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Good Morning Kevin I purchased this 1985 O'day two years agao. This boat with a M-18, 14hp @ 3100RPM

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Sailing with Efficiency
dlochner at 6:23pm 08.31.20
How old are the sails? If the sails are old and stretched out it is difficult to go to weather and t
Forestay breaks for second time in three years
justsomeguy at 6:22pm 08.31.20
Do you use a furler?
Deck Cleats
dmax at 5:53pm 08.31.20
Yeah, 1/4" bolts sound too small - I did look at the SBO store, no luck. I've looked everywhere I ca
Main sheet cleat location
jonelli at 5:51pm 08.31.20
Pretty certain it was intentional. My boat had almost one owner before me. The second owner had her
Chartplotter Connector
Capt jgw at 5:49pm 08.31.20
Hopefully having it hooked up wrong hasn't zapped something. What happens if you input 12V+ on NMEA-
Chartplotter Connector
Capt jgw at 5:46pm 08.31.20
One last idea, we had turned down the backlight on our chart plotter once and thought the unit was
Sailing with Efficiency
JohnShannon at 5:45pm 08.31.20
You might try reefing, if you have lots of wind it can be faster to have less sail up. A big floggi
Stripper Rings
capta at 5:42pm 08.31.20
I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means.
sailme88 at 5:40pm 08.31.20
I believe the 1.34 formula is incongruent with fore and aft waterline. It applies to the parabolic
Main sheet cleat location
Capt jgw at 5:38pm 08.31.20
Well it does look different. Maybe a PO when he bought the boat found the blocks and coil of line in
Waste holding tank vs A/C duct
Ron20324 at 5:38pm 08.31.20
On my BO 323 I had to remove the waste holding tank because it was crushing the duct that ran to th
Turn Blocks on a 1984 Hunter 34   (1)
ggrizzard at 5:35pm 08.31.20
Is the "symbol" a "C" superimposed over a "W" as you see here: are no longer in business. If not,
Main sheet cleat location
jonelli at 5:31pm 08.31.20
Deck Cleats
Ron20324 at 5:30pm 08.31.20
The finish is chipping off of my jib sheet and stern docking cleats - does anyone know of a drop-in
Stripper Rings
Capt jgw at 5:30pm 08.31.20
I have a pair of non-self tailing Barlow 28's on my boat and would love to have self-tailers. There
hull speed, what it means.
Capt jgw at 5:17pm 08.31.20
1.34x the square root of LWL has always considered to be an average. Some hulls may be faster, other
hull speed, what it means.
Will Gilmore at 5:13pm 08.31.20
They get misconstrued as "limits" in layman circles when they're nothing of the sort. This is one
Main sheet cleat location
Joe at 5:08pm 08.31.20
Honestly, and this is just my opinion, I don't like the fact that each mainsheet adjustment will aff

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