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Daysailer II DannyHatt at 8:20am 05.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1592 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 12/1211 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 2/1093 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 1/1065 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 7/5864 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 1/1009 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 1/1150 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 3/1327 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 2/908 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 0/966 Does anyone have any experience with the extension leaf for the main cabin table? My wife and I have
mooring auger Dan Connelly at 4:03pm 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 5/3465 Does anyone have experience with using an auger as a mooring anchor. The auger in question is 1 inc
260 otboard question free-toe at 11:33am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 2/872 greetings, today i put my 260 into san diego bay for the summer. when i left the launch ramp i no
Angled Mast (new mast plate) Tom at 11:22am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 4/1073 I bought the new, improved mast plate from Catalina Direct for my '79 C-22, installed it last month,
connecting a hobbs meter carl1553 at 11:02am 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1947 hello, what is the prefered way to connect an engine hobbs meter to my yanmar 2qm15 motor. just bou
Boom connection for a boom vang Bill18593 at 10:13am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 8/1187 We splashed yesterday and got the mast raised while we were at it.As I was rigging the boat today,
Toronto sailor interested in 27 or 30 Catalina John Gilinsky at 9:37am 05.29.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1042 Can any previous or current Catalina owner of any 27 or 30 foot model(S) please advise me as to the
Question on elec. interfacing autopilot with GPS Richard Marble at 8:38am 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1198
oday 272 shore power jim payne at 8:30am 05.29.04 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1015 I am interested in a 272 and have been unable to find out the amps for shore power. I need to know s
keel bolts torque settings sylvio leblanc at 7:53am 05.29.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1091 what is the required torque setting for the keel bolts on my 1992 hunter 27' ?
? on sails. pogosmoke at 7:28am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 6/858 I recently bought a 1975 Hunter 25'. It came with the main and what he called the medium Jib if I r

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Engine alignment issue? kloudie1 at 5:03am 01.11.21 Once back in the water, disconnect the coupling at the transmission and push the shaft aft about a q
Louisiana catboats / small trailerable daysailers Rickeypilot at 5:02am 01.11.21
323 air conditioner SycloneDriver at 4:46am 01.11.21 It gets unbearably hot and humid in the summer in Florida. In the Gulf of Mexico the winds die d
Got a new sailing dinghy (2) Davidasailor26 at 4:09am 01.11.21
Post Process After Soda Blasting Bottom Captain Larry-DH at 4:05am 01.11.21
cleaning sunbrella nightowle at 4:00am 01.11.21 I used Woolite mixed with white vinegar on my light grey sunbrella. It works well for the green stu
Should I replace my old Yanmar motor mounts with OEMs or a newer design? sailme88 at 3:23am 01.11.21 Ok, let's see if I have the question correct: On the one hand I can save $200.00 and install the id
Engine alignment issue? Slipin Away at 1:42am 01.11.21 Shaft is normally offset so it can be removed without dropping the rudder
Coaming Treads Teak C-30 Mk II weekendrken at 11:30pm 01.10.21 I added step treads to my mk-1 and screwed them down. A #8 oval head screw near each corner, counter
Should I replace my old Yanmar motor mounts with OEMs or a newer design? ggrizzard at 11:05pm 01.10.21 I found these for $396 US: https://www.parts4engines.com/yanmar-2gm20-engine-mount If I read corre
H26 Proposed Reef Configuration CaptainRan at 10:07pm 01.10.21 Thanks everyone for your inputs.Not placing hardware on the side of the boom for safety was a good p
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? (1) Team118 at 10:00pm 01.10.21 Thanks John. I get the SOG vs speed through water...didn't think about it that detailed! I did a qu
Emergency Tiller (2) Grizzly Sailor at 9:58pm 01.10.21 Here are a few pics for reference. The first is of my stem. The second is the E-tiller. Since ta
AIS Receive Problem Identification Rick D at 9:39pm 01.10.21 It seems to me over the last year or so many fewer commercial ships ( tankers and container ships)
323 air conditioner Benny17441 at 9:34pm 01.10.21 I believe that statement to be a certainty. You can bet the boat on that one and walk home a winner
AIS Receive Problem Identification Richard19068 at 9:33pm 01.10.21 I was concerned that they all showed the MMSI, but no names. However, I later saw some ID'ed by na
Seatalk...whotalk..metalk...please talk? jssailem at 9:31pm 01.10.21 what the gateway is, but sounds intriguing. Not part of the itc5. It is a feature of the Vesper AI
AIS Receive Problem Identification jssailem at 9:22pm 01.10.21 Good news Rick. :beer: Sometimes we :banghead:then:facepalm:when the answers jump up and solve them
Replacement feathering prop windwagon at 8:59pm 01.10.21 I have a kiwi prop on my 35.5. After 5 years I have had no issues. Reverse works well. The design is
Eye Splice double-braid LloydB at 8:43pm 01.10.21 Klein Tools #2100-5

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