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Owners Manual for 1977 O'Day 27 Capt. Pete at 10:33pm 09.08.02 Bigger Boats 1/1720 Second request for anyone with an 1977 O'Day27 owners manual. If you have one please contact me dire
Owner's Manual for 1977 O'Day 27 Capt. Pete at 10:32pm 09.08.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1049 Second request for anyone with an 1977 O'Day27 owners manual. If you have one please contact me dire
Replying to a reply?? Guest at 10:24pm 09.08.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/990 If a person replys to your posted question and asks you to contact him directly, but doesn't include
Perkins 3 cylinder, 18 HP in C270 Lou Potente at 10:00pm 09.08.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1397 Considering purchase of a 1994 270. Any comments on the Perkins engine vs Yanmar. I've had a Yanmar
Perkins 3 cylinder, 18 HP Lou Potente at 9:56pm 09.08.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/989 Considering purchase of a 1994 270. Any comments on the Perkins engine vs Yanmar. I've had a Yanmar
Newbie or Old Salt? SailboatOwners.com at 1:55pm 09.08.02 Ask All Sailors 72/3158 Are you a relative newcomer to sailing or are you an old salt with a weathered face and a gray beard
Water-water everywhere! Daniel Jonas at 1:33pm 09.08.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/859 Well here is a new one I havn't seen in here yet. Went down to the marina today to buff and fluff t
Volvo MD6A owner's manual? Ben Lambert at 11:54am 09.08.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/1292 I'm looking for an owner's manual for my C27's Volvo MD6A engine. I need to get some detailed diagr
Bought it today Mark at 11:47am 09.08.02 Smaller Boats 5/961 22 years ago my wife and I started saying "someday" "someday" "someday" About two weeks ago a frie
Outboard for a Tempest Denis McAuliffe at 11:30am 09.08.02 Day Sailers 2/1072 I just got a 69 Tempest. It does not have a motor. Can anyone tell mw what the best size motor is
Pump it all the way to the tank?? Tom Martin at 10:41am 09.08.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1322 Peggie,I spent five hours yesterday rebuilding the head in a Beneteau (to no avail), then uncloggi
re-gluing a dinghy Wayne Small at 10:24am 09.08.02 Big Boats 4/4435 I was given a PVC dinghy and pieces of it need to be reglued. All of the pontoons hold air but the
Lewmar Parts Needed -16ST From a 1983 H34 Joe Mullee at 10:23am 09.08.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/775 One of my Lewmar winches froze up recetly. I took it apart and two of the teeth on the very bottom g
Motor power versus safety? Rich Songer at 10:10am 09.08.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1059 My wife and I are new to the sailing world. In fact, we are considering making the Mac '25 (1983) ou
Wax over Easypoxy Michael Allen at 9:48am 09.08.02 Smaller Boats 0/874 I have just painted my deck using Easypoxy. I would like to wax the deck. My question is which pro
Taking on water neil at 9:14am 09.08.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/875 I'm a new owner of a 77 O'Day 23. During aggressive sailing I seem to be taking on water and have to
new on the San Francisco Bay area, Roger Fernandez at 8:31am 09.08.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/896 We just recently moved from the Southern California and sold our boat before moving, we are currentl
Venture 21, Worst Case Senarios?? Kenn Lewis at 7:02am 09.08.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1310 I am very interested in learning about the worst case senarios experienced by owners of Venture 21;
Why do they call them "Marine" toilets? Tom Boles at 5:57am 09.08.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1881 Peggy, you've been active in the RV world and since I have a boat ' a TT, I thought you'd be the per
Shaved off keel on 22 Tina at 4:56am 09.08.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/995 It was suggested that because my keel only measures 17-18 " instead of the 23" that the previous own

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Just needs a little TLC Ben4195 at 6:46am 07.10.20 Trailer looks decent.
Replacing bulb on aqua signal bow light with led issue jviss at 6:46am 07.10.20 So, let's assume it's a Series 41 Bicolor using a Bay15D bulb; this bulb has two contacts on the bot
New San Diego Sailor needs mentor! Ken Cross at 6:44am 07.10.20 Again I'm way too far north, but can you operate the boat on motor alone? That's how I learned to sa
Mainsheet traveler on H24.5 (1) rgranger at 6:42am 07.10.20 One other thing... If you want to get a sense of how much of a difference a traveler will make... y
Running Rigging Aft...where to start Justin_NSA at 6:39am 07.10.20 No math? Where's the fun in that?! I do usually like to do my own work, but this certainly makes
Running Rigging Aft...where to start MaritimeOliver at 6:36am 07.10.20 In your last post appears you may need deck hardware for halyards. A rope clutch on the mast or th
Mainsheet traveler on H24.5 rgranger at 6:36am 07.10.20 I installed one. Here is the link to the thread describing the process https://forums.sailboatowne
Replacing bulb on aqua signal bow light with led issue CYQK at 6:31am 07.10.20 its a standard aqua signal grn/red bow light chassis is the metal base the bulb is mounted on
outboard tank fuel connector ID rgranger at 6:20am 07.10.20 They are not the same. I had a 3 gal tank for a Honda that I repurposed for my tohatsu. I had to b
Halyard Organizer/Mast Plate MaritimeOliver at 6:20am 07.10.20 Thanks to all that answered to my call for help! I like Jackdaw's idea but I am trying to avoid dr
Running Rigging Aft...where to start sail sfbay at 6:14am 07.10.20 ..........Honestly, finding a good path for the lines appears to be a challenge. The handrails are
What adhesive did Hunter use to glue windows to the boat, the big windows on the sides of the deck. Crazy Dave Condon at 6:01am 07.10.20 @Phil Herring Warren Luhrs in front of a dealer meeting asked questions about the 19. He adopted
Fiberglas Thickness - 1987 - Hull and Deck Repair jviss at 6:00am 07.10.20 Just checking this forum, somehow I wasn't "watching" it. As far as contacting Tartan for that info
Replacing bulb on aqua signal bow light with led issue jviss at 5:54am 07.10.20 I'm confused. Did you mean you did the testing before remounting the light fixture on the pulpit?
Electric harbors are coming. jviss at 5:52am 07.10.20 Just circling back to this. A lot has happened since this thread began. On my two week cruise th
Just needs a little TLC kappykaplan at 5:48am 07.10.20 Where's the mast?
Running Rigging Aft...where to start MaritimeOliver at 4:13am 07.10.20 Go to the running rigging calculator in the store on this site and type in your boat information. T
Autohelm recommendations Joe at 3:59am 07.10.20 There's really only two day sailor level Tiller Pilot brands and they're both excellent. Raymarine
New San Diego Sailor needs mentor! jssailem at 3:46am 07.10.20
Head waste water inlet valve on 326 stuendan at 12:04am 07.10.20 Thanks again sailingmyers - we are actually allowed to go boating so that's cool (at the same time,

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