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Forespar mast track HD74 at 8:11am 08.15.20 Ask All Sailors 1/382 I am getting ready to install a Forespar vertical mast track on the front of my mask on my 1999 hunt
Winch question (3) Don Tatarelli at 8:03am 08.15.20 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1067
84 Catalina 27 bilge pump install Jon Jenney at 7:44am 08.15.20 Mid-Size Boats 11/3277 I'd like to install an auto electric bilge pump since I only have the manual. Can I widen the chase
New to O'day 20, this drain near center of boat by cabin entry, been told it is rain drain. does it need to be plugged? (1) rgrgoode at 5:14am 08.15.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/2946 183849183849
Propeller for a Hunter 41DS (2005) with engine Yanmar 3JH4E Pierrot at 4:16am 08.15.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1240 What type of propeller is the right one for this boat ? Anyone in this forum with the same constella
Danforth anchor rules (1) TomY at 3:10am 08.15.20 Ask All Sailors 23/2022 on granite. Tucks right in.
Want to remove my icebox -Hunter 25 ft 1978 Danasi at 12:22am 08.15.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/693
Hunter 26.5 Xstream at 8:14pm 08.14.20 Ask All Sailors 4/403 Trying to find out diameters and lengths of halyards and sheets for this boat. Does anyone have thi
TS Kyle and Crazy JamesG161 at 8:13pm 08.14.20 Weather and Forecasting 2/696 Tropical Storm Kyle and it is simply Crazy I posted about a series of LOWs spinning off North Caro
Check your sink drain hoses... (1) jaysweet at 7:50pm 08.14.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2059 I close all my thru hulls every time I leave the boat. So doing some work today, I opened the thru h
Tire size rbaevergreen at 7:16pm 08.14.20 Trailer Sailors 6/1172 My dry rotten tires are marked 5.30/4.50-12. Is that aka 5.30-12? 4 lug rims.
US Coast Guard Shallow Water Aids to Navigation Survey WayneH at 6:43pm 08.14.20 Ask All Sailors 1/402 So the USCG is asking for input for interested parties for Shallow Water (<12feet) Aids TO Navigatio
Securing the mast at the base (3) Mskidk at 5:40pm 08.14.20 Catalina 22 4/1214 When I stepped the mast I slid the metal rod that was internal at the base of the mast into the groo
What GPS unit fits this mount? (2) SailingIsGood at 11:49am 08.14.20 Parts Search 10/1068 I need help identifying an old GPS mount to find out what model GPS unit fits it. Otherwise, I'll re
Thru Hull Fittings Abarb at 10:24am 08.14.20 Ask All Sailors 8/694 Hi: I'm a looking at a SJ 30' sailboat and the owner says he's replaced the thru hulls with high qu
Cockpit Table AmyH at 10:13am 08.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/702 Looking for a cockpit table for a Hunter 450 passage. Texas location but open to shipping from other
1990 Hunter 30T Keel Joint and Mast Compression Issues? (6) JDE at 9:32am 08.14.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/1111 Hello! I'm looking at a 1990 H30T that has been sitting on it's trailer for 3 years. It has been a f
Adding dedicated jibsheet winches to a H310 wdonovan at 7:58am 08.14.20 Mid-Size Boats 5/732 Taking delivery of the boat next week and the first thing I noticed in the cockpit was the boat want
Genoa Clew Ring (1) Lee Hadjiosif at 3:53am 08.14.20 Ask All Sailors 24/3971 I'm ordering a new genoa 120% and the sailmaker is offering me a number or clew options. One is the
Early morning sunlight (2) Brian D at 9:03pm 08.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 1/417 When the sun rises it shines through some shuttered windows. Sometimes the light is just too perfect

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Thoughts about the Commoderizer? dlochner at 6:02pm 08.04.24
The fog of shore WayneH at 5:53pm 08.04.24 I've told this story in several different places but I'm not sure I told it here. We bought our ne
Stuffing box adjusting jaysweet at 5:46pm 08.04.24 Just a comment: if you're in Baltimore, White Rocks Marina is right around the corner, and it's the
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) David in Sandusky at 5:37pm 08.04.24 At hull speed, the wave/wake along the side of the boat is the same length as the waterline of the b
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) jaysweet at 5:33pm 08.04.24 Yes: my 306 rub rail is out of the water when at the slip, but is basically submerged when under mot
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass odaydokay at 5:29pm 08.04.24 You guys may be right. It could well be salvaged. It has lost all its oil and more recently has go
Useful Technology Ideas smokey73 at 5:14pm 08.04.24 everything from to Python to InfluxDB and Grafana. o_O Well there you are, if I had know that I w
Yanmar 2gm engine died smokey73 at 5:04pm 08.04.24 If your idle is set right and the engine is running correctly it should not die at idle, even in gea
Bulkhead Strengthening Timm R Oday25 at 4:59pm 08.04.24 As someone who has replaced their bulkheads ,here are my thoughts . Our chainplates had elongated th
Useful Technology Ideas Foswick at 4:55pm 08.04.24 As we add more Blue Tooth devices a non-proprietary app or device that could display data from multi
The fog of shore Terry Cox at 4:43pm 08.04.24 Pay attention, be alert, listen and sound fog horn every few minutes. You can usually hear other boa
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? Timm R Oday25 at 4:42pm 08.04.24 Shawn thanks for taking the time to let us know how things turned out .
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Tally Ho at 4:38pm 08.04.24
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:34pm 08.04.24 Here's a good place to start : that. Did it ever occur to you "There may be a problem with the o
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:33pm 08.04.24 It is the "throttled back to idle" and it died that has me a little concerned along with the other
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:32pm 08.04.24 Yes the oil pressure switch can go bad and can leak a lot. Been there, done that, have the bills to
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:31pm 08.04.24 How many hours on the engine? Have you checked the oil level yet? No idea of the hours on the engi
Yanmar 2gm engine died 3GGG at 4:30pm 08.04.24 I checked the oil level a week before and it was good.
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 08.04.24 I think the Commodorizer should be dumped over the gunwale Sorry, I have nothing of value to contr
The fog of shore kappykaplan at 4:17pm 08.04.24 Just not fun! :beer:

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