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    doris reacted to Minerva's post in the thread Caption this please with Like Like.
    Much to the surprise of all involved, It has been announced that the new pope is a sigma 33.
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    doris reacted to ProDave's post in the thread Caption this please with Like Like.
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    doris reacted to Airscrew's post in the thread Fenders and clove hitches with Like Like.
    Clove hitch plus a hitch. Never lost one overwinter, on a pontoon on sometimes very windy river. Thats windy as in breeze, not windy as...
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    doris reacted to johnalison's post in the thread Fenders and clove hitches with Like Like.
    There's nothing wrong with clove hitches so long as you finish them off with a half hitch after adjustments have been done. Personally...
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    doris reacted to Chiara’s slave's post in the thread JPK 39FC with Like Like.
    Dinghies have no pretensions to be self righting though.
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    doris reacted to RobbieW's post in the thread JPK 39FC with Like Like.
    It's a while since I sailed dinghies. In those it was normal to sail upwind with the centre board down and downwind with it up
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    doris replied to the thread JPK 39FC.
    According to the gospel of JPK the lifting keel Is purely for shallow berthing. Sails should not be used with the keel up and it is not...
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    doris reacted to Sandy's post in the thread Thoughts on Sending a Sextant by Courier/Post with Like Like.
    NO
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    doris replied to the thread JPK 39FC.
    I'm waiting for JPK to give me a quote for a JetThruster but may simply use a couple of big fenders! The boat is due to be built at the...
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    doris reacted to Baggywrinkle's post in the thread single/short handed cruising with Like Like.
    With the budget you have, then the boats you are looking at make a huge amount of sense, and they are also what you are used to, so also...
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    doris reacted to Concerto's post in the thread single/short handed cruising with Like Like.
    I can certainly recommend a Fulmar. I sail singlehanded and in 2022 I sailed round Britain via the top of Shetland. Have a look at my...
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    doris reacted to Daydream believer's post in the thread single/short handed cruising with Like Like.
    The Fulmar fits the bill in all ways. Price , availability, fin or bilge, performance, space, spares etc Cannot really beat it,
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    doris reacted to Chiara’s slave's post in the thread JPK 39FC with Like Like.
    Does the boat require that? We have a fractional 65m asymmetric, plane at 10kn of wind, and are scared shitless by it at 15kn. If we’re...
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    doris reacted to r_h's post in the thread JPK 39FC with Like Like.
    Brilliant - I sailed the prototype for a Yachting World test - still reckon it's one of the two best boats I've tested in the last five...
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    doris reacted to flaming's post in the thread JPK 39FC with Like Like.
    Definitely don't skimp on the kite. A smaller code type fractional would be a good addition, but I think you'd regret not having a big...
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