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Untitled Document The 2024-2025 Fund Raising Season has Opened!
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Blogs
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E31C Brightwork Refinish
The appearance of the forward hatch on my boat was looking a bit tired. Even though the varnish gets refresher coats, I am always bummed at how quickly the gloss fades and if left alone too long, you're looking at stripping back to bare and starting over. I wanted to take the hatch off and...- Martin King
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- Wood Work & Finishing
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E28-1 E28+: Quick visual summary of first-year projects
The image below summarizes the main projects completed on our 1981 E28+ during our first year-and-a-half of boat ownership (any boat ownership, not just this one). The various posts on this site were instrumental in providing guidance and encouragement to more boldly go where it might not have...- grmiller
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E31 Independence A New Home
It’s been five months since we learned of our parent’s diagnosis. We’ve dealt with many changes in that time. Obviously the biggest change was our parent’s move to a long-term care facility. As we’ve visited over the last few months, there are good days and not so good days. Another big change...- David Vaughn
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- Living on Board
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E29 Venerable Sailomat 3040 for Venerable Sailboat
Every proper cruising boat needs a windvane self-steering gear. Right? This is one of those things I thought I'd go full-mad-scientist on, some time in the future when other needs were taken care of. Those things are expensive, but plenty of people have successfully brewed up their own...- toddster
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- Controls - Steering, Binnacle, Wind Vanes & Ground Tackle
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O34 Hull Paint Progress
This last week saw some good progress. The painting is definitely a two person job, and both have to know how to mix and apply the catalyzed paint. The stuff is really fussy about thinning, temperature, and etc. One person keeps running the 'gun' and the other mixes the paint components and...- Loren Beach
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- Painting - Bottom, Deck & Hull