Last week I talked to Jay about installing through hulls in his boat. He decided to through bolt them and install proper seacock's instead of a ball valve on...
The good news is that after a lot of searching around I found 1/2" and 3/4" bronze nipples at Boaters World for attaching the bronze tees to the seacocks. The...
Our pintles didn't have any sleaves and comparied to your experience, removing the rudder was pretty easy. You can order bronze shaft from Alaskan Copper and...
Thanks for the info Eric and We'd like to welcome you and Sherell! My rudder had some slop in it and one of the previous owners slipped in a thin piece of...
I found this on the net and contacted the seller. He is the origional owner and has his boat for sale. There are some great photos there and it looks like the...
Has anyone replaced the porthole gaskets? I dont know who made these portholes and I was thinking of making my own gaskets out of boat life calk, but thought...
Mike, I went through this same problem last year. I looked around at all the port manufactures trying to find a replacement gasket. I even ordered several...
We did the same thing, including replacing the glass in all our port lights. You can buy some square neoprene rubber by the foot, it's quite cheep that way....
Actually, I contacted Pacific Seacraft to get the builders plans (no longer exist), but instead they sent me the orginal fold out brochure in perfect condition...
Anyone know how some of these mariahs get 100 gallons of water and 50 gallons of fuel and a big battery bank all in one boat? It's been a bit of a puzzle to...
Eric, I have two tanks one is under the latter and the other is under the floor between the two beds in the cabin. For a total of 60 gallons of fuel. I also...
Cool, so are the side tanks under the settees? That would eat up a lot of our storage space. ... under the floor between the two beds in the cabin. For a...
Last spring, I stripped all of the cetol off of my teak and put on 6 coats of epifanes that said "espically formulated for teak" right on the can. I thinned...
Okay, I'm just getting shakabrah ready to hunker down for the winter. Kirsty and I just installed a diesel floor mounted heater. We got it plumbed in and it...
Christmas Tequila Cookies 1 cup of dark brown sugar 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 1 cup of granulated sugar 4 large eggs 2 cups of dried fruit, such as dried...
Grat group you have here. We (my better half and I) are proud owners of your ship's little sister (the PS25) and we are debating the idea of upgrading to a...
Bryan, I have been out of town and so I am just writing now. I am docked in Oceanside, Ca. and you are welcome to come sail our mariah with us to get a good...
Hi Bryan, I think everything is an evolutionary process. The 25 was PSC's first boat. The learned a lot from it and designed the orion and then the mariah. The...
I appreciate reading the posts and wish there were more, so I figured I will add some. Well I have had Wanda (PCS310060977) for almost one year and have hauled...
Hi everyone. I'm a sailor in the Greatlakes. Obviously interested in the Mariah. Seems like a forgiving platform with a lot of potential. I'm in the...
Welcome to the group. The Mariah31 is an interesting boat. I have lived on mine for the past year and enjoy it very much. Things change and as such I am...
Eric, Welcome to the group! There are a few of us here with Mariah's. I live full time on board with my wife Kirsty and Dog Lucy. I know that Eric and Sherell...
... slipped ... marelon ... gudguins ... and ... back ... Hi again! Well I started this project for myself and have pulled everything off, but I've been having...
Eric, I had the bushings made for me. They are not just a washer ro use as a spacer between the pintle and gugeon, but actually act as a bearing serfice...
Hi, I just noticed your forum group and thought I'd join. I sail in South Puget Sound, near Olympia, WA, for now mostly daysailing. I've had the boat as far...
Hi Ron, Nice to have you aboard. We'd love to see some pictures of your boat. I used to live in Tacoma. When I was there, I sailed around the sound and up to...
Thanks for your note, Mike. I'll try to get some photos together. I enjoyed your pictures; having seen no other Mariahs, it's amazing how different the boats...
Capt Ron, I couldnt tell you how many are on the west coast. I know George is on the west coast, but he's in california. We have someone from Guam, a sailor in...
Bahgdad... Wow. Not much sailing there I would guess. I'm sure you are looking forward to a return and reunion with family and boat. I'm ex Army Medical Corp...