Hi Brad!
The back stay, Hmmm. To tell you the truth, I don't even remember checking it when I looked in from the deck plate hole. I'm willing to bet that I could reach in there and feel the nuts and bolts on that chain plate, though. If you can see in there with a flash light, and you don't see any rusty water marks near that back-up plate of the back stay, chances are it's not leaking and should be good. My boat is at the club on the mooring right now, so what I'll do is open the deck plate and check it the very next time I go down to fiddle around on my boat. I took it out Wednesday for an overnighter on the river and had a problem with my galley pump in my sink. I think now that it may be that the little ball inside the pump may be stuck. I bought a repair kit for the pump at Imtra in New Bedford Ma., and installed it, but the water doesn't come out in a steady stream. The galley pumps for the O'Days are manufactured by "Fynspray" in Auckland New Zealand. The kit contains a packing and a rubber "O" ring. You need to coat the plunger on those pumps with a little vegetable oil from time to time to make it work smooth. The little ball might be gummed up and staying open in my pump. I wasn't able to wash my dishes too well and if that wasn't bad enough, I also lost two large Striped Bass during those two days. I did see a harbor seal swimming in the river about 60' from us. He came up and stuck his head out of the water and looked at me and went back down. I came to the conclusion that even a lousy day out on the water is better than staying home. Have you decided what you are going to use for a head liner inside your boat? I looked in my O'Day Owner's Manual and couldn't find out who the manufacturer was that supplied that material. I don't like that stuff near my stove area and I'm contemplating whether to cover it somehow with sheet stainless steel, or remove part of it and put something else in it's place. Joe
The back stay, Hmmm. To tell you the truth, I don't even remember checking it when I looked in from the deck plate hole. I'm willing to bet that I could reach in there and feel the nuts and bolts on that chain plate, though. If you can see in there with a flash light, and you don't see any rusty water marks near that back-up plate of the back stay, chances are it's not leaking and should be good. My boat is at the club on the mooring right now, so what I'll do is open the deck plate and check it the very next time I go down to fiddle around on my boat. I took it out Wednesday for an overnighter on the river and had a problem with my galley pump in my sink. I think now that it may be that the little ball inside the pump may be stuck. I bought a repair kit for the pump at Imtra in New Bedford Ma., and installed it, but the water doesn't come out in a steady stream. The galley pumps for the O'Days are manufactured by "Fynspray" in Auckland New Zealand. The kit contains a packing and a rubber "O" ring. You need to coat the plunger on those pumps with a little vegetable oil from time to time to make it work smooth. The little ball might be gummed up and staying open in my pump. I wasn't able to wash my dishes too well and if that wasn't bad enough, I also lost two large Striped Bass during those two days. I did see a harbor seal swimming in the river about 60' from us. He came up and stuck his head out of the water and looked at me and went back down. I came to the conclusion that even a lousy day out on the water is better than staying home. Have you decided what you are going to use for a head liner inside your boat? I looked in my O'Day Owner's Manual and couldn't find out who the manufacturer was that supplied that material. I don't like that stuff near my stove area and I'm contemplating whether to cover it somehow with sheet stainless steel, or remove part of it and put something else in it's place. Joe
