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foam flotation george at 12:48am 05.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1135 I'm considering adding positive foam flotation to my Oday 222. Does anyone know of a good source for
flotation / displacement formula george at 12:44am 05.16.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1027 I'm considering adding positive foam flotation to my Oday 222(approx. dimensions 22' x 8' 2200 lbs.)
RE: CHECK VALVE HARVEY at 12:43am 05.16.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1282 I INQUIRED ABOUT A CATALINA 30. YOUR RESPONSE READ HUNTER 30. ANY DIFFERENCE IN YOUR RESPONSE? THERE
Sticky Lifelines Vince at 12:34am 05.16.02 Other Sailboats 3/997 I was wondering if you had any suggestion as to how to cure my sticky lifelines. They have somehow
anchoring hand signals D. Phillips at 12:27am 05.16.02 Ask All Sailors 8/2384 I'm trying to work out a system of hand signals the person at the bow can use to communicate with th
C22 windows John Mann at 12:08am 05.16.02 Smaller Boats 1/1045 I have a 1976 Catalina 22 and two of the safety glass windows have been broken. I removed them and
diesel tank filling on Catalina 27 Bob Middleton at 10:48pm 05.15.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/3749 I recently bought a Catalina 27 and after several hours of using the diesel engine, the fuel gauge d
First Race for the Year Steve at 10:21pm 05.15.02 Racing 5/1307 The first time out on the lake was also the first race. When the gun went off, we were about 500 ya
Location of Refrigeration Unit Ed van Kessel at 10:14pm 05.15.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/984 I have a '87 Catalina 30 which I purchased last year. It had refrigeration with the compressor inst
Headliner dropped area on H26 (1) Tom Wootton at 9:16pm 05.15.02 Smaller Boats 3/744 Is this area just forward of the companionway hinges hollow, or does it conceal some structural comp
Leaving swing keel down? Rob at 4:01pm 05.15.02 Smaller Boats 3/1026 Leaving the swing keel down is this hard on the keel pin im concerned about my keel cable as my boat
Goose neck sliding down? Rob at 3:48pm 05.15.02 Smaller Boats 6/974 on my c22 there is nothing to keeps the gooseneck from sliding down when sail is lowered? any info
Anyone bought a sail through this site? Opinions? Tom Boles at 1:51pm 05.15.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/961 I need a new Jib for my soon to be boat, a hunter Vision 32.For a variety of reasons, I may not be
Is the 192 under powered Peter Frontera at 1:23pm 05.15.02 Day Sailers 0/880 I just purchesed a 192 and was wondering if the 150 ft. sail area makes this a under powered boat.
Installing Origo 3000 stove- Catalina 30 Feedback Ed at 1:01pm 05.15.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/1079 Thanks to all of you who gave me info on installing this stove on my Catalina 30. Your encouragement
Island Girl Products EJ Tews at 12:43pm 05.15.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/820 Has anyone used island Girl Products. My Cabin top on my O'Day 25 is starting to chalk and I want t
Motormount... Josh at 11:43am 05.15.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/793 I placed some pictures of my modified engine mount in the photo forums...
Jib sheet leads Susan Hopkins at 7:20am 05.15.02 Smaller Boats 3/829 In keeping with my objective of making my small boat as much like a big boat as possible, thereby sa
Exchange W-C Head Mate for Raritan Harry at 7:00am 05.15.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1703 Peggy,I'm rebuilding a Catalina 27 and bought a new Wilcox-Crittenden Head Mate. After reading Prac
Stupid H34 Shore Power Question JRG at 6:50am 05.15.02 Big Boats 13/1064 Hello,I'm really new to 12V electrical and even newer to shore power hookups. I bought a 84 H34 la

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Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Set Up and Commissioning BigEasy at 1:39pm 04.05.20 I have the EV-100 system w/o a RR. There is no indication of a rudder when on autopilot which leads
Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Set Up and Commissioning BigEasy at 1:36pm 04.05.20 Mark, Yes, there is an input/screw terminal connection on the ACU 100 computer for the rudder r
Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Set Up and Commissioning Head Sail at 1:36pm 04.05.20 Finally, in the "standby mode", there is no graphical indication that the rudder is moving; however
Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Set Up and Commissioning Mark Maulden at 1:26pm 04.05.20 I have the same and I am not using a rudder reference and things still work great. I had the previo
ADDING ROLLER FURLING! dlochner at 1:24pm 04.05.20 I don't think it should be so much that you'd mention it. It might be a good idea to go aloft, or i
Questions for work on my new Catalina 22 Jacktar at 1:20pm 04.05.20 Erbardy you should post on the catalina 22 threads forum, besides lots of your questions can be fo
H41DS Refrigerator/Freezer Replacement PJL at 1:19pm 04.05.20 My Passage 42 had both refrigerator and freezer. Removed both units and replaced with a, more effic
Anchor well question?? PJL at 1:11pm 04.05.20 I am owner number 6 of my Passage 42 and noticed the same thing after pulling everything out to add
We have launch! John Nantz at 1:00pm 04.05.20 With the halyard-wrap issue caught it seems like you've got it under control now so that'll make sai
ADDING ROLLER FURLING! capta at 12:10pm 04.05.20 Takes quite a bit of force on those halyards to raise them. I don't think it should be so much that
Hunter 410 refrigerator Sailgunner at 12:07pm 04.05.20 I did it several years ago. Installed a small air cooled unit under the stove for the frig. Works gr
Jib furling line Sailgunner at 12:05pm 04.05.20 My Hunter boat manual has the suggested size and length for all running rigging.
Ceiling Cover to Hide Motor Rich Stidger at 11:29am 04.05.20 That looks like an electric winch motor. If Hunter offered that as an option, ,maybe they have a mo
Ceiling Cover to Hide Motor dmax at 11:28am 04.05.20 If you have the original cover, sand the grime off of it and spray paint it with plastic compatible
Plastic Hunter Crack Repair Hunter216 at 11:23am 04.05.20
Ceiling Cover to Hide Motor Ron20324 at 11:12am 04.05.20 Hi all, Looking for suggestions for something to cover wench motor that comes through head ceiling
ADDING ROLLER FURLING! Cascade27 at 11:03am 04.05.20 Consider an autohelm if you like to single hand often. Then if you stay with hank on headsails or a
ADDING ROLLER FURLING! Cascade27 at 10:58am 04.05.20 FWIW..... when we moved up from our Niagara 26 to the Olson 34, the size of the headsails immediate
Ceiling Cover to Hide Motor shemandr at 10:50am 04.05.20 Dish tub?
Ceiling Cover to Hide Motor shemandr at 10:48am 04.05.20 I would look around at food containers. I think you would need at least 2, oriented in two axises.

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