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Serial Number plate location Vernon Kinslow at 4:43pm 05.30.04 Smaller Boats 2/972 Actually I have several questions. ID Plate Where should the serial plate/model number plate be o
Jib Cam Cleats B Wilkinson at 3:59pm 05.30.04 Smaller Boats 1/878 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 1/1176 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 72/4945 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 5/1366 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 2/1242 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 5/1217 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 5/1245 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 4/1179 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 7/1056 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 1/1407 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 5/1598 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 12/1223 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 2/1095 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 1/1066 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 7/5898 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 1/1010 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 1/1152 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 3/1329 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 2/909 For those of you that have air conditioning on your Hunter 45 or simular boat where did you locate i

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Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Scott T-Bird at 2:25pm 01.18.21 Catalina 350 is a surprisingly roomy boat, having been on a tour on my dock neighbors boat. The sep
Nasty smell in heads Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:24pm 01.18.21 If the odor is confined to the head, only occurs with the first few flushes after the boat has sat
Odd requirement in boat insurance SoSound at 1:59pm 01.18.21 My current Geico/Boat US deductible for hull and equipment is $0.
Does anyone know of a tool sold to help re attaching "lift the dot" fittings on my dodger? eianm at 1:58pm 01.18.21 i went a purchased an ironwood tool, and it unfortunately does not work with push a dots
1986 Newport 27-3 first boat shemandr at 1:56pm 01.18.21 Consider posting the list. Many items may be un-necessary to getting it on the water.
1986 Newport 27-3 first boat shemandr at 1:55pm 01.18.21 Congrats on the purchase. Remain dauntless. It's just a sailboat. You'll improve it over the time
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Crazy Dave Condon at 1:32pm 01.18.21 @Thaniel and everybody It is great for all the responses being written particularly you Thaniel.
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell dlochner at 1:13pm 01.18.21 There is a guy on FB that discusses this (mixing battery types, not oil filters) on his sailboat. t
AC/DC Grounding Question dlochner at 1:08pm 01.18.21 Well, that is almost correct. The AC ground (green) should be connected to the DC ground (black) a
Finish on interior Hunter 356? DOCKHAND at 1:01pm 01.18.21 I had the same area that was lightly damaged from the cabin doors being blown open from a hurricane.
Prada cup on TV cb32863 at 12:55pm 01.18.21 Looks like they are just going to skip the rest of the round robin and fix the boat. Also got the ba
Nasty smell in heads SFS at 12:38pm 01.18.21 And get @Peggie Hall HeadMistress book. She likely will be along here to add her 2 cents, and it wi
Sole TV Replacement - Hunter 49/50 T J Furstenau at 12:31pm 01.18.21 @Daze - If you weren't already aware, @artboas is the resident expert to most (all?) things H49 rela
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell bbrowncods at 12:18pm 01.18.21 There is a guy on FB that discusses this (mixing battery types, not oil filters) on his sailboat. tA
Rotten egg smell/ new batteries BAD ORCA at 12:14pm 01.18.21 When the series batteries are at 14.8V what is the individual voltage of each battery? If the batte
1986 Newport 27-3 first boat jon hansen at 12:09pm 01.18.21 we love pictures
1986 Newport 27-3 first boat jon hansen at 12:08pm 01.18.21 welcome!
One more plumbing project checked off Justin_NSA at 11:45am 01.18.21 Hi Claude. Great minds think alike. The valves I used negate the need for another valve. They are di
How do people mount their anchor on bow on smaller O'days (mine is a 19') Will Gilmore at 11:37am 01.18.21
One more plumbing project checked off (2) Claude L.-Auger at 11:24am 01.18.21 Hi Justin, just a thought seeing the picture of your new by-pass installation. The 2 valves on the c

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