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Internal Wire Clanging Craig at 2:06am 10.22.01 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1210 I have a problem with a lot of noise from the internal wires in the mast (VHF and masthead light).
checklist for winterizing G.N. Davis at 11:32am 10.26.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1310 Is there available a checklist for winterizing this boat? Still in the water and plan to try to sail
ST4000 Catalina installation david at 9:58am 10.26.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1153 I recently purchasesd the ST4000 MKII wheel A/P for installation on a 1990 Catalina 30. Is this som
Roller Furling: Cruising Designs Reefer II Brad Elbein at 1:02am 10.22.01 Ask All Sailors 3/5095 Out for a sail yesterday in brisk winds, my roller furling jammed up. It's a 15 year old Cruising
What's a cunningham? Stuart at 9:20am 10.26.01 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2707 Read your book. It's great, understand most of it
What size engine for a 22 mark alba at 8:14am 10.26.01 Smaller Boats 4/1089 I just purchased a Chrysler 8hp engine for my Cat 22.It is a short shaft. Is that Ok for this boat.
Uh oh! Clog at bottom of tank? Jack Betts at 12:44am 10.22.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1328 On our 1981 h37, we've got a Wilcox-Crittendon Imperial Jr. toilet with a 15-gallon (nominally, anyw
Chartplotters W Hall at 7:28am 10.26.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1012 My Hunter 410 is currently equiped with the following ST50 Plus instruments: GPS, Wind, Depth and Sp
ST 50 Wind Tom Huffmire at 6:58am 10.26.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1272 I currently have both ST50 Tridata and wind, but the Tridata head (LED) is bad ... can not read whil
Propeller Care Jack at 12:18am 10.22.01 Big Boats 6/1177 My prop has a very large build up of growth and barancles. This has caused an unbalaced situation a
Idylle 10.5 Ray Allen at 6:35am 10.26.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/4818 I am considering the purchase of a 1985 Beneteau Idylle 10.5 here in Sydney.I can't find any revie
Bow Eye For an O'Day 25 Jason at 5:29am 10.26.01 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1039 I want to start trailering my O'Day 25. It does not have a bow eye for pulling the boat out of the
Ocean Sailing Roy at 12:05am 10.22.01 Smaller Boats 6/831 I'd like to take my H240 out into the ocean. Just done river and bay sailing so far. How do the wate
O'day 302 Jim Sullivan at 4:58am 10.26.01 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2368 Does anyone know why we have nothing on the Oday 302 on this web site.. not even a place for review?
Circumnavigation in a Catalina? Vernon D. Baker at 1:37am 10.26.01 Big Boats 4/3154 Getting close to retirement and the big cruise. I have sailed both Catalina and Hunter coastal, but
Swaying single axle trailer. John Averell at 11:11pm 10.21.01 Ask All Sailors 6/2365 Trailered my 1981 Mac25 for the first time on its (correct, I think) single axle trailer, and it beg
Rudder for a 25' 1981 Hunter Frank McGurk at 1:01am 10.26.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/952 I would like to get a diagram of the Rudder and the maintainance process required for my H25'. Any h
Advice on Changing Oil - Yanmar QM15-Diesel Richard at 12:16am 10.26.01 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2344 Just purchased O'Day 30 with a Yanmar QM15 diesel inboard. Needs an oil change - what's best type an
340 Water Heater Fluid Mitch at 9:12pm 10.21.01 Big Boats 6/1135 While draining my drinking water system for the winter, I found some green colored liquid dripping f
POWER FOR ST4000 INSTALLATION Bill Robb at 11:31pm 10.25.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1203 Bill, I want to use the power going to my compass light for my ST4000 installation. My dealer said

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Rivet tool recommendation? BlowMeAway at 8:26am 06.27.20
Rivet tool recommendation? MikeO53 at 8:17am 06.27.20 I have bought 3 different Arrow brand rivet tools and found them to not have enough leverage for lar
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK jviss at 8:11am 06.27.20 I'm going to assume that it was a typo when you said Macgregor, and you meant Seaward, since we're
Delamination jviss at 8:06am 06.27.20 but in mst cases were operator error. That's utter nonsense, @Crazy Dave Condon . Now I know why
TV Antenna Rich Stidger at 7:58am 06.27.20 Seems like a strange answer from Glomex. I agree that RG-6 is a good choice for the mast length bec
eherlihy at 7:52am 06.27.20 I use gelcoat with wax from Jamestown Distributors in the color "cream" it may require a little brow
Catalina 310 Polars (1) Hayden Watson at 7:49am 06.27.20 Here is the polar for a C30 tall rig/bow sprit with 150% genoa. You could compare the spec to see h
Are PVC RIBs still inferior? Kings Gambit at 7:45am 06.27.20
H410 Steering issue scottdube at 7:44am 06.27.20 Project complete, need to sea trial it but it's all back together. A very do-able job if you patien
Gelcoat- Color Match 1990 (1989 Hunter Legend 35.5) Crazy Dave Condon at 7:42am 06.27.20 They may have a small gel coat paste that will dry in air. Call Dave Groshong as his experience is
1983 C25_Lower Rudder Gudgeon Leak Hayden Watson at 7:42am 06.27.20 I never dug into that pile-up on my C25 but it sure looks like a typical "mung-pile" that Catalina l
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK Tedd at 7:40am 06.27.20 @walt : Our current boat is a Macgregor 26S. It's really great value, and you can't top it for bein
Catalina 310 Polars (2) sail sfbay at 7:39am 06.27.20 The closest I could get were polars for a Catalina 22 (top) and 36 (bottom from these websites. I a
Job sheet tracks Crazy Dave Condon at 7:38am 06.27.20 Looked at photo again. It is the 45 degree edge of the companionway top. Forget screwing into fib
Suggestions Joe at 7:34am 06.27.20 I though ya'll knew that Tohatsu makes the small HP mercury OB's.... Mercury Outboards, 30 Hp and
Delamination Crazy Dave Condon at 7:33am 06.27.20 @jviss Before condemning the Hunter 260, there were a few this happened to but in mst cases were o
Sail Trim and Aeronautic Theories. shemandr at 7:32am 06.27.20 One inconsistency is that in the bath tub illustration and the airplane model there is a source of p
Are PVC RIBs still inferior? Brian D at 7:30am 06.27.20 Thanks @Kings Gambit and @Richard19068. I keep my PVC inflatable (Mercury 240) at home in its bag. B
Hunter 260 Versus Seaward 26RK Tedd at 7:25am 06.27.20 @jviss : I'm going to assume that it was a typo when you said Macgregor, and you meant Seaward, sin
1983 C25_Lower Rudder Gudgeon Leak Stu Jackson at 7:24am 06.27.20 Welcome to our group. Good questions and well presented. I'm sure there will be specific responses c

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