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price reduction tony g at 8:33am 10.17.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/882 1985 oday 26 roller fuling, inboard dsl. auto pilot. need hatch repair, 3 hasps, vhf wired and new
Pulling out a saildrive Mat George at 8:30am 10.17.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1001 I have a 1975 Oday 27 with an outboard and an OMC saildrive which is corroding quite badly on the in
Can a charger go dead? Bob Lufkin at 5:42am 10.17.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1128 Got a 20 amp Guest charger running on my new (used) 84 C 30. It hums, the light is on but the volt m
How to determine the draft of a 1978 Hunter 30 Doug Dixon at 5:38am 10.17.02 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1260 I own a 1978 Hunter 30, but I don't know (without pulling the boat out of the water), how to determi
hard to pump dave at 5:35am 10.17.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1371 When pumping in raw water to flush the bowl the pump appears to be pressurized and hard to pump,very
lowering keel for maintenance Eric at 5:35am 10.17.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/859 Hi...this is the same post I put on the C25/250 National page....thought I'd spread out the joy...
rebedding snaps john withrow at 4:53am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1101 What's the best way to rebed a snap?
Anybody watch the TV show "The Ship" Tom at 4:26am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1191 on the history channel recently. I thought it was very good. It is a show about a replica of Cap
Traveler for Hunter 23.5 Jim Durrett at 4:16am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 2/1109 I have only had my 1997 Hunter 23.5 for less that one year. I encountered winds in excess of 17 kn
Wing Keel Tom at 2:50am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 5/1002 I am interested in knowing if it is possible to convert the water ballast to a wing or fixed keel.
H260 Perfect Tow Vehicle Robert P. Fliegel at 2:05am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 8/821 Dear Fellow Trailer Sailors: I have spent the past few months trying to think of the perfect
where do i post ---looking for crew for bahamas harold at 12:44am 10.17.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/968 looking for crew
Border material? Dennis at 10:54pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1078 I am not sure what it is called, but around the pop-top edge and several other places, there is this
Compass leak Monty Miller at 10:22pm 10.16.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1541 The compass on our h29.5 has lost all of its fluid (mineral oil?) for some unknown reason. Does anyo
original manuals bo at 9:50pm 10.16.02 Big Boats 2/1189 Does anyone have web site or phone number for a provider of original manuals for 86 Catalina?
Mainsail boom furlers Bill Wertz at 8:34pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1546 I'm strongly considering adding an in-boom mainsail furling system on my 1995 Catalina 36MKII and am
interior restoration of a 1975 O'Day (The Walls) George A. Wines at 1:07pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1451 Please help me to find the best way to replace the contact paper on the walls of our 1975 O'Day. It'
Converting to single lever engine control Bob at 12:04pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/953 I have an Oday 28 with a Universal 11 hp diesel, dual lever control. No pull switch to kill the eng
Exhaust Fume Leak Bill at 11:46am 10.16.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1080 My boat is reeking of diesel fumes...especially the cushions in the salon. This seems to be coming
Bali Mark at 11:19am 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 9/927 Casting my mind back to a little over twelve months ago there quite a few posts about September elev

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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
....and so it begins... Serenity on Hudson at 10:29am 09.15.20 I've used 3 gallons so far this year. Only motor getting in and out of the marina and rarely with a
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... Justin_NSA at 10:21am 09.15.20 +1 vote for unstepping the mast first if it's practical. Especially since you have no idea what prev
Need your help. I have no experience with moorings Justin_NSA at 10:11am 09.15.20 How long will you be running the engine to recharge? Might not be enough which means your charge can
Main sheet twist Ron20324 at 10:03am 09.15.20 ...trailed it behind the boat under power for 15 or 20 minutes and the line relaxed and never did it
Looking to buy c22 questions. LakeShark at 9:43am 09.15.20 Everything you need to know about inspecting a C22 before buying is available on the Associations we
SV Preston Point rescue kloudie1 at 9:40am 09.15.20 Lesson there is to learn to maintain control of the boat in heavy air.. At some point, all "big wat
SV Preston Point rescue Mr. Dave at 9:39am 09.15.20 They threatened in a couple of places I'm aware of (Mount Hood in Oregon and the White Mountains of
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... JRacer at 9:39am 09.15.20 Second the idea of Marinebeam for all your lighting needs!
ICW, December south to North Ward H at 9:32am 09.15.20 Good luck Dave... second times the charm... Ditto!
Unknown Sailboat Type sailinmikenaz at 9:32am 09.15.20 Winches? Don't forget West marines BOGO sale, usually in March.
Main sheet twist Ward H at 9:31am 09.15.20 I have a block in that location on my C30. It doesn't need to swivel, just swing a bit side to side.
SV Preston Point rescue rgranger at 9:25am 09.15.20 The boat seemed fine. I'm guessing panick and fear was all that really faced them.
Main sheet twist capta at 9:25am 09.15.20 We had that problem with our main sheet, too. Took it out and trailed it behind the boat under power

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