Buck Turgidson

Navico, Raymarine, Garmin. Well done for quoting NASA I'm sure they have a huge market share. For the last 20 years everyone else has...

My Twister came to me with this setup which I changed to a strap across the coupling.

All the newer Airmar types as used by virtually everyone these days have a bung with screw cap that inserts just like the log. It is...

RE; From experience, you REALLY don't want to be messing about with feeding a sail into a foil and bits of ties on the pointy end in...

I see your point but if you've not seen the boat out the water - do you know what state the anodes are in? the sea cock/skin fittings...

Personally I don't see what the issue is based from the OPs description. OP goes sailing down wind, windy day, genoa only, large...

Gentle. I’ll bet he’s been hoicking on it with much more force than a gentle tap around circumference.

Mine was the same. I thought it didn’t until the day I really pressed it home. You can always pull the other end off if really stuck.

My Simrad tiller pin socket clips quite strongly to the old autohelm tiller pin. It needs a good yank to get it to disengage. That can...

You cannot rely on "common practice" being "best practice" without supporting evidence. For many many decades it was common practice to...

There are millions (billions?) of cars on earth, not one of which has double hose clips. Despite the fact that they carry almost boiling...

Because if it's done that way.., then no matter where the fixture, there will always be at least one clip that is impossible to remove...

Make sure it’s fully unfastened then gentle tap around circumference. If that doesn’t work a tap from outside will. Of course if you are...

Gentle Breeze = Beaufort F3 (7-10kts) Moderate Breeze = Beaufort F4 (11-16kts)

Is it made with the oil of real snakes?