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Hovering your mouse over the TECHNICAL menu above will display drop-down tabs for additional CS/Quanta boats.

Our Technical Director is Henry Kucera - Summer Snow 36T

Compass Marine - a large library of technical articles, eg. installing a battery monitor, installing a solar system.
     See also CS 36 section on our site for construction photos.
 Yacht Library - Pat Sturgeon, who is a major long-time  CS yacht dealer in Ontario, has posted a  library of scanned brochures and spec sheets for an extensive list of yachts including the roster of CS boats from the CS 27 to the CS 40.  Worth a look to view some of the original brochures.

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CS owners are encouraged to use this discussion forum.  Users may find the "digest" format the most efficient way of receiving discussion emails.
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SailNet CS Forum - SailNet is the world's largest online sailboat forum.  Check out their CS forum for CS discussions and photos.

Technical Articles (from past CS West Newsletters)
Over the years, a number of technically-oriented articles have appeared in CS West, the newsletter of CS Yacht Owners West. While the later ones are still available from our newsletter library, those that were published while CS West was paper-based may be difficult to find. The complete series is available here.
mast_pumping by Carten Nachtigahl - March 1998
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oil_filters by Mike & Bev Bayliss - March 1998
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stern_line - Spring 1999
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w33_vs_w30 by Carsten Nachtigahl - Fall 2000
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rosmond_mod by Pierre Porcheron - Spring 2001
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refrigeration by Carsten Nachtigahl - Winter 2001/02
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boat_speed by Carsten Nachtigahl - Winter 2001/02
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propane_on_board by Carsten Nachtigahl - Fall 2002
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fuel_tank_cleaning by Ron Cook - Fall 2002
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cs36_maintenance_checklist by Don Grovestine -Winter 2003/04
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fasteners_for_cabin_sole by Bob Thompson - Spring 2004
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Articles on Maintenance - additional articles under specific boat type
isomat_autoreef_boom_diagram.pdf courtesy of Wilson Yates
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isomat_outhaul_diagrams_for_cs_boom.pdf courtesy of Wilson Yates
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General Articles
  • Sailboatdata about CS boats
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  • Keep Your Keel On - originally published in Sail Magazine Sept. 2008

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