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A well traveled O'day 37 and a nice web site Olivier at 9:15am 07.23.02 Bigger Boats 1/1133 I recently came across a nice web site by some folks with an O'day 37. Check it out!http://www.ex
CDI luff twist Ron Baer at 8:48am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 1/961 I have had my new CDI develop a twist in the luff. CDI suggested that I stored it wrong on the mast
Hunter 260 vrs Catalina 250 WB Calvin at 8:37am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 17/9414 Currently I own a Catalina 250 WB. For a number of reasons mostly having to do with headroom and per
Fuel Gauge Tonja at 7:41am 07.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1631 I have an 85 Catalina 27 and the fuel indicator in the cockpit does not register the amount of fuel
Battery Equalization John Richard at 6:28am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/843 There was a recent discussion on this topic. My particular 410 configuration has a Heart Interface
Transmission getting hard to shift John Visser at 6:20am 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 10/1396 (yes, everything's happening at once - see my other posts)The Hurth tranny on my C36 seems to be g
Universal M25 problems John Visser at 6:15am 07.23.02 Ask All Sailors 2/2859 Coincident with a high-temperature event (clogged heat exchanger) my M25 developed a lower idle spee
Fuel return line falls off = MESS John at 5:30am 07.23.02 Big Boats 1/893 My fuel return line on my H380 filter fell off while we were motoring and emptied about a quart of d
Adding A Heat Pump Billy Martin at 5:11am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/900 We have an ODay 39, 1984/85 and wish to add a heating/air conditioning unit. It is the 3 cabin vers
Weather helm h26/260 David R. King at 5:05am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/992 At what wind speeds does your h26 or 260 start to be heavy on the helm? My 1997 h26 has the origina
Looking for my bilge pump Robbin at 4:31am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 4/915 My electrical panel has a switch for an automatic bilge pump. Can some one shed some light on this
Anchor Light Bill Chandler at 4:26am 07.23.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/870 Does anyone have any wiring diagrams to help me trace the wiring for the Anchor light? The light was
Tiller Replacement for 212? Mark Malcolm at 4:26am 07.23.02 Smaller Boats 1/772 I'm looking for advice on replacing my 212 aluminum tiller, probably with a wood tiller, but am open
3GM30F Restart George H260 at 4:10am 07.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/977 A 12 hour trip down the coast with the wind on my nose caused me to run under engine power the whole
MAST COLLAPSE art mccann at 3:56am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1012 i am sure this question has been asked many times on this website but allow me to run it by once mor
Rust stains on genoa Tina at 3:53am 07.23.02 Ask An Oday Owner 5/881 Is there a safe way to remove rust stains from the sail fabric? The sails are original to a 75 ODay
Leaky windows Bill Potter Cat 270 at 3:23am 07.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1007 I am the new owner of at Catalina 270 and on my first night anchored on the boat we had a couple of
RE-PACKING STUFFING BOX... Terry Cox at 2:41am 07.23.02 Other Sailboats 1/947 What a chore! Having her on the hard for repairs was a good time to re-pack the stuffing box. I firs
water ballast operation in salt water Ron Boykin at 2:33am 07.23.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1043 If you leave the 26X in the water (of course with bottom paint) is this addressed in manual?? Should
roof air Travis at 1:59am 07.23.02 Big Boats 7/957 Does anyone have any experience installing RV type roof air conditioning on an 1983 H34 ? Is center

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New chaps All U Get at 5:15am 06.30.20 Without implying anything other than that I'm ignorant: what are these for, please? Mostly UV prote
The Perfect Hat rpludwig at 5:10am 06.30.20 Tilley hats & Tervis Tumblers....buy 'em once, never have to buy twice!
Mastgates rpludwig at 5:07am 06.30.20 call Tom Lugue at Mastgates.com, very helpful guy, I have the 3d printed one, the metal ones are gre
Glow Plug key or not to key? CYQK at 5:06am 06.30.20 Looks like it will be a separate push button switch/relay
Portable Generator kloudie1 at 4:53am 06.30.20 https://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/eu2200i-companion That one has the normal 30 amp
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. Hunter216 at 4:52am 06.30.20 The new tank shown above for $685 is rated for 3600 psig I would point out that there are numerous
The Perfect Hat (4) Will Gilmore at 4:43am 06.30.20 https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media/sc/c703f18b-2dbb-4bec-a34a-7c8fdce51e46.__CR0,0,970,
Tack shackle ? JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 4:37am 06.30.20 My Schaefer 2100 just has a 1.5" straight D shackle. I believe it is 5/16.
Screwed up nicopress fittings Grotto at 4:26am 06.30.20 No. Probably not, it would be difficult to remove the sleeves without damaging the wire. Fortun
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 3:59am 06.30.20 Another thread on the subject with solutions posted: Throttle lag on Hylas 54 4JH3-DTE Thanks for
Catalina 310 transmission problems KenA at 3:48am 06.30.20 Sounds like a pretty good approximation.
Questions (many) re: Setting up a private mooring dlochner at 3:38am 06.30.20 Here's another take on installing a mooring from Wayne Hamilton of Hamilton Marine. https://www.off
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 3:33am 06.30.20 Crew was manning the lever while I was watching the engine linkage. The linkage actuates fine, but t
The Perfect Hat ShotgunSlim at 3:20am 06.30.20 How about a neck gaiter pulled up over the face as far as possible with the hat? I bought a 4 pack
Mastgates ShotgunSlim at 3:10am 06.30.20 I bought the CD mast gates years ago and would put them on when the boat would be on the water for a
Lateral stability when raising or lowering the mast? A-frame? ShotgunSlim at 2:50am 06.30.20 For what it's worth, I've raised the mast nearly every time by myself with just a home made wooden g
Expected performance sgiarc at 2:30am 06.30.20 One of the criteria we looked at before buying our B 461 was it's phrf rating. Having had a J34 bef
Solar installation NYSail at 2:28am 06.30.20 So pardon my ignorance but how do you size a breaker / fuse. Say for simplicity you have 350 watts s
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. MikeO53 at 12:54am 06.30.20 Richard- do you use an adapter similar to the ones sold on ebay with 2 gauges (one measuring your ta
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? eianm at 12:48am 06.30.20 i have emailed actsense- will post the reply

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