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Looking fo a manual for Oday Mariner Brian Cassidy at 5:34am 05.25.05 Day Sailers 11/1507 Any suggestions on how I would obtain a manual for an Oday Mariner?
Roller furling jib cover Gary8065 at 5:31am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 7/2778 This weekend I am going to "attempt" to install CDI roller furling on my Catalina 27. I have severa
Grenadines James Williams at 5:27am 05.25.05 Destinations 0/1471 Jonesy asked about the Grenadines a couple of weeks ago. Just returned from a bareboat charter out
Need New Mac 25 Sails or La mauney process Mark at 4:14am 05.25.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1490 Well, I need new sails. At least a new main for now. I guess they are the originals, 1986. Does
Insurance and Hurricane question? Rob at 4:02am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 13/1731 I was just reading over a CNN report from NOAA about this upcoming hurricane season. Then I started
Crazing or cracking on 1985 34' Hunter deck Ken Hershenson at 3:32am 05.25.05 Big Boats 2/1379 I'm considering puchasing a 1985 34' Hunter. the boat is a 1 owner in above average condition. But I
Yanmar 3YM30 JohnEh at 3:18am 05.25.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2944 We are now optimistic that the overheating problem on our engine has been resolved. The engine ran
Another stuck centerboard question Mitchel Cline at 2:35am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1494 I have a similar (perhaps identical) problem to the gentleman that wrote regarding a stuck centerboa
Rewiring the mast and ... DCsailor at 2:29am 05.25.05 Smaller Boats 4/1444 I have been sailing my '86 Hunter 23 for a couple of summers (both in DC and Florida). Great boat l
Storing the gennaker PrincessoftheLake at 2:13am 05.25.05 Big Boats 1/1036 I have a 1985 Hunter 34 that came with a large gennaker. Since we don't have a cruising spinnaker y
272LE Anodes Thankyou Hubertt at 1:57am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/825 Just to say thanks to Lou, J.B.Dyer and Richard, for their responses to my post on this of May 11th.
Electric motors sierradave at 1:56am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/890 Anyone had experience using a small electric outboard? We've got a 1974 O'Day 20 and I'm tired of m
Through hull Fitting James Tait at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/865 My O'Day 20 has two through hull fittings-one for the cockpit drain and the other for a small sink.
HELP! CB Stuck up, boat IN water guyssail at 1:54am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/854 The centerboard on my '73 o'day 23 appears to be stuck up. this is my first swing keel boat...looked
Help with kill switch on Yanmar 2QM15 David W at 1:41am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 9/4495 Over the weekend my kill switch finally gave up the ghost. I had thought I had devised a repair that
Anybody doing the Figawi this year?? Allen at 1:33am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 0/895 Hey Guys,I'm heading out tomorrow morning from Boston to Sandwich on the Cape Cod Canal en route t
portlight shades Bill C320, Papillon at 1:32am 05.25.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1992 Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep out the mornig sun and/or provide privacy while in the sl
Dinghy Franklin at 1:06am 05.25.05 Big Boats 11/949 Two part question:1) Why is an inflatable dinghy so hard to row and is it just now realistic to ge
Where is hull serial number on an O'Day 17" Peter Johnson at 12:23am 05.25.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2177 I'm insuring my new-to-me O'Day 17' Daysailer 'Odie'. The insurance company wants the hull serial n
Bimini? Boom tent???? What is this thing??????? me262 at 11:14pm 05.24.05 Smaller Boats 9/1542 I am wanting to construct a cockpit shade. I have found after only two trips out in the Texas sun, t

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Catalina 25 - how is boom supposed to be secured to gooseneck Apex at 3:49am 03.26.21 yes, free forum, and great resource when i had my C25. Looks like you need a couple items: 1) c
Engine panel cover. Worth it? sailme88 at 3:12am 03.26.21 Has it worked or become a bug trap? They screw on so some work to get off. Works like a charm...
Spring Cruise 2021 Will Gilmore at 3:02am 03.26.21
Outboard Tilt Release Issue Joe at 1:45am 03.26.21 The only way you'll fix the problem is to install a different style motor mount bracket. Preferably
Mast replacement cost _evan at 12:24am 03.26.21 thanks all for the replies. I sadly figured that this was the outcome of all the years of neglect th
H326 mast un-stepping stuendan at 11:26pm 03.25.21 Thanks Art - as you describe, the mast just sat on the base, located by a through bolt sitting in a
Engine panel cover. Worth it? JRacer at 10:05pm 03.25.21 Go look at what I have. It's a canvas covered foam deal the fits snugly in the space. It's there whe
Bow Water Ballast PaulK at 8:33pm 03.25.21 Large freighters often have these bulbous bows. These bulbs provide buoyancy in the bow and help to
If You Have an Aqua Signal Toronto Chart Table Light... FastOlson at 8:25pm 03.25.21 Time passes and further replies are scarce.... and then a few days ago I noticed that our Aquasigna
M26swing: where mount a shoot through the hull depth transducer? (newest project) scrawley at 8:14pm 03.25.21 Mounted my Hummingbird puck in the laz; bedded in silicone. Tested with a lead line and seems fairly
Engine panel cover. Worth it? ggrizzard at 8:13pm 03.25.21 Well, you could put two hinges on the cover and clean out the bugs from time to time!
Flushing an Engine with Fresh Water? (3) Tom J at 8:01pm 03.25.21 I rigged this setup in my C310. I can flush periodically or use antifreeze to winterize. Also can
Random orbital buffer BigEasy at 7:46pm 03.25.21 Hmmm.... on second thought maybe I've been cursed for all the evil things I've said about HF over
Kill switch required for all boats under 26' mermike at 7:45pm 03.25.21 Here I was getting worried I'd have to put a kill switch on my oars! But while I can row mighty dar
Gulf Stream Will Gilmore at 7:38pm 03.25.21 Portland ME I went to Art School in Portland, for a year before they gave up on me. A great city
Mast replacement cost fullbore at 7:31pm 03.25.21
Mast replacement cost dlochner at 7:28pm 03.25.21 Is this a wooden mast? While this may look like a cheap place to live, it is not a boat to get invo
VHF Range? BOSSailor at 7:26pm 03.25.21 I don't know the make or model, but this old units still works,,I hail for the Marina on 16 for doc
VHF Range? Brian D at 7:22pm 03.25.21 If only you could communicate this to the yahoos in my area! I would guess a full quarter of the C
Hunter Legend 35.5 (1990) issue Tally Ho at 7:14pm 03.25.21 It's not a drain for propane fumes it was a drain for the water caused but the tank sweating.. But

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