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Swede 55...a very sleek beauty
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A bet you would probably loose based on having sailed a McGruer 8metre C/R hard for 9 years including a number of crossings between...
10 Aug 2024
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Swede 55...a very sleek beauty
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We own a Swede 55 here in Cape Town South Africa one of the 2 in RCYC. Originally built in 1979 in Sweden and then shipped to the US...
10 Aug 2024
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Dent in my plywood hull! Help please
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You should not be able to punch a hole in the hull by knocking the anchor. Even dropping it from a height shouldn't do that. I...
10 Aug 2024
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Dent in my plywood hull! Help please
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Which was best, linen fibres or wool, for reinforcing the tar?
10 Aug 2024
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Yes I repaired his boat as well ;)
10 Aug 2024
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Going up a couple of mm on forestay thickness.
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After an evening class shorebased lesson that touched on the concept of stability one of the participants asked me about his oldish...
10 Aug 2024
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Going up a couple of mm on forestay thickness.
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Significantly more important, 'cumulative weight aloft' has a considerably undesirable effect on the boat's Reserve of Stability. The...
10 Aug 2024
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Going up a couple of mm on forestay thickness.
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None that I have noticed, but being a cruising sailor I have not had need to go deeply into the theory and stresses of rigging to save a...
10 Aug 2024
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and just when you think it cannot get worse...The Calorifier is knackered.
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Our Moody 376 and previous 346 only had electric pumps and with tanks at low level, no way to gravity feed if pump failed. I fitted the...
10 Aug 2024
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and just when you think it cannot get worse...The Calorifier is knackered.
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A bit of thread drift but have come across boats with only electric pumps for their fresh water tanks. One boat I was on, and another I...
10 Aug 2024
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Changing Batteries Rant
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One big AWB I skippered had three large gel batteries under bunks, under the cockpit, in the aft cabins. They looked as if they would...
10 Aug 2024
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Going up a couple of mm on forestay thickness.
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When I bought my last boat I replaced the standing rigging, all 7mm. I fitted a new forestays and roller reefing gear with 8mm as the...
10 Aug 2024
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A game changer watermaker if its as good as claimed.
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The Quench Sea Reel? Made by the same people as the hand pump desalinator which has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Looks as if...
10 Aug 2024
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and just when you think it cannot get worse...The Calorifier is knackered.
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At least you can get yours out. The one on my last boat was fitted, then the hanging locker built around it so the tank is wider than...
9 Aug 2024
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storm sail fitting
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If they were there would be a halyard to go with it, and as @AntarcticPilot said, structural support for the chainplate. I fitted one on...
9 Aug 2024
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