Recent content by Corto

Biscuit, you are absolutely right. I don't want force my kids to love sailing or to love any of the things that I like. Sailing is my and my wife passion a sort of "secret garden". If they will take it we will be happy as well as if they won't like it. What is important to me is that they will...

Thanks to all of you. It's a relief that I am not the only one in the same condition. The mother is in love with sailing, she is the co-owner of the Corribee, and she is not 100% sure of selling. But of course she is the "key actress" in the babies management, at least since the last will be 1-2...

many thanks for the advices... !

I'm fighting against my feelings! Father of two and half little girls ( the third will join us in jannuary 2018) and owner of a beautifull Corribee that I own since 2010, restored from a to z by myself. I bought it in the Netherlands and brought it back here in Italy in 2012-2013 via canals...

I've been in contact via Facebook. He is still in Newport, I hope for a detailed report of the trip as soon as he has the chance to wit down and write it!

Guy Waites just completed his transatlantic crossing on a Corribee 21. From his report has been a long and difficult passage. Great little boat with a superb skipper. Bravo!

I've just noticed that my Corribee has the deck that is not perfectly flat in some little parts (cockpit seats or other small spots). The boat is made by Newbridge in the 1980, but is different and less precise than other models from the same age. Other models has the same problem?

I changed the beam to mine ( late MkII), not a complicate work a bit dusty but doable. For any doubts is better to replace it as well as the chainplates. All the infos here:http://corribee.org/technical/mast-beam/

If you cross France through canals (I did it with mine) you should be able to make it for next year festival... I will wait for you in "Marina di Pisa" very close to Livorno, where mine is moored.

I love mine, slowly restoring it, from rudder to chainplates. I believe is the only Italian Corribee around the Tyrrhenian sea.

many thanks, never stop learning... that's why I love sailing!

Tranona, Thanks for your reply, I will look for the insert that I guess should be a sort of plastic or teflon?. I actually removed the propeller and closed the stern tube right after removing the engine. A second look to my first thread make clear to me that I need an advanced english class!!

Guys, I'm an happy Italian owner of a 21 Corribee down here in Tuscany. I am restoring the boat purchased in Netherlands some years ago. I removed the old inboard for a small outboard (am I crazy enough?), of course the anode was installed on the propeller shaft, now there is only the propeller...

Ciao Sandro, In these days I'm reading "The Open Boat" by Webb Chiles, he crossed the Pacific on a Drascombe Lugger (amazing boat btw) using the sheet to tiller system. www.amazon.com/The-Open-Boat-Across-Pacific/dp/039303268X

I agree 100%, I have exactly the same problems. For the Hebridean the outboard is unfortunately on the way. The sheet to tiller seems to work but I have problems with balance as Ronsurf has. Ordered Lechter's book "Self Steering for Sailing Craft", I hope for a flash of inspiration.