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Folding Prop on 34? nick fermani at 11:12pm 02.17.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1260 Acquired a folding prop. What are advantages
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Manual bilge (1) Bob at 5:30am 02.23.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/981 Getting our "new" (used) Hunter 285 (1987) ready for the season I came across the manual bilge pump.
Wash Stuart at 8:35pm 02.21.02 Big Boats 2/1006 Getting ready to give our Hunter 340 (1999) a spring cleaning.Wash and wax the exterior. Suggesti
Draft Variance w or w/o ballast Tim Spell at 1:17am 02.21.02 Smaller Boats 4/1056 Just purchased my first boat, 97 H-26. Sailing waters will be primarly in ICW or just offshore of To
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trailer extension Mark Ware at 2:52am 02.19.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/904 After recovering the boat with the (Hunter) trailer extended, it is very difficult to retract the to
Head (toilet) clearance in 37.5 Ricky Prevete at 8:33am 02.18.02 Big Boats 2/1033 I need to replace the head in my 37.5, but it's sealed in a big shrink wrap package up here in New Y
Bulk Head has a soft spot EJ Tews at 9:49pm 02.17.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1142 I recently removed the vanity sink from my O'day 25 and found that some water has created a soft spo
southern sailing Ed M at 9:53am 02.22.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1130 Planning to retire to the southern U.S. Need info on southern sailing, both fresh water and salt. B
Question about user guide Michael Bourassa at 6:56am 02.20.02 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1359 Don,I'm trying to decide which to buy, the trim charts or the user guide. Does the user guide incl
Transducer advice needed Ben Legett at 12:36pm 02.18.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/967 Does anyone have any advice regarding depth finder transducers? Being of sound mind and reasonable i
Hi Tim Engel Hart at 7:33am 02.21.02 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1096 Hi Tim.I think i have.Everything still buried in snow.Ed Schenck send me a picture re mainsheet.i ca
37C strut bearing replacement Tom Hadoulias at 12:46am 02.18.02 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1170 I'm noticing a little play in my strut bearing while cleaning barnicles off the the prop and replaci
instrument panel Bill S at 4:00am 02.24.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/857 anyone know a parts source that would carry an instrument panel for a H31 1984. Mine cracked beyond
shroud tension, C30 tall Mike at 10:18am 02.19.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/972 what is the recommended way to set up the mast shroud tension?how important is the specific tensio
Log Books R.W.Landau at 8:15am 02.11.02 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1022 What kind of log book do you use and what info do you log?r.w.landau
260 bow rail Mark at 3:04pm 02.17.02 Smaller Boats 3/930 The rear of the bow rail is held by two bolts on the port and starboard side. I guess these screw i
Winter Boat Projects SailboatOwners.com at 1:08pm 02.17.02 Ask All Sailors 19/1316 February's here. Can spring be far away? Did you have one or more boat projects on your to-do list
Keel wobbbles port to starboard. mark alba at 10:47am 02.17.02 Smaller Boats 3/1216 The swing keel on my Cat 22 has a wobble to it from port to starboard. I have restored this boat and

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Veers to port jviss at 3:15am 07.25.20 Normal.
Unknown Roller Furler Foil Extrsions kappykaplan at 3:05am 07.25.20 They're up now. Tks!
All New Bottom: Redoing my T-26 Monohull in the Driveway Davidasailor26 at 3:03am 07.25.20
Unknown Roller Furler Foil Extrsions Herb Parsons at 3:02am 07.25.20 Where are the pictures? Sorry about that. I'm new to using the app, and had selected pictures, but
Unknown Roller Furler Foil Extrsions kappykaplan at 2:51am 07.25.20 Pictures show Where are the pictures?
Used sails from other boats? (3) srimes at 10:43pm 07.24.20 new heavy air jib and full main: 1st reef: 182883 heavy air jib and 2nd reef 182884
Used sails from other boats? (3) srimes at 10:40pm 07.24.20 182881
Chainplate Fabrication Hayden Watson at 9:41pm 07.24.20 When you get all done with fabrication, make sure that you passivate the surface. Any stainless ste
Veers to port Hayden Watson at 9:30pm 07.24.20 pretty much normal for most sailboats under power. The important thing is does it track straight wh
Veers to port Brian D at 9:17pm 07.24.20 1. Shaft alignment 2. Rudder alignment 3. If outboard, motor is not on centerline 4. If outboard is
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 9:08pm 07.24.20 182878
Automatic bilge pump Benny17441 at 9:04pm 07.24.20 Turn the breaker switch off or remove the negative lead from the battery(s). In order to replace th
Shoutout to Raymarine garymalmgren at 9:01pm 07.24.20 The ACU-100 unit on my Raymarine autopilot recently quit working. 2 years ago my Raymarine auto pil
Interior wood refinishing MikeHoncho at 8:37pm 07.24.20 I think prefer boiled linseed oil cut 50% with mineral spirits. Same application as teak oil but wit
Automatic bilge pump DayDreamer41 at 8:03pm 07.24.20 https://www.google.com/search?q=wiring+for+an+automatic+bilge+pump&oq=wiring+for+an+automatic+bilge+
(1) DayDreamer41 at 8:00pm 07.24.20 Wonder if they have this on tap
Greetings fellow ODay folks! Will Gilmore at 7:55pm 07.24.20 We are proud to announce our newest addition - a 1974 O'Day 27 :) (We were previously sailing a Mac
Chainplate Fabrication Tedd at 7:52pm 07.24.20 Nice work! If you have a bench grinder, you might try a Scotchbrite wheel for medium polishing and
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Greetings fellow ODay folks! sbcwolff at 7:30pm 07.24.20

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