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All Hitched Up and Lots of Places to Go

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Brief How-To By Bruce Caldwell
All Hitched Up and Lots of Places to Go

How to make sure your boat trailer meets safety standards and is properly registered and licensed. Tips on hitching up, backing and maintaining a trailer.

[SailNet, 26 December 2002]
- Boat trailer tips

Trailer Tech Tips

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Owners' Group Trailer Tech Tips

Collection of articles by San Juan 23 owners on tandem axle conversion, keel guides, weight distribution, lights and wiring, and related topics. Lots of photos.

[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
- The index of articles

Stepping the Mast

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Owners' Group By Dave Clark
Stepping the Mast

A manual for raising the mast on a 23-footer pocket cruiser on the trailer. Other San Juan 23 owners have added their own tips in separate articles. Lots of detailed photos.

[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
- Stepping the Mast manual
- Using an A frame
- Mast rigging photos
- Bringing the mast up over the bow

Tips for Towing

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Brief How-To By Matts Djos

How to keep your boat, yourself and your fellow drivers safe when towing a boat trailer. 2 pages with diagrams.

[Sail Magazine, September 2001]
- Order the Sail Magazine back issue

Desirable Features in a Trailer

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Owners' Group By Bob Schimmel
Desirable Features in a Trailer

Illustrated tips for choosing a trailer. Written for San Juan 23 owners, but useful for most trailerable cruisers. Covers frame type, support pads, hull guideposts, bow roller, keel support, coupler, axles, wheels, tires, wiring, and maintenance.

[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
- Choosing a boat trailer

Mastendr hinged mast

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Boatbuilder Mastendr hinged mast

Because it is hinged above the deck, one person can raise this mast from its towing position and secure it alone and with little danger.

[Com-Pac Yachts/The Hutchins Co., Clearwater, FL, USA]
- The Mastendr raising system

Small Craft Advisor

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Publisher <i>Small Craft Advisor</i>

Attractive magazine covering trailerable cruising, daysailing and local on-the-water water adventures. Boat reviews, how-to articles, book reviews, cruising guides, and more. ~50 pages, monochrome, six issues a year.

[Small Craft Advisor, Port Townsend, WA, USA]
- Small Craft Advisor web site

NBOA Emergency Towing Program

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Membership organization

Members can sign up for two levels of towing service. Uses commercial tow boats. Also provides on-road service for those towing a boat.

[National Boat Owners Association, USA]
- The NBOA towing service

Bulletin Board - Cruising World

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Publisher Bulletin Board - <i>Cruising World</i>

Extensive list with good search facility. Covers just about any cruising topic. Tree and branch format for threads.

[The Sailing Company, Middletown, RI, USA]
- Search the cruising list
- Laatest Cruising Forum postings

rec.boats.cruising newsgroup

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Usenet newsgroup

Unmoderated forum on sail and power cruising. Lots of good advice and other resources, but you have to do some searching.

[Usenet, USA]
- Rec.boats.cruising forum
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Usenet?

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