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Jib Cam Cleats B Wilkinson at 3:59pm 05.30.04 Smaller Boats 1/841 I want to add a pair of swivel cam cleats a couple inches behind theTeak steps on the Starboard and
teak and holly Jana20403 at 2:47pm 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1116 I am looking for a teak and holly kit fo a 1988 catalina 30..also to order standard interior boat cu
Second Guesses SailboatOwners.com at 2:42pm 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 72/3657 Knowing what you know now, would you buy the same boat you now own all over again? Would you go bi
CD Player Installation / Replacement Barrie McDonald at 2:03pm 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1197 To all Sailors who are electrical Smart, I need your help.I want to replace the old tape player/ G
trailer boat bottom paint Douglas Marshall at 1:59pm 05.30.04 Day Sailers 2/1090 I have an O'day 22 that needs new bottom paint. The previous owner kept her in the water so he used
Where's all you tech savvy sailors? GPS/Autopilot Richard Marble at 11:01am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1069 There must be someone out there that has hooked up an auto pilot to a GPS. Second try;I just hook
Now thats what I call wind! Russell Egge at 10:31am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1144 We left Wickford on Saturday after hearing the 10:30 NOAA forecast that called for 15-25 knots on Na
Cat 22 Vibration Rick at 10:15am 05.30.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1060 I just put my Catalina 22 in the water and was sailing it for the first time this year. For some re
Low RPM Tach on '98 Hunter 376 Larry Stewart at 9:29am 05.30.04 Big Boats 7/948 Ok today when we went out for a sail; all went well until we dropped the sails and motored in. Even
YSM Single-Lever Engine Control Installed Debo Cox at 8:55am 05.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1274 I thought I'd post this message because back a while ago when I was searching the archives on the su
Daysailer II DannyHatt at 8:20am 05.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1390 Well folks, Great site and good to be here. I am now a proud owner of a Daysailer II and the only
Yamaha Blues Steve Zweigart at 5:49am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 12/1101 After much analysis and many recomendations, I have decided that I want to put a Yamaha 9.9 high-thr
Stern to dock? nancy thompson at 2:18am 05.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1046 We are having to moor the Hunter 19 with the stern backed up to a u-shaped floating dock, because th
Oday 272 vs. Precision 27 Doug Dannen at 11:27pm 05.29.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1004 I lost my Oday 272 last Aug. because of a lightning strike and I'm searching for a replacement. I f
Opening a NavPod unit Bill C320, Papillon at 11:18pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 7/4940 I have a 3 gage (wind, speed, and depth) NavPod housing. I need access to the back of the gages for
Won't Start ( NOW RUNNING) (1) nick maggio at 10:17pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/954 I got my yanmar running yesterday afternoon,I was not able to get a diesel pro to look at it and so
YSB12 Diesl ran awayfor 4 mins! No it won't start Dave at 9:23pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1106 My YSB12 ran away for four minutes while I went to get ice. Then it shut itself down. Now it won't s
Profurl Track Mis-alignment Steve Carpman at 8:30pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1250 We cannot raise our jib on our Hunter Legend 37.5. There is a hnag-up about 30 feet up the headstay
Adding air conditioner Lowell at 7:16pm 05.29.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/828 For those of you that have air conditioning on your Hunter 45 or simular boat where did you locate i
Main Cabin Table Andrew Rose at 6:48pm 05.29.04 Big Boats 0/873 Does anyone have any experience with the extension leaf for the main cabin table? My wife and I have

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Galley sink salt water pump question Ron20324 at 3:34pm 07.24.20 On my O'day 222, I got a bucket, drilled1/4 holes in the bottom and about half way up all around. I
26X vs 26M head size sail sfbay at 3:32pm 07.24.20 I fully understand.............my 1987 Hunter 31 head was small that we hardly used it, so was my 19
26X vs 26M head size NINEv2 at 3:15pm 07.24.20 Good stuff there, thanks for the pointers. It may sound a little silly, but access to a usable head
New forum member with an introduction and some questions rgranger at 3:09pm 07.24.20 Since Flathead is so (relatively) small is the fixed vs swing keel that significant of an issue? I
Redirecting Hunter 49 A/C unit drain pan water (condensation) away from bilge TT Tide Together at 2:56pm 07.24.20 Thank you all, great suggestions!
New sails Terry Cox at 2:53pm 07.24.20 With the breeze at about 7-10 knots we cruised along between 5.8 and 6.1 on the Sail. Nice writeup
Removing bottom paint: How long does it take? Project_Mayhem at 2:52pm 07.24.20 A club mate of mine removed many layers from his C&C 33 this spring. He used the power washer with
Hens Teeth: The Saga Continues..... CrispyCringle at 2:52pm 07.24.20 Like Capta mentioned, Id try a new thermostat. They go bad, and they are cheap. Dont forget to get a
Galley sink salt water pump question (1) capta at 2:48pm 07.24.20 Unless you have figured out a way to wash both hands while you are using a manual pump, I suggest yo
Keel joint seperation AKA Catalina smile joe28532 at 2:48pm 07.24.20 Nice work. When you retorqued the keel bolts, were they loose? Did that gap close up? Just curious.
Keel joint seperation AKA Catalina smile CrispyCringle at 2:47pm 07.24.20 Nice work. When you retorqued the keel bolts, were they loose? Did that gap close up? Just curious.
Chainplate Fabrication CrispyCringle at 2:43pm 07.24.20 Nice fab job. You'll save a ton of money.
Galley sink salt water pump question sailme88 at 2:35pm 07.24.20 Guess I'd go with a reverse osmosis system and keep all water fresh...
Removing bottom paint: How long does it take? sailme88 at 2:33pm 07.24.20 A club mate of mine removed many layers from his C&C 33 this spring. He used the power washer with
Interior wood refinishing joe28532 at 2:30pm 07.24.20 Well, I'm confused. You show three pics above the finished bulkhead pic. The left one with the patc
26X vs 26M head size sail sfbay at 2:29pm 07.24.20 An article by MacGregor entitled "MacGregor 26M vs 26X" may answer your question about head size....
Interior wood refinishing Sailavie1 at 2:27pm 07.24.20 Oil for interior is good and can be re-applied without too much prep. I just wash it with an oil soa
Shower refinishing sailme88 at 2:26pm 07.24.20 WOW! Very nice...
Interior wood refinishing ggrizzard at 2:23pm 07.24.20 Well, I'm confused. You show three pics above the finished bulkhead pic. The left one with the patc
Shower refinishing jviss at 2:14pm 07.24.20 Be careful painting stainless steel. Stainless needs oxygen to passivate. This is how it forms its

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