T
Reaction score
161

Latest activity Postings About

    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Bowsprit??.
      My guess is that the bend serves to make the outboard part of the prodder more horizontal, given that the bow roller will be higher than...
    • T
      We have a Harken head foil, not a furler. The storm jib has a strop at the tack so I can switch from #3 to a storm jib without adjusting...
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Electric Motor Conversion.
      I just have a couple of small motorbike batteries as domestic batteries and take them ashore if they need charging! For long trips this...
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Electric Motor Conversion.
      Is there a particular reason to switch all your grounds? This seems like it just adds cost and complexity. The Multiplus is an...
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Downflooding.
      If the surface of the water inside the cockpit is higher than that outside then water *should* flow out through the drains. Even with a...
    • T
      TLouth7 reacted to jdc's post in the thread Spinnaker Pole Advice with Like Like.
      My boat is also a cutter, 42 not 46' long but fairly heavy nonetheless, and we have a spinnaker. The pole is asymmetric, and the mast...
    • T
      TLouth7 reacted to oldbloke's post in the thread Spinnaker Pole Advice with Like Like.
      You can pole out asymmetric spinnaker too, either by the clew as with a jib, or , better but more complicated by the tack.
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Vendee Globe 2024, Brits.
      Hers was the winning boat in 2016 (as Banque Populaire VIII)! And the two boats immediately ahead of her are both the same vintage: the...
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Vendee Globe 2024, Brits.
      Well you called it! Charlie might get a bit trapped between the high pressure and the ice exclusion zone, but as of now he is...
    • T
      TLouth7 replied to the thread Vendee Globe 2024, Brits.
      How long are the Pip Hare group going to manage to hang onto this weather system? Are they going to end up going round the Southern...
  • Loading…
  • Loading…
Top