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O'Day Restoration Joe Bahrik at 10:31am 10.17.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1158 Help! I need a source for a wiring diagram or anything electrical in nature for an O'Day 22, shallo
Interior Wood Re-Finish Jerry at 7:15am 10.17.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/832 I am moving up from a 1986-31' to a 1996-336'. I have noticed to new interior wood finishing on new
Hull speed - good vibrations! Kirk M at 7:05am 10.17.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1079 Was out sailing yesterday on my 2003 26M and the wind really picked up. I made the typical rookie m
Fuel gauge problem Dave at 6:30am 10.17.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1249 The diesel fuel gauge on my '89 C30 gives me only two readings: empty (once, at the start of the sea
Panel light for the 30 amp switch George at 6:18am 10.17.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/884 On the distribution panel in our catalina 42 the light next to the 30 amp switch does not illuminate
O-28 SAIL ATTACHMENT jerry at 6:01am 10.17.03 Bigger Boats 8/1423 On a recent sail, I was attempting to reef my recently purchased 1984 ODay 28. I mistakenly release
Water Lift Muffler Blow Out Thomas at 5:21am 10.17.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1045 While fixing an ignition problem recently, my elderly ('74) Atomic 4 bacfired and blew out the fiber
H26 battens Tim Daley at 4:40am 10.17.03 Smaller Boats 1/781 I removed the mainsail battens this week so I could fold the sail for inside winter storage and disc
new propeller for my oday 27 javier at 4:30am 10.17.03 Other Sailboats 3/774 I need to replace the stainles steel two blade prop for my oday 27 sailcoat with a yanmar 2gm20f en
How do I replace a halyard in a Hunter 27? Jerry at 4:06am 10.17.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1305 I have a 1984 Hunter 27. The Jib halyard broke at the sheave and has fallen inside the mast and is s
How often do you empty porta-potties? Rick Macdonald at 2:53am 10.17.03 Smaller Boats 6/3292 OK, I admit that I purposely didn't empty my sani-potti all season long (3 months or so). yks I'm*
Knots Mike at 2:09am 10.17.03 Ask All Sailors 18/1550 I need some advice. I need to belay the internal jib halyard on my CDI roller furling unit. The at
Winter sanitation frank arndorfer at 2:00am 10.17.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1230 Hi Peggy...Unfortunately the reality of midwest seasons is taking place and we're hauling out this
gas tank capacity Mark Gibson Hunter22 "DillyDally" at 10:45pm 10.16.03 Smaller Boats 1/836 To those of you with Hunter 22's, what size gas tank can fit in the starboard cockpit gas tank area?
Fuse panel repair Darren Mayes at 10:16pm 10.16.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/759 One of the screws in my electrical panel will now not tighten. What would be best thing to use that
Propane Locker for H33 Dale E. Baker at 10:15pm 10.16.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/960 We've recently aquired a 1981 H33 (to replace our beloved '81 Watkins 27) and are planning several u
New Sails---Main/Genoa for Cruising the Lakes Paul Bradbury at 9:20pm 10.16.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1035 Looking for some advice regarding what companies I should consider when looking for new sails. I hav
Windows - 29.5 Joe Aquilina at 9:19pm 10.16.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/856 The windows on my 29.5 have started to leak as the screws have some fair wear and tear now.Who is
Boom kickers and rigid vangs effect on twist Bayard Gross at 2:21pm 10.16.03 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2489 In examining the fashion in which a Boom Kicker and or a ridgid vang are attached to the boom and th
Closed cell foam for a hunter 40- 1985 Tammy at 12:52pm 10.16.03 Big Boats 3/835 Hi again, I was looking on line to see how much it would cost fornew foam in both berths. I can't

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Raymarine Wheel Pilot Actuator rpwillia at 6:25pm 09.17.20 @rpwillia, I'm with you. Mine is 16 years old, has a crack in the gray plastic inner ring, and sque
Rigging life? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:23pm 09.17.20
ICW, December south to North dLj at 6:19pm 09.17.20 You are missing one important piece of information - what kind of boat?!? That sounds like a great
Persistent Coolant Leak Issue! murrayabbott at 6:19pm 09.17.20 I have the same problem. It is a common problem. I went to Yanmar and they told me to move the expa
Rigging life? DrJudyB at 6:07pm 09.17.20
Listing of all "Special Anchorages" as designated by the USCG for the US and its Territories smokey73 at 5:59pm 09.17.20 So. This might explain why one might see, as reported, boats at anchor not showing lights or shapes
Raymarine Wheel Pilot Actuator jaysweet at 5:54pm 09.17.20 @rpwillia, I'm with you. Mine is 16 years old, has a crack in the gray plastic inner ring, and squea
Listing of all "Special Anchorages" as designated by the USCG for the US and its Territories Kings Gambit at 5:54pm 09.17.20 110.6A. is MY mooring field....In reading the associated posts, a check was made of the NOAA charts
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person shemandr at 5:48pm 09.17.20 ...The technique is called broaching, I believe. You might google it for more detail. I didn't
Light jaysweet at 5:06pm 09.17.20 Zombie posting... just when you thought it was dead...
ICW, December south to North DArcy at 5:03pm 09.17.20 You are missing one important piece of information - what kind of boat?!? That sounds like a great t
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Mr. Dave at 4:54pm 09.17.20 You could always have nuts welded onto the backing plate, getting the first bolt started in the firs
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Capt jgw at 4:42pm 09.17.20 When I finally crawled back into the nether regions of my Mark 25 I found one of the backing plates
Beneteau Closing Marion SC Plant rpwillia at 4:39pm 09.17.20 ... I wouldn't be surprised if Catalina decides to move East or South to reduce costs also. ... C
O'Day 222 - end of another great sailing season in the Midwest, Lake Pewaukee, WI Timm R Oday25 at 4:24pm 09.17.20 Great bunch of smiles there . Pewaukee Lake can be pretty shallow. Touch bottom at all ? Much weeds
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Captain Larry-DH at 4:14pm 09.17.20 Remember to bring your boat keys BEFORE the launch drops you off... Been there done that. :( LOL
WINTERIZING PLUMBING Capt jgw at 4:12pm 09.17.20 I haven't put AF in my water tanks for a couple decades now. And I'm in Michigan so it definitely fr
Tighten/loosen stanchion nuts with only one person Joe at 4:08pm 09.17.20 Ok, I'll bite. How do you make a square hole in metal? If you read my post, I said "if you're rep
Listing of all "Special Anchorages" as designated by the USCG for the US and its Territories Capt jgw at 3:52pm 09.17.20 Around here in Michigan a lot of the Special Anchorage Areas are so jammed up full of moorings you c
WINTERIZING PLUMBING (1) TimFromLI at 3:39pm 09.17.20 I use a pvc union to bypass the water heater. When I winterize the AC, I use a small electric pump

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