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I Need Specification ODAY 28.5 Francisco Urrutia at 10:49pm 11.25.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/995 Dear Friends, I write from Chile (southamerica), I'm just bought an O'Day 28.5 in Miami and I need b
:{ That Darn Mortor Thing Barry C at 9:26pm 11.25.03 Ask All Sailors 8/1084 Ok most of us have to deal with a motor at one time or another. Mine is probably small but since an
PSS Dripless shaft seal Phil Cameron at 8:16pm 11.25.03 Other Sailboats 2/916 I just purchased a 1992 Hunter 37.5 and want to replace the shaft log with the dripless shaft log.
compass refinish jason L at 2:00pm 11.19.03 Bigger Boats 3/1255 Hi all, have two questions for you. First, the compass on my newly aquired O28 has so much glazing
How does new Mac 26 M sail? Steve at 11:54am 11.19.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/994 MacGregor says the new 26M easily outsails the now old 26X. Anyone have experience to verify this cl
Sewing sailor MaryM at 11:04am 11.19.03 Big Boats 4/1094 Does any Catalina 350 owner know the real matress dimensions for both cabins?We're getting our bo
Boat Pricing Steve at 11:04am 11.19.03 Ask All Sailors 7/1122 I am currently in the market for a new sailboat, looking primarily at Beneteau's and Catalina's in t
Lifeline Stancheon Post Mike at 5:00am 11.19.03 Smaller Boats 3/1050 Quite a boring article I suppose, but here goes. While messing around on my boat in the boat yard
Foulweather gear, tis the season scott wilson at 4:57am 11.19.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1033 Any recommendations on brands and fabrics? Does the "beathable" stuff really work and what do you do
Trying to overcome inner resistance... Mark at 4:45am 11.19.03 Bigger Boats 5/1073 ...to the way a 272 looks, i.e. the slant-front cabin windows, unhandsome transom, and so forth. *
Butyl tape Mike Casucci at 4:25am 11.19.03 Ask All Sailors 5/2115 I would like to try butyl tape to reseal my port lights, but can't find a place to buy it in Norther
I am alive Crazy Dave Condon at 4:18am 11.19.03 Smaller Boats 14/875 In the past few months, My company has grown and we have been very busy and in fact gotten good at i
Orion Steering System Tom Heiting at 3:22am 11.19.03 Ask All Sailors 1/2455 The Orion cable steering on my Morgan 32 is extremely stiff. Lubricating the chain has had no effec
Towing the H26 Steve at 3:17am 11.19.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/783 Im considering using the H26 as a dry sailor weekends and daysails say 10 times a year. I love the s
new mattress and diesel in the aft cabin Janet Silver at 2:52am 11.19.03 Big Boats 12/1131 We had a glorious 5 days in Avalon, well , except for after my sweet hubby topping off the fuel tank
Honda generator EU2000i John S. at 12:42am 11.19.03 Ask All Sailors 19/2784 From what I heard on other forums the Honda EU2000i generator is very quiet,light weight, small enou
Adding a third battery L and W at 11:47pm 11.18.03 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1106 I have purchased a new 800 Amp cranking sealed battery to replace an older 600A one. The old one is
running light bow pulpit wiring Roger at 11:28pm 11.18.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1791 I need to rewire the running lights wiring on my Hunter31. As installed, it is through the bow pulpi
PDA Software Gerard at 11:14pm 11.18.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1097 What are the marine software running on Windows CE (on an iPAQ) ? For example Tide, Astro, Navigatio
Compass Problems Paul H at 9:12pm 11.18.03 Smaller Boats 8/1280 When we purchased our 95 H26 it came with two compasses. They are mounted one on each side of the bu

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LESSONS LEARNED jssailem at 5:43pm 11.27.20 When I checked the dip stick, it was still pretty black. You said you changed the oil. Did you als
Weekend projects in my Laguna 26 (4) SailingLoto at 5:40pm 11.27.20 More work done today. Stantions and life lines are rebedded and reinstalled. Runners for companio
Depth gauge vs Chartplotter Tally Ho at 5:39pm 11.27.20 And one of the cooler functions I found on the CP is the ability to show the system voltage... so n
Depth gauge vs Chartplotter (2) Tally Ho at 5:37pm 11.27.20 You can see a few different screen layouts on my Garmin Chart plotter in these shots...depth is alwa
New Beneteau Oceanis 51.1 Owner David in Sandusky at 5:37pm 11.27.20 Welcome aboard, SSO. It sounds like you anchored out or took a mooring ball for the two overnights.
do you sail in the fog? jssailem at 5:34pm 11.27.20 Those pictures are great. Fog does detract from the usual view.
Boat Dreams - Shopping List Tally Ho at 5:27pm 11.27.20
LESSONS LEARNED Tally Ho at 5:20pm 11.27.20
Converting H27 to Portapotty (1) heritage at 5:16pm 11.27.20 Another option would be a composting toilet. The smallest one I could find was the C-Head. As you c
do you sail in the fog? (1) Dr. D at 5:08pm 11.27.20 The Chesapeake Bay can get some fog, too. This shows when it was breaking up.
Replacing shrouds and stays heritage at 4:54pm 11.27.20 I replaced all of the standing rigging on my H27 in 2018. $685.62 including tax and shipping from R
Which Hunter 25 is this? David in Sandusky at 4:44pm 11.27.20 Here is a link to the manuals: HunterOwners.com downloads Note that during the ten years of product
Converting H27 to Portapotty David in Sandusky at 4:30pm 11.27.20
Standing water under engine. Catalina 275 SteveLKN at 4:27pm 11.27.20 The important question is; where is the water coming from? Is it fresh or salt water? If its fresh
deck prep kappykaplan at 4:26pm 11.27.20 :thumbup:
deck prep Hunter216 at 4:25pm 11.27.20 That was the stick (manual transmission) in driver's ed! Pretty hard to keep both hands on the whe
deck prep kappykaplan at 4:23pm 11.27.20 That was the stick (manual transmission) in driver's ed!
deck prep Hunter216 at 4:22pm 11.27.20
deck prep shemandr at 4:15pm 11.27.20 And still getting older ....:thumbup:
Standing water under engine. Catalina 275 kappykaplan at 3:57pm 11.27.20 No. The bilge under the engine is there to collect oil and other pollutants. My boat has two bilge

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