracket RoyS at 5:54am 04.09.21 Just had another thought. It is possible to align the engine to the shaft but have the engine uneven
What to look for when buying a Tartan 41? Kings Gambit at 5:51am 04.09.21
Use of bimini jwilcoxon78 at 5:48am 04.09.21 We slid our bimini mount as far aft as we could to clear the mainsheet and then have to raise the bo
REPAIR: Mast Step & Chain Plates shemandr at 5:45am 04.09.21 Nice diagram! I think it's going to be costly. Take mast down. ($400- $600) Remove appropriate c
Universal M25-XP Broken Engine Mount L Bracket RoyS at 5:04am 04.09.21 I would try 3/8" stock on the broken leg. No need for stainless steel either, just paint. Mysterious
Shipping / brokerage costs to Canada CYQK at 4:45am 04.09.21 Use anything first......UPS last.....!!!!
Don't try this at home! shemandr at 4:39am 04.09.21 At least the hulls are one color! Or, back in the 70's were they all one color? Anyway, it looks l
Universal M25-XP Broken Engine Mount L Bracket dlochner at 4:38am 04.09.21
minimum screw size shemandr at 4:33am 04.09.21 I put one on my runabout. It had to be on the transom. At 265 lbs (Then) if I tried to climb up th
minimum screw size dlochner at 4:32am 04.09.21
Dynaplate dlochner at 4:28am 04.09.21 I am almost going to agree with this, however, that is old school thinking, right along with the 10
minimum screw size Joe at 3:39am 04.09.21 Can you through bolt to a backing plate? rgranger's comment addresses the more important issue. Y
Engine block de-rusting question Rick Webb at 2:52am 04.09.21 I had a thought that if I went to all the trouble to get it off and cleaned up I'd have the outside

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