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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
Engine throttle John Mesa at 12:03am 02.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 2/877 I have a 5411 diesel in my Catalina 27, my throttle seems to have to much play. It doesn't feel like
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
Trapezoidal forward hatch replacement (1) Chuck Fort at 9:12am 02.17.02 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1232 I finally put in the trapezoidal replacement forward hatch for my 1983 H 27. I found a replacement a
Not a Head Problem Les Blackwell at 9:02am 02.17.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1103 Peggie,Sometime ago you wrote in either this bullentin board or another that you had an edition of
Hunter logo Del Wiese at 8:55am 02.17.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/770 Does anyone have soft copy of the Hunter logo? The only ones I have are small ones from advertising
Rudder Scrape Pat hatem at 7:08am 02.17.02 Mid-Size Boats 3/1079 I have a 2000 Hunter 340 that I have sailed for two seasons. When it has been hauled out in the fall

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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
(1) Will Gilmore at 7:50pm 07.24.20 https://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fd58781a-6cb7-11e7-bcdf-5467ec917da6-1200
Greetings fellow ODay folks! sbcwolff at 7:30pm 07.24.20
Pre-Purchase Survey - Houston recommendation needed sail sfbay at 7:28pm 07.24.20 I purchased many sail and power boats and never used the same surveyor and in a number of cases no s
Pre-Purchase Survey - Houston recommendation needed TexanAV8R at 6:38pm 07.24.20 Thanks!
My new saildrive Stewart stephenbson at 6:13pm 07.24.20 Hi Mark, i have overcome the issue with putting an extension hose from breath to under side (inside)
Ron20324 at 6:13pm 07.24.20 Maybe a beer tapper ?
Installation of a composting toilet on a Hunter 34 rgranger at 6:12pm 07.24.20 Search the archives there are several good threads on the topic
Installation of a composting toilet on a Hunter 34 rgranger at 6:10pm 07.24.20 Autocorrect got ya! :banghead::yikes: It can be your worst enama:biggrin:
Project_Mayhem at 6:09pm 07.24.20 That's the money pit. Every boat has one
Interior wood refinishing RitSim at 6:02pm 07.24.20 One great technique for refinishing with Watco is to wet sand with 400 grit and a wood block backing
Removing bottom paint: How long does it take? (2) LakeOntario270 at 5:51pm 07.24.20 As someone that sand their boat bottom EVERY April in NY Equipment needed from HomeDepot, or Amazon
A cure for leaking chainplates Stu Jackson at 5:31pm 07.24.20 Superb job. I used buytl tape the very same way, didn't do the blocks, superb idea! Thanks for sha
Shoutout to Raymarine FastOlson at 5:24pm 07.24.20 Thanks !! for the positive reports. All of our vintage ST-60 sailing instruments still work like new
Removing bottom paint: How long does it take? jviss at 5:24pm 07.24.20 What is HHN? I'm guessing Herrington Harbor North.
Removing bottom paint: How long does it take? DrJudyB at 5:20pm 07.24.20 Make sure you check the HHN yard rules they are getting very touchy about personal sanding jobs.

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