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Fair comment. You have a much bigger and heavier displacement boat. So moving about on deck is much easier. My boat rocks to every...

Maybe with your kind of sailing it's not important. For our kind of sailing, it is. We are having a hardtop made this winter so we can...

I have often wondered about rope bins. Some yachts have them as a feature & one cannot help wondering what happens at night when one...

We. It's all a damned sight easier with a second pair of hands. That's equally true when the lines are led back and you're not totally...

that’s a lot of kit!

Missed the topping lift.

Went and viewed today. No winches on the coach roof but very lovely self tailers x4 in the cockpit. Raised the sail on the pontoon of...

I think the biggest advantage of cockpit lines is reefing. Coupled with a Stak Pak .Boon for single handing. You don't have to go the...

Just position and size really. Considerably more friction than at the mast.

You don't actually need to move the lines. Many prefer them forward, since there is less friction. Hoisting is easier when you can use...

Rather than covert to cockpit lines, spend the money on a good autopilot for tiller or wheel. If you are reasonably agile and fit, then...

I’ll check, the photos show 2 winches in the cockpit but they are both covered. What constitutes a suitable winch?

I certainly would try. I like the idea of less clutter in the cockpit but it’s good to know how much if so as if I can’t manage I...

Why not try it and see how you get on with reefing at the mast before you spend something like £2500/3000 converting. We love the...

We converted our first (27ft) boat, but it was a DIY job. Used the old sheet winches which had become surplus following an upgrade...