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Zincs Again dennis young at 12:05am 07.05.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1120 Anyone know why zincs have that little copper(?) bronze(?) ball embedded in the interior of each sec
Snake River Electronics/AcuGage Dennis at 12:04am 07.05.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/2369 Have posted before but just wanted to post again.My new email address.snake.river@gte.netAny qu
Vertglas on Nonskid? Bob Shafer at 11:34pm 07.04.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/961 I recently did the hull sides of my C27 with Vertglas and it turned out great. I would like to use i
O'day 15 Boom Vang John Unser at 11:25pm 07.04.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1120 I just baught a used O'Day 15. The boom vang seems to be missing. The rudder does not look origina
deteriorating chain plates Dana at 10:49pm 07.04.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/925 I have a early model Marriner, before the self bailing cockpit, mid 60's? I have been noticing for t
Stuffing Box Warren at 10:20pm 07.04.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/969 On my 1989 Catalina 30 the stuffing box drips the recommended one to two drops per minute with the e
Groco head Paul Jaudon at 9:14pm 07.04.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1304 Does anyone know the differences between the Groco He and Hf models? The head on my '85 C27 is in n
Can someone please identify this thing? Gary at 3:03pm 07.04.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/940 Found several on my boat. Just can't figure out what it is. Thanks
Electrical problem ? Mike at 2:47pm 07.04.03 Big Boats 2/963 Tonight when I pressed the foot switch for the windlass everything including the running lights went
Much Information Needed - O'Day 23 Jesse Murphy at 1:56pm 07.04.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1117 I just acquired a 72 O'Day 23 Pop Top. It is an interesting boat but I have very little information
Hunter 37 Running Rigging Ken Bell at 12:29pm 07.04.03 Big Boats 7/2065 We just purchased a 1989 Legend 37 and she was finally launched today. After several hours rigging t
Head stay stemball modified for furling? Ulises at 11:13am 07.04.03 Smaller Boats 21/2310
Symptoms of Bad Cutlass Bearing?? Chick Weiss at 11:05am 07.04.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/10889 I've had an intermittent and troubling problem. I've never been able to demonstrate it to a mechani
Rub rail extrusion Jim Morris at 9:25am 07.04.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1211 I'm replacing my rub rail on a catalina 27. What is the best way to bend the aluminum extrusion arou
honda parts john withrow at 8:22am 07.04.03 Ask All Sailors 0/906 anyone have a good online resource to obtain honda outboard parts?
First 305 Robert Murphy at 6:41am 07.04.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1306 I am in the process of buying a First 305.Any problem areas I should look for or any information wo
Oday Widgon Rigging Jacquelyn Williams at 5:34am 07.04.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1323 I recently was given and Oday Widgon. I have never sailed before or been around a sailboat. I have
WATER WOES JASON at 4:07am 07.04.03 Ask All Sailors 1/855 WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO GET THE WATEROUT OF MY WIND GAUGE. IT'S LED AND OVER THE LASTMONT
wind-generator Frederick at 2:21am 07.04.03 Big Boats 5/998 Wind generator on P-42To recharge my batteries during extended anchor-out periods a be able to run
Pumpout Deck Plate Question Gary Felix at 1:16am 07.04.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3243 Peggie,In an attempt to be self sufficient when I need to pumpout, I now have in my possesion all

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which winch cable to use justsomeguy at 2:14pm 10.26.20 It could be the trailer winch cable???? Those are usually galvanized steel, and ignored until they
Sailing Porn justsomeguy at 2:06pm 10.26.20 What's "Facebook"? ;)
Sails - Open Discussion drewlamparello at 2:00pm 10.26.20 The Main is a North Cross Cut Nor Dac. It was John Bowden who handled the transaction. Really good
Safe to Leave Dead Batteries on Board for the Winter? dlochner at 1:55pm 10.26.20 Yes. If they are in a non leaking battery box the mess will be contained.
Equalizing 6 volts..... Davidasailor26 at 1:52pm 10.26.20 While it is true the DOE application does not cycle their batteries as often as we do, they do cycl
Safe to Leave Dead Batteries on Board for the Winter? Captain Larry-DH at 1:47pm 10.26.20 Dead batteries will freeze and crack the case, and can leak acid. Fully charged batteries resist fr
Want to mount scuba compressor on deck (1) Paul Cossman at 1:45pm 10.26.20 Exactly!!! How do they do that?? Removing the headliner is not an option. Looks like at the facto
Hunter 45 CC: Lost the shackle in my Selden furling main... dlochner at 1:42pm 10.26.20 I live in fear each Fall and Spring of doing exactly that. As for the size, just measure the hole i
Oil change... Make it a double Don S/V ILLusion at 1:15pm 10.26.20
First time boat owner (Catalina 310) with basic questions about electrical and plumbing Ron20324 at 1:06pm 10.26.20 You can eliminate the stuff stuck to the inside of the bowl if you add water the bowl--a couple of
Hunter 45 CC: Lost the shackle in my Selden furling main... Rick486 at 12:30pm 10.26.20 Was taking down my furling mainsail on my 2006 Hunter 45 cc last weekend, and dropped the shackle d
Lifeline autopsy Ron20324 at 12:26pm 10.26.20 ... I then used an old pairing knife like a draw-knife to cut one side off. I held the knife two-ha
First time boat owner (Catalina 310) with basic questions about electrical and plumbing Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:25pm 10.26.20 These 310's have a shower faucet right above the back of the head. It's easy to just run water dire
Lifeline autopsy Hayden Watson at 12:19pm 10.26.20 Ours looked as bad as well. I cut the cover off in places and could find no issues with the wire. B
which winch cable to use Ken Cross at 12:16pm 10.26.20 It could be the trailer winch cable????
Lifeline autopsy dLj at 12:15pm 10.26.20 I prefer stainless steel tubing for my top life line... Maybe not if I was racing... dj
Lifeline autopsy Ken Cross at 12:05pm 10.26.20 Ours looked as bad as well. I cut the cover off in places and could find no issues with the wire. Be
cast iron keel sloughsailer at 11:59am 10.26.20 You can send personal messages by clicking on the envelope icon at the top right of this page. Or a
Oil change... Make it a double rgranger at 11:50am 10.26.20 Now I will sleep like a bear all winter Mais cher! Dats a long nap.:biggrin:
I've not seen any posts re: Cal 22 . dmdcsail at 11:45am 10.26.20 Anyone else own one? Only seen one other (In Maryland) Yup, got an '86 Cal 22 sitting in at Wash

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