Resources

These folders are on the owners’ file site. They are grouped here by subject. Each link opens that folder.

Group archives

Brochures
GrandDeerCatalog
OwnerManuals: Tayana 37 operation and maintenance manual, in five PDF parts. Converted by Harvey Karten.
Manuals
EngineManuals
Windlass_Maxwell_Manuals
Drawings_Yohelah-Baba40: Scanned Baba 40 drawings left by Yohelah’s original owners. The yard flipped the galley, so they do not match the boat as finished.
LineDrawings
Tashiba31-LineDrawings
SailPlans
Baba40-Graphics_StormyDuchess

EngineRepair_GrayEagle
FuelTankReplacement_Alcyon: Foam-filled diesel bladder by Fuel Safe, held in a seaboard box, feeding a 25-gallon aluminum day tank.
FuelTankReplacement_Manu
FuelTanks_Bella
Genset_Bella: Kubota single-cylinder 140-amp DC generator mounted aft of the rudder shaft on Baba 40 Bella.
HeatExchanger_Bella: Heat exchanger on the engine-compartment aft bulkhead, clamped to a split stainless pipe.
Muffler-EngineMounts_Unknown
Prop: Max-Prop 4-blade, 16-inch Easy, fitted to Panda 38 Sea Bear.
Shaft_Bella: Max-Prop on Baba 40 Bella. The shaft taper was cut an inch shorter for a shortened hub.

Rigging
Sails_Lorac
Sail-Insignia
Boom_Sheeting
StaysailSheeting_Harken
StaysailSheeting_Zoe: Staysail sheet runs from the clew to the traveler, up into the mast, and back down to the winch. The route has a lot of friction.
LoosGauges
Chainplates_StormyDuchess: Stainless chainplates failed where they pass through the deck. Stormy Duchess lost two coming back from Curacao in 1998.
MastStep_Cambria: Rotted plywood mast step replaced with a 2.25-inch aluminum plate bedded in Chockfast and epoxy.
Seldon

Anchors
Bowsprit: Baba 35: rotten mahogany laminations planed out and reglued. Panda 38 Sea Bear: new teak sprit sheathed in epoxy and glass.
BowRoller_Lorac
BowThrusters: Side Power 75 bow thruster fitted under the V-berth on Baba 40 Bella at Baja Naval.
Hawsepipes: Tashiba 40 Voyager: the hawsepipe and inside flange do not meet cleanly, and the gap chafed the mooring bridle.
BoardingLadder: Boarding ladder for Baba 40 Bella.
Davits_Warlord
Davits_Whisper
Dingy
Stern: Whisper: the dinghy blocks the stern light. Gray Eagle: a pole raises the stern light. Adoxographi: stainless stern pulpit on a Baba 30.
BottomJob_Whisper
Rudder_Construction_40
Rudder_Mason
BuilderPlate
TaShing Plates
Bristol_BajaNaval: Photos of a Bristol 53.3 overhaul at Baja Naval in Ensenada, from hull fairing through finish paint.
Trailer_MoonShadow

Plumbing_Bella: Plumbing bought at Ferguson.
SinkPlumbing_Baidarka: Sink and shower drains run to a 4-gallon sump and macerator so they do not back up or smell.
Faucets_Cambria: Household kitchen faucet in the galley and a bar faucet in the head, both from Expo.
WaterTanks_Shantih
CompanionwayDoorLatch_Whisper
CompanionwayHatch_Baidarka
HelmSeats
Interior_Lorac
TiltingBed Alcyon: Hinged V-berth lifts with a tackle so the space underneath can be reached without stripping the bed.
Stereo_Cambria: Car stereo, HF radios, and instruments fitted around the navigation desk.
Computer_Lorac
InstrumentBase_Lorac
LightningGround_GrayEagle
ActiveRadarTargetEnancer_SeeMe
Alpha3000ram_Whisper
EPIRB_Bella
LifeRaftCanister_Bella
MotorLift_Whisper

Panda38
PilotHouse40_Whisper
Baba40Keel
Tashiba40-Details_GrayEagle
Tashiba40-Details_Moonrise
Tashiba40_Options: Tashiba 40 options list from 1988.
Projects_Cambria
Misc_Cambria: Snapshots of life aboard Panda 40 Cambria in Mexico.
OneIron
Polars_ShuangHsi
Scrollwork-Beddoe
LinesAft_Baidarka: Halyard, sheets, reef lines, topping lift, and traveler controls led aft to the cockpit.
Traveler_Baidarka_Tashiba40: The main hatch slider comes out to reach the traveler nuts. Photos show a new Garhauer traveler.