Happy New Year! I hope everyone is doing well and is planning on a bunch of projects and trip that they'll share with the rest of the group. I want to...
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone would comment on their sail plan. Ours is a little unique as the previous owner preferred to sail her has a sloop, so...
Hi Doug, Ours is the factory layout with hank on stays'l and Profurl on the headstay. We started our cruising with no furler, and added it in Australia. Glad...
We have the bowsprit extension. When I purchased the boat, we had a furling system on both headsails. The bow pulpit and platform were falling apart, so I took...
Doug, Joshua Slocum sailed a boat called "Spray" around the world. It was a cutter rig that was later converted into a yawl to gain some more sail area. He...
... self tacking Stays'l is nice, ... sheet forward to it so ... Mike, I'd doubt that you need to change anything to heave to. We find that we heave to...
Thanks Steve, I've never gotten her to heave to without the headsail. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong. I learned on a crapalina 36 in seattle when I took a...
Hey Mike, We heave to the best with the main sheeted tight, traveler maybe slightly to windward. Mariah's long full keel is what gets it done better than...
On my Mariah MKII there is only about half an inch of exposed prop shaft and I have to use a football zinc on the end of the shaft which does not have enough...
Rich, You have a couple of solutions. First, there should be enough room astern of the prop to put a prop nut zinc. There is also another type of zinc that...
Hello all: I'm a year or so away from my next boat purchase, but the Mariah 31 seems to fit my parameters -- mainly something small enough to easily single...
Lee, I had a few small blisters two years ago when I hauled my boat. They were easy and straightforward to deal with. Basically, I just ground them out and...
Mike: Thanks for the info. I saw the pictures of your thru-hull work. Very nice. I posted the picture of the boat in Mariner's basin in a new album by...
Unfortunately, we've had serious blister issues with ours over the years, but we still love her. In 1996 before we left for long term cruising we had gelcoat...
Its that time of year again. We didn't get any brightwork done last year since I've been in Baghdad since last spring. A couple of years ago, I used West...
Do any of you have your inner stay set up as removeable or have any opinions about doing so? Never wanted to when we were offshore as we used it all the time,...
Ours is rigged with no inner forestay at all. We've only had her for a year, but she's been like this for her whole 30 year life. The previous owner (who was...
We've got a longer bowsprit than a normal Mariah. Additional 2 1/2 feet makes it easier to get that Genny around. Truth is, I'm not racing anyone where a few...
Hi All, Does anyone happen to know the outer diameter dimension of their cutlass bearing? (how big is the little hole in the back of the boat?) We'll be...
Sorry for the late response on this, Doug, but the old logbook was hidden away and didn't want to be found. :) We did ours in Raiatea. Actually called Pacific...
Mike< I have the original yanmar 20qm motor and I am beginning to see some leaking around the head. Has anyone just retorqued the head? Will this cause...
George, this sounds like you may need a new head gasket. Not a big deal. Gaskets get old and dry out. Retorqueing the bolts is probably not going to do it....
A word of advise, You must drain the block after every use. Leaving the (salt) water in the block/head will cause corrosion and destroy the engine quickly. ...
Mike, thanks for the quick response I am pretty good with my hands do you think I can replace the head gasket myself. i have all the manuals. george ... ...
Hi, I hope to make a acceptable bid on a Mariah 31 MKII 1979 and wondered if anyone could give me some hints on what to look for in particular when inspecting...
... wondered ... particular ... I think I'd be mostly looking at the usual old boat type of things: blisters, soft spots on the deck, deck leaks, engine,...
Hello again! I've been getting by on just my state registration for many years now, but the state fees just keep going up and since I don't know when or if ...
Eric, Documenting your boat when traveling abroad is a great idea. What happens is that your boat will now become a 31 foot, floating, sovereign piece of the...
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