Members list is just Yahoo BaylinerBuccaneerGroup members. Anyone can join the group. The Registry is (in theory) a list of the Buccaneer and USYachts boats,...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Nov 20, 2010 1:54 am
Hi Phil, Long delay in responding because i was tearing into it! You are right! The owner before the one who sold it to me did the following modifications. ...
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michiganbucc240
Nov 23, 2010 4:43 pm
Andres, Would love to see pics of the mods you discribed - sounds just like some of the changes that I had thought of doing to my b240. Eric...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Nov 23, 2010 4:51 pm
see my photo album for a pic of the rear cockpit which I am uploading now... I will post more when I have it all opened up again to redo the top surface. I...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Nov 23, 2010 5:01 pm
I will resize the pics and do some better ones and upload more detailed onces in a day or so I will also draw a sketch with a fine marker to describe what was...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Nov 24, 2010 4:24 pm
Hi Folks, Andrew Here, Don't throw tomatoes at me LOL I want to touch on the using of non-approved materials in your boat... more specifically metal and...
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gpabill007
Nov 24, 2010 9:54 pm
I hope all of you have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!!...
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Paul
apauljohn
Nov 29, 2010 6:43 pm
I've just purchased a 78 250b ,I am in search of the hatches and sliding hardware, also needing starboard window frame...
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bob.sparks@...
bob.sparks...
Nov 30, 2010 12:45 am
Paul At one of the boat yards near me a club with no storage facilities stores their boats. It seems they all try to out do each other with the their hand...
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PhilC
pcollins8872
Dec 2, 2010 10:11 pm
What hatches and hardware are you talking about? The forward hatch is molded fiberglass, and unique to the boat. The hardware is standard stuff that can be...
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freesail99
Dec 8, 2010 6:01 pm
Hi all, I was a member of the older bucc group and somehow, didn't get moved to or didn't join this one. I have now. I have a bucc 305, which I have done a lot...
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llindell
Dec 8, 2010 6:44 pm
Glad to see another 305 owner on here. We are in Louisville & sail on the Ohio River. It's not open water but it is water!...
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TAMUZZA
freesail99
Dec 9, 2010 12:50 am
Thanks for the welcome, maybe we could compair notes sometime. The only river I have ever sailed on and it wasn't on a bucc, was the Delaware, where you can...
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Brad Peachee
konakustoms
Dec 10, 2010 2:24 am
Hey Paul, Thanks for the eamil. I love sailing and would love to sail down from St Louis and hang out and you can show me the river there. Stay in touch ok. ...
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Brad Peachee
konakustoms
Dec 10, 2010 2:47 am
Hey Bob, I keep getting someone's messages but I do have a custom marine shop in St Louis and can build or rig anything you guys need! I have been building ...
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Brad Peachee
konakustoms
Dec 10, 2010 2:50 am
If you give me drawing and or pics I can make them new. or I can research them threw my sources and make them but it will cost ya....lol Brad @ KonaMarine...
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rpeter43
Dec 13, 2010 8:39 pm
... The mast can be sleeved quite easily. Most larger boats come with the mast in two or more pieces for shipping purposes....
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Jeff
buck4ua
Dec 13, 2010 8:56 pm
Since we're on the topic, I bought a 240 and the bracket where the mast mounts to the top of the cabin is not attached. What do I use to attach it to the top...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Dec 13, 2010 9:08 pm
I have a 240 too. there is no bracket on the bottom of the mast It is open. There is only a hole through it where it connects to the step on the cabin...
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PhilC
pcollins8872
Dec 14, 2010 8:10 pm
If you mean that the mast base is not attached to the deck - whether it's a hinge base or standard tabernacle, you should notice 4 bolt holes in the it that...
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PhilC
pcollins8872
Dec 14, 2010 8:12 pm
Those always make me chuckle. Any adult male in halfway decent physical condition can easily hand-raise a Catalina 22 or Bucc 240 mast. No gin...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Dec 15, 2010 4:07 pm
Yes i agree that it certainly can be done, but these methods make it safer and smoother to do it all alone, especially if you are trying to get it up on a...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Dec 15, 2010 4:14 pm
Since I also have a 240 with a vintage mast, I am concerned about why the mast broke where it did while supported by the 6 stays. i would have thought the 4...
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PhilC
pcollins8872
Dec 15, 2010 9:33 pm
??! I've owned 20 trailerable boats over 40 years, crewed and helped on literally hundreds of others, and on every single one of them the shrouds are...
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PhilC
pcollins8872
Dec 15, 2010 9:35 pm
Could be as simple as: 30 year old masts break on occasion. They don't last forever. Fatigue takes its toll....
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Dec 16, 2010 12:11 am
If the chainplates are fwd and aft of the mast step you can't do it. Yes you can if they are exactly horizontal from it. I have 2 chainplates on each...
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Andres Espino
ima_very_coo...
Dec 16, 2010 12:14 am
Anyone know of a good way to evaluate a mast? I don't see any corrosion to speak of on my mast and it has been most of its life on a trailer. Andrew ... ...
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Davis Kyle
blackhawk_ma...
Dec 16, 2010 2:15 am
Phil's the man... When I first put mine in ten years ago it was he and one other originator of these sites whom I got direction from. Been workin' just like it...
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Davis Kyle
blackhawk_ma...
Dec 16, 2010 2:17 am
pay someone to insect it with eddy current. Kyle ... pay someone to insect it with eddy current. Kyle On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:14 PM32PST, Andres Espino wrote: ...
