Recent content by MarkRick

Is this still for sale?

I need to know the air draught of my Southerly 115 Series II for a planned trip to the Netherlands to avoid bashing too many bridges. Does anyone know what the air draught is? Northshore, the builders, advise that the later Series IV has an air draught of 15.4m but don't seem to have the...

I'm looking to fit a budget chartplotter and am considering the Lowrance 3500C with bundled Nautic Path charts. Any advice on quality of unit and charting? Or are there other alternatives (eg Simrad CP31) that I should look at? Does anyone know if the latest Nautic Path software (v1.7.0 I think)...

Thanks to everyonel for all the useful advice. I've had a lot of recommendations to switch to a vertically-battened main - here, from other owners, and from the Selden guys at SBS - so will give it a go. I've gone ahead and placed an order for a Maxi-Roach - will give feedback in spring if...

Thanks for reply. I don't understand your point on them cutting the mainsail high, thus reducing area. Do you mean that foot is cut high, ie raising boom?

Has anyone got experience of a vertically-battened Maxi-Roach mainsail? The claim is that if you have in-mast furling they improve performance and ease of reefing - any views? What's the sail quality like? And any snags?