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I have a spare furling system that might fit. It's from a Hunter Sonata - check the owner's association for luff length. Make me a sensible offer if you are interested - PM me. Andrew

and don't forget to watch out for the shipping lanes - you will pass very close to or through the Traffic Separation Zone

Old Sonata sails (1982 vintage) - FREE to anyone who wants to pick them up (Lancashire/Cumbria). Nothing wrong with them. OK for cruising. Hanked on Genoa.

The (240v) soldering iron on board copes with most repairs, but not with a big HT fitting!

As a way of saying thanks, I'd thought I would share our experience last week in Cherbourg. We were having electrical problems - and eventually traced the problem down to a poor connection - the eye terminal at the end of one of the HT leads had never been attached properly. We were in...

The Ribble Cruising Club (Lytham, Lancashire) is running the one day VHF/DSC marine radio course on 4th May. Very cheap rate of £55 (plus £30 certificate fee) details: www.ribblecruisingclub.org.uk

thanks for all the advice! many thanks for taking the trouble to pen your thoughts much to think about and much appreciated!

I've been asked to recommend a marina. A friend is in the process of buying a 32' sailing yacht and has narrowed his choice down to either Gosport or Port Solent. Costs are the same. Whilst it's a pain having to motor up to Port Solent & back, he likes the facilities there. But Gosport is so...

exact measurements Furler/reefing gear has twin grooves. comes in 4 x 1.5m sections, 1 x 1m section, 1 x 30cm section plus the bottom drum (32 cm) total 7.62m. obviously you can remove any of the sections or cut one down to the exact size you want. Sail. 7.0m luff, 6.5m leech, 3.7m foot...

URGENT strongly suggest you remove your mobile number - you'll end up with lots of unwanted messages

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I'm not familiar with a Pandora - what is the luff length for your headsail? I have a furling/reefing system that might do - luff is approx 7.3m - but can obviously be cut smaller Also a Kemp cruising headsail tha fits the furler

We dropped the mast last October on a 260 moored bows to. With 3 people, it went easy enough. Used spinnaker halyard plus long line. Just take it steady. Watch for the obvious things like knocking the windex when you move it. We also rigged a simple cradle using 2 pieces of wood bolted into a...

Nemo gear is fine for both furling and reefing (I used it twice when I first bought the boat and enjoyed a couple of fun days out in breezy conditions). I have since changed to hanked on sails for racing. I am not 100% sure of the dimensions. The Sonata is a fractional rig, and the max genoa...

Furler - made by Nemo Genoa - Kemp Good condition Open to offers around £300 mark (North West - Lancashire)