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In need of a rudder and tiller or design specs... John North at 7:51am 08.07.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1242 Hi folks, I have a 20' O'Day and have sailed it for the last 20 years all over Califorina. I lost th
Coast Guard Documentation Number Placement Tom Boyd at 3:31am 08.07.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1691 A few months ago there was a string about where is the right place to put the Coast Guard Documentat
Tiller Tamer Dave Laing s/v WindSong at 1:50am 08.07.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1156 Just bought a Tiller Tamer for my H-23.Should help a lot when short handed. Has anyone modified a
Identifying my boat David at 2:01pm 08.12.01 Day Sailers 1/1068 I am trying to identify the year of my DaySailer.I can not find a hull identification number.I hav
Whats The Best Air Conditioner Forrest Joseph at 10:03am 08.12.01 Other Sailboats 1/829 I'm a little confused about the number of air conditioners that could be installed on my 1987 Hunter
Spinnaker? Echo Gulf at 9:33am 08.06.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/899 Our race committee just informed me that I'm to be penalized for having and oversized spinnaker. Whe
Cockpit stereo volume control Victor Robert at 4:04am 08.12.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1044 From the Honey-Do list:After several months of storage, I found that the rotary volume control moun
2nd reef for Cat.270 P at 6:38am 08.11.01 Mid-Size Boats 3/1065 Anyone know of articles or kits on how to install a second reef line? I want to put a 2nd reef on ou
Motor supports for trailering Ron Kos at 4:53am 08.06.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1153 In preparing to trailer my 26X w/50HP Suzuki outboard, I am interested in what other sailors have us
Passage 450 staysail DASmith at 11:23am 08.10.01 Big Boats 2/942 Anyone have experience with rigging a 450 or a 460 with a stay sail? Does the extra sail upset the
Center board on the street. U Gudjonsson at 12:30am 08.10.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1083 Having loaded the boat on the trailor I used the trucks brakes to move it forward on the trailor. O
Smell of gasoline with an Atomic 4 Joe Sweeney at 11:35am 08.09.01 Ask All Sailors 3/2598 we recently purchased a 1983 Catalina 30 with an atomic 4 engine and the first time we fueled it aft
Rudder Crack VEGA at 12:39am 08.09.01 Smaller Boats 4/886 My 2001 H-260 has developed a crack on the forward edge of the rudder (when in down position). It is
Novice sailor Jim at 8:58am 08.08.01 Ask All Sailors 13/1135 My wife and I just purchased our first sailboat, a used Catalina 22. I have a limited amount of expe
Cockpit Drain Safety Question Bill Ebling at 5:01am 08.08.01 Mid-Size Boats 5/964 I finally crawled, twisted, turned over my fuel tank to inspect the hose-hull connections of the sta
Swing Keel crack - 23.5 Jerry at 12:22pm 08.07.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/925 I was inspecting a 1993 23.5 to purchase and while the boat was on the trailer, I noticed a crack al
Varnish for the tiller??? bobby stone at 11:15pm 08.07.01 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1989 I keep a line around my tiller as kind of an autopilot, and it's worn a lot of the varnish down.. ex
windless installation matt at 6:34am 08.07.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1005 I am currently looking into having an electric windless (horizon 400/horizontal. Can anyone advise t
compressed natural gas cylinder needed Dean Bachelor at 12:12am 08.07.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1043 Wow what a shock!I wanted to get a spare CNG cylinderfor my stove, until I found out howmuch the
Renault Parts Wayne Oastler at 2:01pm 08.06.01 The Cherubini Hunters 2/999 The Renault parts supplier in San Leone, TX is no longer in business. You should stick with Lauderd

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Looks like I will have to isolate for the next 14 days. Leeward Rail at 10:00am 05.04.20 Meh. Best one had a rabbit star.. x6vjyhi
Universal M25XPB, water temp gauge OR alarm faulty captcoho at 9:58am 05.04.20 If you had the coolant system empty for service, did you fully purge all the air out the system? If
CQR 35 pound anchor on a B331 anchor roller? Bluenose at 9:54am 05.04.20 Thanks DougM. There is a B323 next to me in the yard and I'll have a look. I can take the Bruce off
mast light wiring problems jsachetti at 9:54am 05.04.20 Thanks for your input, I'll recheck connections.
Mounting Height For Outboard Motor Bracket Timm R Oday25 at 9:48am 05.04.20 Sounds about right . I cracked our transom on our Oday 25 the first season we owned her. I crawled i
CO alarm problem (?) JamesG161 at 9:44am 05.04.20 I should get a marine grade model Depends on your cabin humidity. There is a link on SBO for full
mast light wiring problems Timm R Oday25 at 9:44am 05.04.20 On most of the boats I 've worked on ,the wires were laid between layers of fiberglass and were sand
Fuel Tank cleaning JamesG161 at 9:31am 05.04.20 You should always buy your fuel from a reliable source. But... I keep 5 fuel filter cartridges aboa
Appropriate Anchor Sledge62 at 9:30am 05.04.20 Welcome to SBO, Sledge62. You have not only found your way to the best sailing forum on the Net, b
Fuel Tank cleaning George KK at 9:23am 05.04.20 Look for a marine fuel polisher who can circulate the tank contents through a filtration system. T
Fuel Tank cleaning George KK at 9:22am 05.04.20 Look for a marine fuel polisher who can circulate the tank contents through a filtration system. T
Better Cigarette Lighter Plug Terry Cox at 9:21am 05.04.20 We have several 12v sockets on our boat and have had no problems over the years. Boat came with one
What year did Hunter start making Engine hour meters standard equipment. Terry Cox at 9:08am 05.04.20 Integrated with the tach instrument. Tach is analog, hour meter digital.
Fuel Tank cleaning (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:07am 05.04.20 Hi George and welcome to the site. Gotta ask this question ..................... how do you know
Dedicated Breaker/Electric Head? sail sfbay at 9:05am 05.04.20 The electric head should have independent 12 volt breaker at the panel (hopefully you have a spare a
Please help me identify this fixture on my Pearson 27 Skipper at 9:05am 05.04.20 My understanding here is that the lever rotates on an off-center ball, causing the bottom of the lev
Fuel Tank cleaning sail sfbay at 9:01am 05.04.20 Look for a marine fuel polisher who can circulate the tank contents through a filtration system. Th
Hunter 25 Remodel - What to do with unused parts HippieChick at 9:00am 05.04.20 The marina she is at is small so I might try some other local marinas as well
running new depth guage transducer wire in a hunter 29.5 Ralph Johnstone at 8:59am 05.04.20 Attach the new cable to the old existing cable and then pull for all you're worth :dancing:. Make s
Hunter 25 Remodel - What to do with unused parts sail sfbay at 8:56am 05.04.20 Some marinas and yacht clubs often hold annual yard sales.

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