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owner's manual for O'Day 20 Fred Wilson at 4:19am 12.25.03 Day Sailers 1/1830 I am looking for an owners manual for my O'Day 20. A photo copy would be fine.
Owner's manual for a 1975 Oday 25? Sutton at 3:34am 12.25.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1065 Any ideas where I can find one? Or even a related one? I don't even really know what would be in a
Teak Oil or Daly's Profin? What's the Difference? Joe Mullee at 3:24am 12.25.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/9906 The sole is sanded and ready to be coated with something. I have the teak oil and was ready to go th
Another Fugawi Question Stu Jackson C34 #224 1986 at 3:11am 12.25.03 Big Boats 5/1287 About a month or so ago someone posted a very humorous "Fugawi" story in a thread disussing navigati
Fairing the seacocks John at 12:29am 12.25.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/887 I heard that fairing the seacocks would make the boat go faster as reg seacocks disrup water flow un
Hoisting Sails from Cockpit Kbeucke at 11:57pm 12.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1007 I am rather new to sailing and recently I took the Basic Keelboat certification class. The sailboat
Need Battery Switch Wiring Info Pete at 10:16pm 12.24.03 Ask All Sailors 13/1069 My battery switch is 1,2,Both and Off.What is the proper wiring hookup for a starting battery, and
Installing a Simrad DaveB at 8:08pm 12.24.03 Smaller Boats 5/960 It's Christmas morning and I'm reading the instructions for new Simrad TP10 autopilot. In regards t
WHAT'S THE BEST OUTBOARD FOR THE MAC 26M WELDON COLLIER at 3:18pm 12.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/957 MY WIFE AND I ARE GOING TO BUY A NEW 26M AND WE ARE UNDECIDED AS TO WHAT TYPE OF OUTBOARD TO PUT ON
drive shaft growl when shifting out of gear Stuart at 2:21pm 12.24.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1000 I have a very loud "growl" sound when I shift out of either gear into neutral.I'vew had the engine m
fuel filter Rick D at 12:55pm 12.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/885 I've been learning to do my own maintance on my 14 fwc diesel and was curious to hear if changing to
River Sailing ? Pacman at 9:22am 12.24.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/864 I would like to ask if anyone has experience sailing on the river. Particularly the lower Missouri
Towing info Bill P. at 6:25am 12.24.03 Smaller Boats 15/1111 Considering a Hunter 260 WB as I need a very shallow draft boat - the bonus is the ability to traile
In-hull transducer installation H260 George Kobernus at 5:46am 12.24.03 Ask All Sailors 8/1136 I getting ready to install an Raymarine in-hull transducer. Iv'e read the archives and it seems that
Replace Yanmar with Bigger Motor? Richard Lanier at 4:51am 12.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 9/2232 I have an opportunity to buy a professionally re-built Yanmar 3GM30F 27hp to replace a 2GM 13 hp ra
paint the hull Greg at 4:29am 12.24.03 Day Sailers 2/1096 I'm looking for information on what it would cost to repair two small holes in the hull of my 1971 O
Happy Holidays everyone (1) Henry Scurlock at 3:44am 12.24.03 Smaller Boats 1/738
Wiring Secrets and Hints Steve Perry at 1:38am 12.24.03 Big Boats 3/910 I am attempting to wire a VHF at the Nav station in our Hunter Legend 40.5. I have hooked up the pow
Adding boom vang to a MacG 22 Mark Barclay at 1:14am 12.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1140 I recently acquired a MacG 22 and was surprised to see that it has no boom vang. Is this typical? Lo
Lecture Circuit Alan at 10:24pm 12.23.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1164 Peggy, Thank you for sharing your information with us. I look forward to your insight. My wife and

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Hunter 18.5 shemandr at 4:11am 09.27.20 Looking for a good used mainsail for a Hunter 18.5 How do you like the 18.5? How do you use it?
Jeep grand Cherokee diesel as towing vehicle. (or similar) shemandr at 4:06am 09.27.20 ...exhaust brakes... Exhaust Brakes?
Lewmar folding wheel problem Rick486 at 2:56am 09.27.20 The tension balls the hold the wheel together when folded have lost their elasticity and I don't se
Back-up Depth Sounders? SoSound at 10:16pm 09.26.20 My sounder has two alarm settings: deep at 80 ft @ shallow at 12 ft. It probably should be 20 ft, a
Engine fan SoSound at 9:58pm 09.26.20 :plus::plus: There are some things, like the anchor windlass, bow thrusters, and the exhaust fan,
Back-up Depth Sounders? Kings Gambit at 9:43pm 09.26.20 My sounder has two alarm settings: deep at 80 ft @ shallow at 12 ft. It probably should be 20 ft, an
jet bow thruster Ron20324 at 9:31pm 09.26.20 I've been pondering this for years, but maybe using a small pump like in the boat water system. It m
Hunter 34 False Bildge - How can you tell if the modification was done? swshogren at 9:28pm 09.26.20 I like your idea and how it improved your Coronado. I think it would make for a stiffer boat is done
Jeep grand Cherokee diesel as towing vehicle. (or similar) SoSound at 9:25pm 09.26.20 You might also check out a VW Touareg TDI. I towed with a Grand Cherokee a long time ago, and a lot
Engine fan Ron20324 at 9:20pm 09.26.20 In many cases it is wired to turn on whenever the engine panel is turned on. In some cases there
Back-up Depth Sounders? Mr. Dave at 9:07pm 09.26.20 Charts are pretty precise depth indicators. I don't know, the Cayuga Inlet channel in Ithaca is p
Back-up Depth Sounders? SoSound at 9:05pm 09.26.20 I haven't ever felt the need for a back-up depth finder. If I lose my depth finder, chances are I'v
Back-up Depth Sounders? Kings Gambit at 9:00pm 09.26.20 I use two different methods. Of course i have an electronic sounder, mounted and funtioning Then I
Help, I can't input "0" for my mmsi into my vhs Mr Fox at 8:38pm 09.26.20 Plus one on that- Whenever I go out with my younger kids and non sailing friends I show them how to
Back-up Depth Sounders? Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 8:28pm 09.26.20 I use two different methods. Of course i have an electronic sounder, mounted and funtioning Then I
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel jaysweet at 8:16pm 09.26.20 I don't think it should be mounted in the breaker panel. Maybe move it? Folks, wadda ya think? <si
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Ron20324 at 8:13pm 09.26.20 All done: very quick and easy with the step drill bit in the aluminum panel.
Unstepping a mast 25 ft. Oday Michael Davis at 8:02pm 09.26.20 My friend took the mast down (and put it back up ) at the dock using two extension ladders to make a
Back-up Depth Sounders? Kings Gambit at 7:35pm 09.26.20 The crude lead line I made many years ago was for use in Tampa Bay and Tierra Ceia Bay, and proximit
sailing Lake of the Ozarks SailingGeekGal at 7:22pm 09.26.20 Beautiful!

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