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Comment by Jim Buce on July 22, 2010 at 12:19pm

Ken, looked at your pics, she looks great. So from what I can tell, you painted the deck and the non-skid areas all white? I like that a lot. Re-doing the deck is on the short list as well, and I was looking for ideas.
Agree with you completely about there being very little support for the 34 models. Everyone seems to have a 25, 30 or something in between, I appreciate your offer for help.
How do you fare in CA without a bimini? In FL, it's a must. I use a boom tarp when at the dock or at anchor, but it's a pain to put up and take down...especially if there is any wind.
--Jim

Comment by Ken Roberts on July 21, 2010 at 3:33pm

Bruce, a repower will make a hugh difference in time, effort and maintainance. I also wanted you to know that you can see some pictures of Finisterre in my home page -- I'll take some of the in interior this week and post them. One of the things I have found, especally with the Cal 34 series is not a lot of support in the web. There are some user forums, but for the amount of owners with 34's out there, not a lot of communications between each other. When I had a Columbia 26 - there was a huge amount of user assistance on the "how to's etc". I work on my boat a lot, feel free to ask questions etc. if you need any help.

Comment by Jim Buce on July 21, 2010 at 2:58pm

Ken,
A re-power is next on the list for sure. The A4 gave her final performance on the trip down. Have to wait a while to build the funds up a bit, but I am hoping to have something underway by early next year.

Comment by Ken Roberts on July 21, 2010 at 9:37am

Bruce, I was forturnate when I purchased the boat, the previous owners had re-powered the engine from the A4 to a Yanmar 3GM30F, which runs the boat quite nice. We are the 3rd owner of the boat and the previousl owners seemed quite adapt at keeping the boat up. The owner who we purchased the boat from didn't sail the boat much, as he was older, using the boat as a platform and did a lot of kyacking.

Comment by Jim Buce on July 21, 2010 at 9:26am

Hey Ken,
Would love to see pics of the boat. I have been refitting Skylark (68 Cal 34 Hull 186) for close to 2 years now. Have done a lot of the same work you have done and then some. She had sat for a long time before I found her. They are such great boats. Do you still have the old A4 running?

I have a blog that shows everything I have done if you would like to see pics. http://skylarkadventures.blogspot.com/ We just finished a trip down from Washington, NC to Jacksonville, FL. That was a hoot as well.

Jim
s/v Skylark

Comment by Ken Roberts on July 20, 2010 at 2:17pm

Jim, we are Cal 34 owners out of Redondo Beach, CA. Have owned her for the past 5 years (67 Cal 34 - Hull 75, a good old classic boat!). Some of the work we've done for her are:

1. Repaint Hull with Algrip
2. Re done all standing rigging
3. Repaint bottom
4. Add Electronics - ie. Chart Plotter with Temp & Depth Transducer; upgraded Tiller autopilot
5. Adding running water (cold) to Galley
6. Added footpumb to Head Sink

I can send you pictures of the boat if you'd like.

Ken Roberts
S/V Finisterre

Comment by Jim Buce on July 20, 2010 at 1:46pm

Any Cal 34 owners out there? Would love to see what you all have done to your boats.

Comment by matt eastman on July 8, 2010 at 6:37am

hello all,
i have a cal 29 1972 , wondering if anybody knows were to get the original dodger for her ? thanks the matty j

Comment by Kevin Oelschlager on July 7, 2010 at 10:24am

Visiting Portland OR. July 20-30.
If any one would like crew for a day of sailing I would love to join you!
I would be more than happy to return the favor for anyone visiting Las Vegas. Water temp is about 85f !!

Comment by Leonard Reeves on May 14, 2010 at 10:38pm

Aloha all,
Just checking in. Sailing has been great! Summer trades all-ready kicking in. Going to be a good summer. Enjoy!
LR

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