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I have been using CQRs for some forty years. Once set, they are fine and will hold well enough and I have tested that to 50kts of wind...

We have plenty, and to spare, in Australia. I believe, bizarrely, we have an export trade to the Middle East. We are into such things...

For those hoping that there might be a test of Odin by Steve Godwin aka Panope. Apparently Steve has sold his 'work' boat and seems...

I need to get out more - I thought Arizona was all desert. :) in the same way I know it always rains in Scotland and more so if you do...

You state that I have never used a snubber. That's factionally incorrect, but I'm not going to bore the pants off people about my...

I've done exactly the same, except on a beach with wet sand, with the same result. It took some effort to get it 'started' but once its...

Years ago I proved this statement to be incorrect. I was able to drag my 65 metres of 8nmm chain along a dirt boatyard. I guess I might...

Gran Soleils are at the racier end of the cruiser racer spectrum. They have long thin keels for a reason, and it's not because that's a...

Here the fin is often machined from a slab of high tensile steel, for example Wild Oates 11 whose steel was supplied by Bisalloy (of...

Well here are 2, twitchy masts, beamy, not much headroom, slender keels with big bulbs. We were there doing our own AF and the yard...

Well here are 2, twitchy masts, beamy, not much headroom, slender keels with big bulbs. We were there doing our own AF and the yard...

Your point is? your post defines nothing Its a forum, get used to it. We know too little about many questions on threads, or even...

I understand your decision to go for a new boat, but it's not for me. Funds to buy new were never the problem. I could go out tomorrow...

Sorry cannot accept your comment - I've just seen the cricket in Scotland - the weather looked absolutely magic (a vast improvement on...

I'm not sure why my poor memory, if that is the case, casts doubts on the veracity of my statements. if you have posted the details of...