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That's shockingly bad design. Cracks are almost inevitable at the place you have indicated - at the root/"hinge" of that cantilevered...

You don't need to convince me! After the epic forum cruise (hosted by BartW and his wonderful wife) with forum members a few years back...

In the pics above those are just the plastic bags the fenders came in, to keep them clean. The socks will be in the usual grey...

When are you thinking you want to use both anchors? If you’re thinking “in windy weather”, you’re getting it wrong imho.

That's why I said "If the boat isn’t ... otherwise very attractive, " The cracks are likely just in the gelcoat layer as others have...

100% agree with lusitano. They are not “expansion cracks”, they are stress cracks probably from hard driving/ slamming, or inferior...

JFM once again a brilliant and interesting build process, like your Fairline thread, what a result it is absolutely stunning. The...

Can be upgraded to two separate windlasses, but that'a a difficult upgrade. Possible, but difficult.

Urgh! That's not a set up I would choose. If both anchors are down, you can't weigh them simultaneously but with a bit of on/offing...

I don't feel twin anchors set up is important. The only benefit is that if you lose an anchor on rocks, and dump the chain, you can...

Shouldn’t need a hairdryer with that much extraction power in the showers. 👍

simply stunning, many thanks for sharing an insight of the build with us again.

Nope, this will be non commercial private use only. I just don't want to charter it. AFAIK there is only one SL96A for charter in...

Thanks for the kind words Eric. Yup I thought hard about that, and I love the SD96. I decided against it this time because firstly I...

Thanks alt for the kind words. Hope Irish sun comes out soon. You know what to do though: put the Cranchi on a truck to the Med for a...