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It's in a solid steel cradle, no fear of it going anywhere. Yes I think a drop should not cause any damage as it will be prevented...

It's a southerly. The hydraulics ease it down using its own weight. I can prop the keel and get slack on the pennants and then pull the...

The pivot is not accessible without dropping the entire mechanism.. It's moving smoothly for 30 inches so I can't see that there can be...

No fouling to be seen. It was power washed thoroughly when it went into the yard. Yesterday I was able to see up onto the keel box and...

I maybe should have pointed out that the boat is in a cradle in the yard so I can limit it's freefall so that it potentially only moves...

The keel on my s100 will not drop the whole way. It will raise and lower by about 30 inches leaving about 14 inches in the boat.. It...

I doubt that the top end of the pump is below the water line, but to be on the safe side, wrap a rag around the pump tube then loosen...

Isn't a boat really just an inanimate mistress..?

I had notions of a hanked on sail on a solent rig with a furler Genoa. I bought a second boat with a high end furler on the jib and...

Can be that the changeover lever on the top of the pump is not quite getting into the home position correctly. It only needs to be a few...

Where is that?

Getting the mast dropped would allow you to do loads of stuff including checking the mast head changing lights cables antennas etc...

A boat is for dreaming about and plotting your next project while at work.

Mental health. “There are two terrible things for a man: not to have fulfilled his dream, and to have fulfilled it.” Bernard Moitessier...

It's a reservoir for time - when you have time to "spend" the boat absorbs it, then when you don't have time you can "save" time by not...