Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Self tending Jib boom for Oday27 J.Svec at 9:40am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/911 Does anyone have information on adding a self tending jib to an Oday 27?Thank you.
Window Frame 1986 Hunter Randy Clarke at 9:38am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/973 HI I would like to know if anyone out there can tell me if I can still buy the plastic window frame
Centerboard Blues Jack Hetherington at 8:04am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1017 I have been sailing for about 4 years now, 3 of them with my friend on an O'Day 25'. About mid-seas
Rebuilding my 1972 O'day 22 Chad at 7:49am 05.13.03 Day Sailers 1/1184 I am looking for detailed pictures of the inside of an O'day 22. I have also found the copy of the m
Servicing Lewmar winches on a 1983 H-34 Tom Mercer at 7:49am 05.13.03 Big Boats 5/856 I have a 1983 H-34 with Lemar single speed winches. They are in need of service, but I can't figure
Size for new ports Francois Machabee at 7:17am 05.13.03 Bigger Boats 10/1432 Hi there,I need to replace my ports (all of them) on my 37CC. Does anyone have experience with Ne
Capsizing John at 7:14am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1054 Being a new sailer, what is the probability of a catalina 30 capsizing under strong winds? I would
Upwind performance of furling main? Walt Allensworth at 6:54am 05.13.03 Big Boats 10/1539 Hi! I'm considering a H356, so I'd love to hear from H356 owners, but I know this subject is of gene
15 horse on a O'25 David at 6:31am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1034 I am currently running a 8 Horse Honda 4 stroke. This little motor pushes me around at between 2 and
Back up motor Eric S at 6:29am 05.13.03 Smaller Boats 6/876 I'm buying a new nissan outboard. I have a choice between 8 and 9.8 HP ( couple of hundred $ differe
portable head chemicals John Lavallee at 6:29am 05.13.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1266 I bought a used C22 and it came with a portable head, No instructions.I know how it works but, what
Traveller on 50 ft beneteau Steve Lesniak at 6:19am 05.13.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1256 I want to upgrade the traveler on by beneteau 1995 M510. The original traveller is a french amiott.
Blisters Steve Lesniak at 6:12am 05.13.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1120 I am looking into putting together a class action lawsuit on behalf of beneteau owners who have had
Heat exchanger David Moon at 5:49am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/939 I have taken apart the raw water system on my 1990 c30 M3-20 and cleaned it for the season but wonde
Mast Height Eric Swift at 4:42am 05.13.03 Big Boats 6/4973 Does anyone know the mast height for an H34 from the water line. The specs on this web page say 51 f
Boat Cradles Craig Boise at 4:29am 05.13.03 Ask All Sailors 0/1362 Does anyone have experience with JOWI boat cradles. They are about twice as much as some other crad
Frozen Mike at 4:17am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1092 I sail my 28' Oday on the Great Lakes and when I put her on the hard for winter lay-up it means it w
Universal M-18 oil leak Patrick at 4:09am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1245 I just discovered I have an oil leak and it seems to be coming from the pan.It appears to be coming
Renault RC8D Mike Zylka at 4:03am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1079 Back in March 2003, someone mentioned that they had an old parts manual for 1979 Renault RC8D engine
main sails from hunter chandlery- any experience? Bob Perkowski at 3:59am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/876 i need a new main for my 1984 hunter 31. i have a quote from uk sailmakers out here for $1998 which

Recent Replies

Bought a 75 Cat 22 B_G at 12:19pm 09.15.20 All the cool kids are doing it that way these days. :thumbup: Must be the cool thing to do LOL. Be
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? LakeShark at 12:11pm 09.15.20 I agree that a paid for course is a good investment if your going to be a long time sailor but what
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? jmce1587 at 12:09pm 09.15.20 Full disclosure - I am a certified ASA instructor and also hold an OUPV license so I could teach sai
Main sheet twist Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 11:57am 09.15.20 change the upper block to fixed--end of problem
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? JohnShannon at 11:42am 09.15.20 Can't you take ASA Basic keelboat to start? So in principle no capsizing. I would suppose the real
In-Boom Furling rgranger at 11:41am 09.15.20 I was curious so I went to sailboat data... you probably already seen this but if not.... https://s
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings rgranger at 11:35am 09.15.20 If you are not running refrig or anything like that I would recommend getting a 50 watt solar panel
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Allan12210 at 11:26am 09.15.20 I had been sailing for a number of years since high school and then college on Snipes, Aqua Cats, La
ICW, December south to North dLj at 11:22am 09.15.20 Good luck Dave... second times the charm... From your lips to gods ears! I'm hoping. Still waiting
refrigerator drain Justin_NSA at 11:20am 09.15.20 Hold your compressed air horn firmly on top of the drain and blow. Clever! And ask the admiral to
Main sheet twist Justin_NSA at 11:15am 09.15.20 Could you please explain why? My fixed blocks are all on bails on the boom. Sorry Stu. I wasn't cl
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Scott T-Bird at 11:12am 09.15.20 I had my 27' boat at a slip without power for many years. At the time, my electrical use was light,
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Justin_NSA at 11:12am 09.15.20 I have been chatting with a potential new member here in our club. I'm the harbormaster. Besides the
Main sheet twist Stu Jackson at 11:11am 09.15.20 The block has to be able to swivel to allow for boom swing. Could you please explain why? My fixed
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? (1) kloudie1 at 11:07am 09.15.20 Early days(1973 ish).. learning the ropes(!) we'd both just recovered from a capsize dunking. I'd cr
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings NYSail at 10:54am 09.15.20 If you are not running refrig or anything like that I would recommend getting a 50 watt solar panel
SV Preston Point rescue justsomeguy at 10:54am 09.15.20 maybe I'm just kinda boring... Boredom is highly underrated.
Drilling hole to run lines through cabintop mounted traveller odaydokay at 10:51am 09.15.20 Many thanks, Richard!
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings odaydokay at 10:48am 09.15.20 One thing to look at is what lighting you have. The original lights were guzzlers so we replaced al
Let's start a conversation about ASA 101, etc. is it helping or hurting? Ralph Johnstone at 10:45am 09.15.20 Here is an excerpt I pulled off an old reply I had posted some time ago. "And yes, I remember an in

Contact
About
Terms of Use