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yes, that makes sense. ta

You will also need to consider a suitable deck fitting to take the stay loads, positioned so storm sail and hanks can not touch/damage...

10-11 second period is quite long, more of a swell than waves. Go out and see, if you don't like it head back in. Nothing wrong with...

I had a cutter rig on 35ft plus short bowsprit. Had a high clew headsail made having specified good windward shape when deeply rolled...

Yes, I remember that. The guy behind the idea got very upset when people questioned it and some offered to review it. I think the mods...

Some time ago there was a low cost propeller towed water maker that never worked and was discussed here. The real issue is the lack of...

If you sail in an area with an asymmetrical tide curve it won't be any use. Like the old "rule of twelfths" the machine assumes a...

Thanks all I was thinking of getting it for home for the kids to get to know the pattern, but now I feel that hanging a printed sheet by...

I bought a used Monitor windvane gear at a sensible price (and sold an Aries). Monitor offer a kit to convert the gear to an emergency...

When running practical courses for pilotage exercises I would find my own clearing lines, as wide as possible, then sit on the counter...

That works. The other way of looking at it is most of the time you don't need to know exactly where you are, but just where you're not!

When I bought my Prout catamaran it had an emergency tiller that fitted into the stbd rudder. The boat had been coded for commercial use...

On two of my boats with shroud chain plates on the deck edge I fitted three rungs of ratlines above the top guard rail. The primary...

Dinghy boarding steps on our 45’ aluminium hull:

Have seen welded in steps up the sides of large steel fishing vessels. Something of a modern boat owner's myth. Older boats such as...