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Category Archives: Maintenance

Respecting Each Other’s Property in a Crowded Boatyard

By faith | Published: October 29, 2012

When it comes to preparing our boats for haul-out and launch, there is a lot of activity going on in the yard over a period of several weeks. Our members are known to go out of their way to assist each other during the season – helping move, repair and store large, expensive and unwieldy equipment. However, [...]

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News from the Vice Commodore, Marine Operations

By faith | Published: September 23, 2012

Our dock restoration work is well underway. During this process we will, as mentioned before, try our best to not inconvenience our members. In conjunction with our dock committee we’ll ensure that we arrange access points for adjusting chain lengths on the docks, water shut off valves and electrical connections. In addition we will install [...]

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The Spectator Sport of Docking

By stephen | Published: September 27, 2011

from Jonathan Bamberger With every passing season the average size of boats at the NYC docks is getting larger and larger. This increases the entertainment value of the spectator sport of watching your neighbours bring their boats back to dock while facing a brisk off-dock wind. Happily, it is a yacht club and we all [...]

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BoatBITZ #3 – Replacing a Raw Water Pump Impeller

By sean | Published: September 27, 2011

By Sean McKee For those of us here at NYC who have boats with inboard water-cooled engines, this month’s column will be of interest (and use) to you. For the rest with outboard motors, or the cool dry-sail kids who sail on and off the sea wall, read on and learn – you might need [...]

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BoatBITZ #2 – Repairing a Wet Core

By sean | Published: August 31, 2011

By Sean McKee In our fist BoatBITZ column we discussed how to mount hardware using through-deck fittings. In that article, I touched briefly on making sure that the core of your deck where you planned to mount said hardware was free of moisture. Let’s talk about just such an event this month. If you will [...]

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NYC’s Wild Kingdom

By stephen | Published: July 28, 2011

Animal Kingdom Its  truly amazing to witness the variety of wild life at our City Yacht club. Otters swimming around the “D” dock area –  those are the docks located on the break wall. These animals are so agile it’s a pleasure to watch their antics. Raccoons. These night marauders, while cute, can do a great deal of damage and are [...]

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Column – BoatBITZ: Mounting Hardware

By sean | Published: July 28, 2011

Welcome to the inaugural edition of BoatBITZ, a new column to The National devoted to maintaining and repairing your boat. Look for new tips and articles every month designed to help you prolong the life of your boat and keep it in Bristol condition for years to come. If you’re like me, the winter months [...]

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