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oday 20 needs a motor david2600 at 4:46am 06.21.04 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1249 Hi everyone, need some advice on an outboard for my oday 20, it has an existin bracket rated at 59 l
Boat rounds up in gusts crispi at 4:31am 06.21.04 Ask All Sailors 14/2102 Hello, all,My boat, a 20' Vivacity twin/bilge keel, rounds up into the wind when it gets overpower
Battery oops Bill O'Donovan at 4:27am 06.21.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/880 While on a stiff tack Saturday, one of my batteries broke loose of the straps and the acid spilled o
Cruising RPM and speed of O34 and O35 Ed Ryan7037 at 4:04am 06.21.04 Bigger Boats 2/1361 I have seen information regarding the cruising RPM for the Universal M25XP. As an owner of an O35,
Universal Diesel shutdown liutim at 3:48am 06.21.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1300 A question on starving the Universal Diesel to shut it down. I have just bought an O'day 30, and ha
H31 three blade prop questions Bob Rutland at 3:39am 06.21.04 Mid-Size Boats 3/932 I am thinking about changing to a three blad prop for my 84 H31. I know I will loose sail speed, but
H260 throttle cable and other problems. JDK20819 at 3:08am 06.21.04 Smaller Boats 4/909 I just got my trailerable 260 in the water.The yard that serviced my Nissan 9.whatever HP outboard
transducer mounting question Bob1757 at 3:08am 06.21.04 Ask An Oday Owner 0/863 i want to mount a depth sounder (display has two docks (one for cabin, one for cockpit))the transd
Headsail Downhaul J.P. Dyer at 3:07am 06.21.04 Smaller Boats 5/1175 I received what sounds like a great tip regarding dousing a headsail while singlehanding - rig a hea
Right outboard for Catalina 27 bookie at 2:55am 06.21.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/4090 I am trying to buy my sister a new outboard motor for her Catalina 27 as a gift. The four stroke mo
411 saloon berth conversion? DublinMan at 2:47am 06.21.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1277 Hi. I wonder if anyone has done a conversion of an Oceanis 411 saloon to allow the table to drop int
Need some advice on throttle cable Paul Aubrecht at 2:27am 06.21.04 Big Boats 4/970 I have a 356 with the 3GM Yanmar.Ever since I have had it,when I advance the throttle,it will only s
Whisker pole Chuck7831 at 2:07am 06.21.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/964 I have a 23' O'day and last year we rigged a whisker pole with the boat hook in light winds to go wi
Yanmar Start-up Problem StepUP at 2:04am 06.21.04 Ask All Sailors 7/1607 I own a 2GM20F Yanmar on my '88 O'Day 302. I have encountered a starting problem and am looking for
New to sailing joel dawson at 1:42am 06.21.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1296 I'm 19, just got out of high school,heading to college and i want to take up sailing.I have been on
Trailer for M25 Tip at 1:23am 06.21.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/952 Can anyone tell me if the trailors for a Mac 25 and a Mac S C and M are interchangabe. I have what l
Head Mate problem Dick at 1:19am 06.21.04 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2266 I have a Cat22 that had a leak in the hoses from the head. In the process of fixing it I needed to r
Steering with outboard only Tip at 12:47am 06.21.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/897
Rudder Problems DFrye at 12:36am 06.21.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1075 Hi All - I'm two days away from splash day and in the normal tumult of getting everything in order I
Tuning a 280 Rigging Eric Hartsough at 12:23am 06.21.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1253 We recently purchased a 1996 Hunter 280 and would like to know of a web site where we can study up o

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320 wireless wind sensor HD74 at 5:31pm 12.28.20 1 I am installing a band wireless wind sensor model 320. I am not sure where I can mount the Bluet
320 wireless wind sensor HD74 at 5:25pm 12.28.20 They did however they did not address my questions and I was hoping to get some help. Thanks for you
Misadventures: Stepping the mast (Laguna 26) Ken Cross at 4:14pm 12.28.20
Pedestal Guard options with out Drilling? Justin_NSA at 4:12pm 12.28.20 My $.02. Lateral stability is key if you have to grab it. How it attaches to the pedestal higher up
Texas December Racing PaulK at 4:10pm 12.28.20 Why late to the start in a pursuit race? If you're going to switch around the video based on where
Torque required for keel nuts. Hunter 376 sail sfbay at 4:06pm 12.28.20 ............Do you have any in depth knowledge of ISO/DIS 12215?9.2 re applied torque ? https://ww
Torque required for keel nuts. Hunter 376 Ralph Johnstone at 3:57pm 12.28.20 Never had that experience in the San Francisco Bay. Maybe it's just your clean living down there
Hunter 38 Improvements Terry Cox at 3:28pm 12.28.20 Our boat came with a fixed three blade. It spins freely while under sail. Does a wonderful job maneu
Pedestal Guard options with out Drilling? kappykaplan at 3:28pm 12.28.20 I would secure it to the floor. It's a deck - or the cockpit sole . . .
Weekend projects in my Laguna 26 kappykaplan at 3:25pm 12.28.20 Very nice! :thumbup:
Oh the Weather outside is frightful... Terry Cox at 3:11pm 12.28.20 One could throw caution to the wind. Weather be damned. Tough it out. Or wimp it out in your barcalo
Pedestal Guard options with out Drilling? MikeHoncho at 3:07pm 12.28.20
Alternator belt tension Witzend at 2:58pm 12.28.20 Just tight enough to provide the necessary friction. Belts are cheep alternator, water pumps and not
Torque required for keel nuts. Hunter 376 sail sfbay at 2:57pm 12.28.20 Ralph, Sorry to hear that. Never had that experience in the San Francisco Bay.
Slow or fast charge deep cycle batteries? BAD ORCA at 2:54pm 12.28.20 Chargers do not limit the current, the batteries do that. In addition to these links, do a search
Victron Smart Shunt Stu Jackson at 2:53pm 12.28.20 The factory switch on the ground had a .2 to .3 volt drop across it with very little load. I don't
Slow or fast charge deep cycle batteries? Stu Jackson at 2:49pm 12.28.20 Chargers do not limit the current, the batteries do that. In addition to these links, do a search o
Hunter 38 Improvements sail sfbay at 2:42pm 12.28.20 Please let us know what you did and how it worked.
Slow or fast charge deep cycle batteries? dlochner at 2:36pm 12.28.20 the absorption phase seems about twice as long when at 15 amps. i have been running the batteries d
Hunter 38 Improvements markwbird at 2:26pm 12.28.20 Get the folding prop. It cuts like a knife but it feels so right.

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