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new genoa for oday 27 javier barajas at 2:04am 01.20.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/898 I use my Oday for cruising and a little racing, since my genoa is very old I want to replace it, the
Tide Table Predictions: Accurate where you are? Dale I at 1:58am 01.20.04 Ask All Sailors 7/1567 I have just completed my first trip down the St. Johns River to Mayport here in Jacksonville and was
The Sailloft Business Brad at 1:54am 01.20.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/906 Bill-I've been thinking (at this point, dreaming really)of a career change that involves a loft.
Miter cut headsails Bob at 1:54am 01.20.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1316 What is the conventional wisdom concerning "miter cut" dacron headsails? In pre-dacron days I know
Need rigging advice for new cruising spinnaker Jim A at 1:27am 01.20.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/831 Just got a new cruising spinnaker for my Hunter 28 and was looking for rigging ideas. In particular
battery switch install+set-up Mark at 11:53pm 01.19.04 Ask An Oday Owner 3/966 Hello Everyone!Well, I'm beyond knee-deep in my fun fun project of re-wiring my Oday 23. But, I h
BIG batten for full batten main Ed Sternstein at 11:50pm 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/980 My 76" batten splintered last summer. I'm having a hard time finding a replacement that can be shipp
Racor Fuel Filter/Element SteveM at 11:27pm 01.19.04 Big Boats 6/858 I can not find the filter element (S3232UL) for Racor Model 660 filter. What is the model number of
What type of material is this? Chris Pratt at 11:18pm 01.19.04 C&C 1/1721 With my recent boat purchase came a Doyle Boston #1 Genoa. Can you help me identifythe materials c
Cleaning Carpeted Walls Rick Bojahra at 10:53pm 01.19.04 Mid-Size Boats 5/1732 My 1985 28.5 has carpeted interior walls. Some of the surfaces could use a serious cleaning. Does
Vancouver, B.C. Surveyor Recommendations Gary Wyngarden at 10:51pm 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1196 Hi all,I need a marine surveyor in Vancouver, B.C. for a pre purchase survey of my new boat. Any r
Flower pot on the stove! Colin at 9:33pm 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 37/5102 I read in a recent post about putting an inverted flower pot on a stove as a means of heating a cabi
Fractional vs. Masthead rigs...your thoughts? Tim McCarty at 9:24pm 01.19.04 Mid-Size Boats 12/1532 I wondered if I could start a general discussion with regard to the fractional or BandR rig (which i
replacing main Mike at 9:07pm 01.19.04 Smaller Boats 2/935 I own an '87 H23 with the Z spar mast. I recently bought a used (but nearly new) main and genny fro
Honda 9.9 too heavy for O'day 22? Douglas Marshall at 2:46pm 01.19.04 Day Sailers 2/1593 I'm considering a Honda 9.9 for my O'day 22, but I'm concerned about the 115 pound weight. I can co
atomic-4 tune up tracy at 2:29pm 01.19.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/3775 I'm tuning up my 1979 atomic-4 on my Catalina 30 (new points, cap, rotor, plugs and wires) and I was
Yanmar 2GMF Hand Crank ? Siggi Brocks at 11:14am 01.19.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/4518 Has anybody ever cranked up a 2gmf 15hp manually ?The Yanmar manual shows a hand crank note. I foun
copying a sail Bill Gordon at 10:56am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1039 I have a lot of experience in the auto/marine upholstery field and have done a fair amount of marine
'86 O'day 222 John Osborne at 10:55am 01.19.04 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/919 I plan to purchase new sails for my O'day 222. We will be cruising the Chesapeake Bay and perhaps e
WAAS or not? What are your thoughts? Rob "Averyanne" Oday 222 at 10:40am 01.19.04 Ask All Sailors 2/913 A thread below suggested an Icom GP-360ML from Boat US for $220. Lots of good features for a cheap p

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Raritan PH Super Flush Water leak Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:54pm 07.09.20 If you're mostly in waters that are deep enough to make sucking up bottom growth unlikely, you don'
High or Low for CO? Kings Gambit at 2:42pm 07.09.20 After the dive boat disaster, I think it's best practice to have CO alarms and fire alarms in any b
High or Low for CO? Kings Gambit at 2:39pm 07.09.20
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 (1) Jacktar at 2:39pm 07.09.20 BTW location of oil drain plug on bottom of tohatsu sail pro. Hard to find unless you like looking
High or Low for CO? shemandr at 2:27pm 07.09.20 After the dive boat disaster, I think it's best practice to have CO alarms and fire alarms in any bo
Help with cooling system (1) twodzusfittings at 2:23pm 07.09.20 In my humble opinion, inspection and what is acceptable is all relative. As previously stated, blowi
Head waste water inlet valve on 326 sailingmyers at 2:06pm 07.09.20 Oh damn - sorry Sailingmyers, the thankyou was meant for you! It's all good. I would be intereste
Sun Images during a Solar Eclipse. Johnb at 2:04pm 07.09.20 I can attest to the fact that solar eclipses have a profound effect on human behavior. After sleepin
Sailboat delivery done right! Bob S at 1:42pm 07.09.20 Jviss, Interesting you bring up Eldridge Tides & Current. I have bought mine for the last 13 years b
Folding wheel for Catalina 36 Cat36Amoore at 1:42pm 07.09.20 Thank you Yes that's why I wish to down size.
High or Low for CO? Johnb at 1:31pm 07.09.20 When a chunk fell out of our mixing elbow both the fire alarm (located near the ceiling at the bow e
Help with cooling system odaydokay at 1:31pm 07.09.20 Has a bad thermostat been ruled out, also low coolant level??? Regarding the latter, you will need t
Sailboat delivery done right! Scott T-Bird at 1:30pm 07.09.20 Thanks, Scott. Very cool voyage. Just curious, did you guys have a current Eldridge on hand, and
H260 - Thinking about repowering to a saildrive Project_Mayhem at 1:28pm 07.09.20 As @leo310 mentioned, check out Sailing Uma. They ditched their diesel and swapped in an electric fo
What adhesive did Hunter use to glue windows to the boat, the big windows on the sides of the deck. Phil Herring at 1:11pm 07.09.20 Hi Jim, Check your email... you've got a couple of answers on your support ticket.
Sailboat delivery done right! Scott T-Bird at 1:08pm 07.09.20 Isn't that the boat the previous owner paneled the cabin interior with teak ? I think I remember ph
Low water pressure (2) Beneteau40sailor at 1:07pm 07.09.20 Great News! I found the problem. Turns out that when disconnecting and inspecting the fresh water ch
high water? jon hansen at 1:06pm 07.09.20 i think the biggest time for evaporation is november/ december. it's a very cool system
high water? (1) jon hansen at 1:03pm 07.09.20 the entire aquifer of the great lakes if full to the brim. we talk surface runoff. what about the un
A stand alone fridge system on a pocket cruiser... LeeandRick at 1:01pm 07.09.20 We highly recommend the portable. I bought an Engel MT 45 in 2006 for extra refrigeration space when

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