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RIG TUNING A 37.5 Ole Andersen at 9:19pm 05.29.03 Racing 8/1637 I am interested in knowing if anybody is sucsessfully racing a 37.5. I have been doing this for 6 m
Manual Bilge Pump Vic Suben at 9:06pm 05.29.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1038 I need to replace the handle for the manual bilge pump in my Catalina 34, Surprise. I am trying to
Centerboard painting arturo devitalis at 8:59pm 05.29.03 Smaller Boats 6/1079 What do you think about tieing off the bow and stern ' using the main halyard to tip the boat over o
Sky-Mate Frederick at 2:10pm 05.29.03 Big Boats 0/972 Have anyone some experience with the communication system Sky-Mate?Does it really perform as the pr
head vented loop solenoid Frederick at 2:05pm 05.29.03 Big Boats 5/941 Regarding Passage-42 year 1991 Because my forward electrical head (PAR) continue to take water I th
Installing Radar/Chart Plotter Steve Gildea at 2:01pm 05.29.03 Big Boats 2/993 Any pointers for running wires from the electrical panel to the pedestal? Any chance that Hunter pla
sail battens tracy at 1:41pm 05.29.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1171 I just bought a brand new sail that didn't come with battens. I have been trying to find a six foot
pintle and gudgeon failure? Chip Giles at 1:03pm 05.29.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1133 Does anyone know of a history of problems with Macs having the gudgeons pulling from the transom in
HELP - My 30 turns to port on it's own... Chuck at 12:39pm 05.29.03 Mid-Size Boats 11/1089 whenever she's under power only. As I increase the throtle the more she turns. I didn't notice any
Boat Placement in the Cradle - Expensive Lesson Merrill Mant at 12:00pm 05.29.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/3221 Four weeks ago on launch day I discovered a one foot long crack and two smaller cracks in the hull a
dutchman upgrade John O'Donald at 11:34am 05.29.03 Big Boats 5/1001 Is there an upgrade to change the vinyl coated wire to monofiliment? seems like I read about it som
Defective/improperly placed bottom paint/failure Cameron Cooper at 10:54am 05.29.03 Big Boats 11/1496 Bottom paint was done at the Hunter Manufacturer in Florida. The particular brand used does not uti
Boomvang configuration 272 Sylvain B at 9:53am 05.29.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1120 I have trouble to set-up all sheet, specialy the boomvang on my new 272.Does someone send me a dra
Mast light replacements Kevin Filer at 9:24am 05.29.03 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1888 I need to replace the steaming light (halfway up the mast). It takes an old style push ' twist bayo
water tank selector valve Marcus at 9:22am 05.29.03 Big Boats 8/3091 I need to replace the selector valve that isolates the port/aft water tanks on my 1984 H34. Been se
Hot Water Tank On 35.5 Don Rice at 8:51am 05.29.03 Big Boats 4/1468 The hot water tank on my 1992 - 35.5 has a small drip or leak from the front right corner. Although
battery charging Larry W. at 8:40am 05.29.03 Ask All Sailors 5/913 OK Ed, here's the new thread for the battery experts. My two Trojan 8D house batteries (3 years old)
Whats the best roller furling for an H23? Ken Keough at 7:51am 05.29.03 Smaller Boats 4/915 I am looking into adding a roller furler to my 1986 H23.CDI has one for $359 however with the chain
Seeking other O'Day 23' owners Mark at 6:38am 05.29.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1322 Good day to everyone here.First, I want to express how informative and useful the Oday-list has be
Raising the mast on my Catalina 22 Ed at 6:09am 05.29.03 Smaller Boats 6/11877 Does anyone have an easy way to raise the mast on a Catalina 22? Mine is in a hoist. I juggle it mys

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Safe to Leave Dead Batteries on Board for the Winter? Justin_NSA at 5:01am 10.27.20
Greetings, New owner of an O'Day 35 here. jssailem at 4:58am 10.27.20 Welcome Josh. Congrats on your new to you boat. Always fun to take a boat out on the water and feel
Electric fuel pump jssailem at 4:52am 10.27.20
modifying spreaders wood to aluminum shemandr at 4:32am 10.27.20 I had wooden spreaders on the Ranger 29. When I had the boat, they were 30 + years old and sound.
Transport recommendation Hydro Therapy at 4:31am 10.27.20 Glad to hear the high recommendation for Sailors moving Sailors. There hauling my 28 Precision next
A Bad day sailing is better than a good day at work.... Will Gilmore at 4:02am 10.27.20 NO, work is four letter word that ends in K....:p Yeah, it's like 'FUNK' with the FUN replaced wit
modifying spreaders wood to aluminum Will Gilmore at 3:55am 10.27.20 Hello OffCourse, of curiosity, how old were the spreaders that rotted out? -Will (Dragonfly)
modifying spreaders wood to aluminum OffCourse at 3:46am 10.27.20 Hi OffCourse. Welcome to the forum. I replaced the wood spreaders with aluminum on my Cal35C. They
which winch cable to use OffCourse at 3:21am 10.27.20 Always surprises me when someone posts a question and doesn't check for responses the same day. I
A Bad day sailing is better than a good day at work.... sailme88 at 3:06am 10.27.20 Work? What's that? Oh yes, it is the curse of the leisure class. ;):beer: NO, work is four letter
problems filling diesel tank senang at 2:58am 10.27.20 On our 2005 Hunter Marine 38 the vent and fill line are next to each other on the backend of the tan
P42 Bimini/Dodger Upgrade to Solar (5) Paul Cossman at 2:48am 10.27.20 Hi HandsOn, I figured I'd just shoot you some quick pictures of what we did on our P42 for solar pan
which winch cable to use LloydB at 10:42pm 10.26.20 have moved to Dyneema for keel winch it's now at 3rd year on Mac
Oil change... Make it a double Benny17441 at 8:45pm 10.26.20
Safe to Leave Dead Batteries on Board for the Winter? Tedd at 8:30pm 10.26.20 After you remove them, you might try putting them on a battery tender over the winter. I've had good
Hunter 27 finefurn at 8:19pm 10.26.20 I have a 84 Hunter 27, which is almost identical to the 81, There are 3 lines that run through the b
Wallpaper in the head? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:11pm 10.26.20 There are vinyl wallcoverings made for use in bathrooms, so they should be just fine on a boat. I r
First time boat owner (Catalina 310) with basic questions about electrical and plumbing Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:03pm 10.26.20 I have a bottle of baby/petroleum oil by the head. When a poopie is expected, give the bowl a circl
Oil change... Make it a double Ralph Johnstone at 8:00pm 10.26.20 Better than wasting a new filter on the second run, don't you think? ........................ an
Lifeline autopsy Hayden Watson at 7:53pm 10.26.20 I did the same, but I drew the blade on the top of the lifleline while still on the boat. Held the

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