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Oday 25 headstay sag Tim Fletcher at 10:50pm 08.05.02 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1824 I have been sailing my "new" 1982 25 for a couple of months now and have a few questions. This is m
Engine temperature John at 10:50pm 08.05.02 Mid-Size Boats 7/1203 Engine temperature is 185F. I've changed the impeller, temp gauge, cleaned the heat exchanger, chang
Rudder problem Lee at 9:41pm 08.05.02 Smaller Boats 3/864 Like on an earlier post, my rudder twists and wobbles too. I drilled out the sleeve that the bolt g
Cenit yachts - comment from owner appreciated Ben at 7:32pm 08.05.02 Ask All Sailors 0/1292 I've seen a banner advertising a Scandinavian yacht named Cenit. They seem to have a website www.cen
AC/DC Dan at 5:02pm 08.05.02 Mid-Size Boats 4/1139 For some reason I have it in my head not to run both AC/DC power at the same time. Is this corect o
Non skid deck? Leighton at 4:20pm 08.05.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/1091 Does anyone know if the colored non skid areas of the deck is just paint or really a non-skid textur
bimini top Bob Griffin at 4:15pm 08.05.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1190 Want to install a bimini on my 26d. Looking for suggestion on what size and where to get. I would al
channel crossing chris at 4:10pm 08.05.02 Smaller Boats 2/969 To all southern Californians: I'm finally making the crossing. I'm sailing to Catalina Island and w
More Vision 32 questions.. (storage, cleats & etc) Tom Boles at 2:14pm 08.05.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/910 So, my son (almost age 12, 5'8"!) and I went for a sail on Sunday and had a great time. I had him ch
H23 Rudder Jim Maroldo at 2:04pm 08.05.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/845 I've been reading this forum for some time now, and I've noticed that more than a few sailors have m
Raised Deck 426 Chuck at 1:53pm 08.05.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/801 The local Hunter dealer has some interesting photos of the new Raised Deck 426.Go to rcryachts.com.
Electric Start Question VEGA at 12:39pm 08.05.02 Smaller Boats 4/753 I have a 2001 Nissan 9.9 4-stroke outboard for the H-260. It has an electric start and has worked gr
Moving a 25 Catalina [Robert at 12:20pm 08.05.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/909 Can anyone suggest a transport company to mave this boat from Columbia SC to AR, it does not have a
Block Island MarcP at 12:19pm 08.05.02 Ask All Sailors 12/2225 My wife and I are planning our first real trip from Noank to Block Island in our 1985 Catalina 30 TR
Keel Designs for O22? Ed Hebert at 12:16pm 08.05.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/962 Hi - I'm a beginning sailor investigating the purchase of an OD22. In discussions with the boat's c
Pending purchase of 1974 Cat22 Richard Olsen at 11:51am 08.05.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/869 I am considering purchasing 1974 Catalina 22. It has been moored in water for ten months and has 1 i
Bimini on a 240 with stern rail seats Gary at 11:35am 08.05.02 Smaller Boats 16/1153 I purchased a new 2002 240 with the stern rail seats and the optional bimini from Hunter in May. Th
Need Fuel Gauge Suggestions Robert Hill at 11:00am 08.05.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/791 Can anyone help me in suggesting how I can tell how much fuel I have in the plastic cell. It's an '
Owners manual for O'Day 27 1975 Capt. Pete at 10:46am 08.05.02 Bigger Boats 1/1213 I'm about to purchase a 1975 O'Day 27 with outboard and in need of any and all related paperwork, ow
Too much mast rake - HELP! Ivan at 9:58am 08.05.02 Smaller Boats 10/1091 My boat has way too much weather helm and I am sure it is because of excessive mast rake (the mast l

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Marine Air CM16H - Suggested water pump MitchM at 4:45pm 08.11.20 both of my marine aiirs ran well w march pumps . i installed filters to keep the
Install Life raft bracket/cradle on bow of Hunter 41DS. (1) sail sfbay at 4:43pm 08.11.20 If it would fit on a Hunter 42 like shown n the left hand photo I would mount it on the stern of the
Trouble downloading pdf file to General Downloads Phil Herring at 4:29pm 08.11.20 Hi Jerry, do you mean uploading, as in sending a file to the server? If so, please send the pdf file
LITTLE TO NO WIND BobbyFunn at 4:19pm 08.11.20 @Don Guillette said " Some additional hull will be in the water (mostly topside) but because the h
Hunter 240 water ballast valve gasket adhesive Crazy Dave Condon at 4:10pm 08.11.20 5200
im trying to locate the pin that holds the keel on a 1969 mcgrager 21 ft i need to re due the keel any help would be great thanks rgranger at 3:47pm 08.11.20 The swing keel bolt is most likely on the side of the keel trunk. If you don't see the bolt head th
LITTLE TO NO WIND sailme88 at 3:40pm 08.11.20 I am hard pressed to think of a boat that when heeled doesn't increase it's water line. The wet wat
H-34 Manual Fuel Check markwbird at 3:36pm 08.11.20 Fill it up.
Its funny Friday! (1) Will Gilmore at 3:34pm 08.11.20 //memegenerator.net/img/instances/62389634/sure-i-am-your-friend-lets-hang-out-only-at-my-house-and
LITTLE TO NO WIND Don Guillette at 3:17pm 08.11.20 help me understand how this can be. my brain tells me that a given weight displaces a given amount o
Sad day, and no way to fix arf145 at 3:14pm 08.11.20 Just reading your description made me wince, Daveinet! So sorry about your boat!
Hunter 240 water ballast valve gasket adhesive Dolphin55 at 3:01pm 08.11.20 Scratch that, just read the fine print and found out that 4200 is also resilient for salt water. So
Hunter 240 water ballast valve gasket adhesive Dolphin55 at 2:56pm 08.11.20 Just did some research. I guess 4200 is semi-permanent, 5200 is permanent. But 5200 is more salt wat
LITTLE TO NO WIND sail sfbay at 2:54pm 08.11.20 OK, do you have any other tricks Hobie and wind surfers use when the wind dies? Yes...........time
Need a boat club near Baltimore Bob R. at 2:49pm 08.11.20 You say you are looking for a "boat club", but if you already own a sailboat, you need a marina to k
LITTLE TO NO WIND RussC at 2:49pm 08.11.20 @Don Guillette said " Some additional hull will be in the water (mostly topside) but because the hu
LITTLE TO NO WIND Don Guillette at 2:46pm 08.11.20 I have used all of these maneuvers to get my Hobie Cat 16 and wind surfer back to my launch when th
Hunter 240 water ballast valve gasket adhesive Dolphin55 at 2:45pm 08.11.20 No it was not below the waterline, just the rubber seal that had come loose along the bottom of my
Hunter 240 water ballast valve gasket adhesive Dolphin55 at 2:40pm 08.11.20 Rick, I had the same thought. Planning to use the slit method to easily install it while on the trai
Need a boat club near Baltimore jaysweet at 2:20pm 08.11.20 One of the least expensive marinas (I assume you're including marinas when you say clubs) is White R

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