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Window sPk at 12:55am 05.30.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/910 My 1980 O'Day 25 has leaks around the frame of the front windows (head/sink). The frames are cracked
Launch injury...Please read... Bob Todd at 12:36am 05.30.05 Ask All Sailors 1/955 A friend of mine recently was injured in a launch mishap doing something that we probably all do fro
Finally, on the water JerryA at 10:22pm 05.29.05 Day Sailers 3/1226 I finally got my new 170 into the water yesterday afternoon. It's a fun boat! It only took us abou
Painting the dinghy James at 10:12pm 05.29.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1107 Not a question about my O'Day but rather a question about the dinghy I use to get to my O'Day 23 whe
Where oh where does the water drain? Ken Palmer at 10:02pm 05.29.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/869 Late last season I started to get water on the sole of the galley. After removing the wooden panelin
Need diameter size for flax packing Joe Stradley23783 at 2:53pm 05.29.05 Ask All Sailors 3/2592 Hi All. I need to re-pack the packing gland on my 1984 Newport 28, Universal 5411 diesel engine, 7/8
o difficulty tacking with a genoa vs. jib Ms Hillary at 2:42pm 05.29.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/2400 Just got a genoa to replace my jib. Harder to tack than with the jib.How is tacking best performe*
sails needed bluem27 at 2:31pm 05.29.05 Day Sailers 5/1253 Need sails for what looks like a 15 or 17' daysailer. Any used ones out there?What model is this wi
Lost Eagle Two/ Lake Monroe Florida bluem27 at 2:15pm 05.29.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/858 Have you lost your EagleTwo? ;[Looks like a 15 or 17' Daysailer. Sunken and recovered at Lake Monro
Boat Pox On a 192 Art Devlin at 2:14pm 05.29.05 Day Sailers 2/1227 Hi,I just bought a 1986 192. After I cleaned the bottom, which has never been painted,I noticed ma
Winch and tiller tamer Robin20020 at 1:10pm 05.29.05 Ask All Sailors 12/1494 I have 2 questions:1) For the first time, this year the main halyard binds every time I try to use
H260 Capacity Jack at 12:53pm 05.29.05 Smaller Boats 3/980 Anyone know the weight capacity in people, as well as the number of people, of a 260? Strictly spea
Catalina Capri 26 Owners Manual Steve at 12:40pm 05.29.05 Smaller Boats 1/2763 Hey all, looking for info on the Capri 26. Just bought one and am completely in love with her. Not
O'day 31 Overheating engine Jim at 12:03pm 05.29.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1326 I have an O'day 31 with a Universal M18 engine that I've owned for several years. This year, I repl
Looking for a good marine diesel mechanic Jim at 11:40am 05.29.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1441 I'm looking for a good marine diesel mechanic in the Quincy (South Boston) Massachusetts area, any r
Need to install windlass on 336 (1996) sailfunlb20774 at 11:25am 05.29.05 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1275 I have a 1996 Hunter 336. As I've read here a couple of ways of installing a windlass in the shallow
Seeking Herreshoff Meadowlarks Geo8308 at 11:00am 05.29.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1010 Hi Everyone, I'm compiling a list of Herreshoff Meadowlarks and their location for the purpose of
Problems stepping mast Sea Sharp at 10:03am 05.29.05 Big Boats 6/1258 I bought a 1994 37.5 last fall. No problem getting mast off the boat for the winter but when I went
Boat Smells opa8589 at 8:56am 05.29.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1190 Our boat, 1987 31 Hunter, has a heavy odor from the holding tank area. I planned to replace several
FORESAIL RIGGING Vern at 8:41am 05.29.05 Smaller Boats 6/1493 I've got a 2004 H260. When I took the foresail down last fall, I don't remember if I had a shackle

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Solar Experiment SycloneDriver at 4:53pm 04.02.21 Nice project with leftover equipment! Even the hotplate was leftover from 2 boats ago.
Western Lake Erie john6206 at 4:52pm 04.02.21 @jon hansen it certainly was an interesting summer. like I said, weekdays and early mornings were f
Use of bimini CaptainRan at 4:50pm 04.02.21 The horizontal bar has a removable pin on each side and then it all hinges to the rear and I have a
Unknown email request Tally Ho at 4:47pm 04.02.21 I almost always screen calls on my landline, until i check caller ID. But for a while, I had the s
Solar Experiment Davidasailor26 at 4:42pm 04.02.21 Nice project with leftover equipment!
Western Lake Erie jon hansen at 4:35pm 04.02.21 you are correct, lake st clair like around mac island has non stop boat wakes. it is less on wester
Western Lake Erie jon hansen at 4:26pm 04.02.21 western lake erie and the islands are a hoot. have sailed it my whole life. it's a great lake. all
Western Lake Erie Lazy1 at 4:15pm 04.02.21 If you are on fecalbook there is a group called Lake Erie Boaters, a majority of the members are pow
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta shemandr at 4:14pm 04.02.21 This is what you do to get a OEM Generator off a boat. ld call that excavation a semi evisceration.
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta jon hansen at 4:12pm 04.02.21 for the worker
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (1) JamesG161 at 3:43pm 04.02.21 This is what you do to get a OEM Generator off a boat. ess why? Jim...
Unknown email request shemandr at 3:42pm 04.02.21 I just hang up. Security websites that monitor me, because someone else had a breach (Digest that!)
Re-powering! TimFromLI at 3:34pm 04.02.21 These folks did it : GoD-j9Dy6xQ
Question: Does anyone know how to match the 1984 light tan gelcoat on the decks? Steve_Catalina at 3:30pm 04.02.21 Spectrum says they don't carry 84 ODay anymore. My boat still has the original light tan and I can
Use of bimini SycloneDriver at 3:30pm 04.02.21 I wouldn't like that. I've only taken my bimini down to clean/service it. Oh, and once my guests as
1976 Santana 21ft (2) mhancock3123 at 3:11pm 04.02.21 Finally 3 coats of primer on it. I have a little work left to do where the keel attaches.
Question: Does anyone know how to match the 1984 light tan gelcoat on the decks? Davidasailor26 at 2:58pm 04.02.21
Use of bimini Justin_NSA at 2:56pm 04.02.21 So you have to dismantle the bimini to sail?
ODay 40 Keel bolt torque specs (1) sail sfbay at 2:55pm 04.02.21 The attached table will get you close. Also the thread post #8 below has a reference to stainless st
P 36-2 cb keel bolts. Jeff Miller at 2:53pm 04.02.21 After a long conversation with the yard where the boat is sitting, I began to wonder if in fact the

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