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My usual set up was two halyard winches on the mast, plus a reefing winch on aft face of mast or under the boom. Plus an assortment of...

All my lines lead back to the cockpit 16 in total including sheets, it would be great to move some onto the Mast.

Actually, it's not more work. Or need not be. If we are two-up, it's super quick to hoist the main 'near enough' from the mast. It's...

I think you are wise to hesitate. Hearken to post 14. I wouldn't even run the kicker back to the cockpit you can tension it directly...

Actually none of the above is much of a problem hence my hesitation in drilling lots of holes in an otherwise dry coachroof. Indeed...

Who is keeping the boat head to wind, You need a system to keep the boat on track if you are going solo, then the control lines are not...

Don’t I just. On one trip just from Zeebrugge to Ostend I had to go up four times to change the jib as the wind dropped from post-gale...

On my engineless 27foot sloop everything was at the mast except for the topping lift that was on a purchase on a back stay.As every...

Well I probably do, but ive sorted the Matter of the Track by extending the existing one with another piece of identical Track. would...

Perhaps you need to fit one of these tidesmarine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sailtrack_catalog.pdf

Well Ive been changing my set up to lines in the cockpit. The plan was to get it sorted early in the season. id bought new 6 sheave...

I had to have somewhere to go on a cold evening when my wife wanted to listen to the Archers.

A trick I devised with the original Windpilot (semi balanced auxiliary rudder and vertical axis wind vane) was to use the smallest...

That is a point. I have had several autopilots renewed and some repairs. Total 7 in 20 years. The Aries just keeps going- but not always...

We replaced our autopilot last year in the Caribbean. I am very impressed with how it steers. We only ever steer to the wind when...