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Interesting. Thank you everyone. I’ll do an update if it happens, fingers crossed

We live on a very quiet single track road that slopes down to a sort of launching spot on the upperThames. The distance is almost...

I think actually, on reflection, you are all correct about roller furling and I am slightly perverse in my going the hank on direction...

Copper nails/rivets is good news. Keep well away from epoxy. Get her wet. Better to launch her rather than fill her up IMHO. Boats are...

Yes it’s a quandary. I would definitely avoid adding any new epoxy to the boat, certainly for now and ideally for ever. There are...

Pip’s last sail before the start. With wildly grinning guest.

Every time I look at those beasts my blood runs cold and I grow weak at the knees just thinking about soloing one of those offshore in...

Cheap boats are often very expensive. But I guess there is a limited and shrinking market for old wooden boats even if they are of a...

Launched yesterday

So I didn’t expect we would need to open a thread for the AC Match Race between Britannia vs NZ, but delighted to do so. The previous...

I think Ratcliffe is keen on ….Ratcliffe. The cycling, the Grenadier car, the AC and did you know you can now buy Ineos branded goods in...

My point was that the claim "The Americas Cup boats have never been anything that the average boater would sail - the J Class was a...

That has no more bearing than a "gentleman's agreement". Nothing that the teams sign is legally enforceable with respect to the next...

The America's Cup boats of earlier eras were very close to, and often a normal example of, the boats that the average big-boat sailor...