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Thanks for the advice on upgrades. Much appreciated.

It appears that the oil leak in my engine is from the front of the engine, the seal around the timing chain cover. I've read some troubling posts about unsuccessful attempts to address that issue. Anyone else have experience replacing/upgrading that gasket? The boatyard wants to pull the engine to r...

Thanks for the tip on searching for Harmony in the forum. Interesting! From what I can see, I don't think the couple we bought her from participated in the CDA & forum - it was the previous owners, Dave & Carol Bradbury who did. But, and regardless, let me be very clear, the "rushed&quo...

Thanks very much for this recommendation! Good to know and you're right, Marion isn't too far from Fall River (it's actually at Shaw's Boatyard in Dighton, up the Taunton River).

Appreciate it!

dewey

My wife and I bought Harmony, a 1983 cutter-rigged CD 36 in August. For various reasons, the walk-through, post-closing with the former owner was terribly rushed and, in any case, being our first cruising boat, we didn't know what to look for or ask about at that time anyway. The boat actually came ...