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Kenneth K
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From what I remember, the center and starboard base bolts were accessible from the headliner zippers. The port side is wonky though...
May 6, 2024
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Evolution is often used to denote progress or some sort of advancement in technology or engineering. I concur with putting the word in...
May 6, 2024
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“There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.” Ipso facto, messing about twice as much with...
May 6, 2024
Bepi
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It’s been five months since we learned of our parent’s diagnosis. We’ve dealt with many changes in that time. Obviously the biggest...
May 6, 2024
Kenneth K
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Well, that has been my experience recently. A broken seal seems to keep the SS fastener "sitting" in water, surrounded by the damp/wet...
May 6, 2024
Christian Williams
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Regarding passage time, there are many factors more important than subtleties of sail trim. Trade wind speed varies, often from 10 knots...
May 6, 2024
Nick J
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When I was going over our boat with the surveyor, he said the rust stain at the bottom of stanchions was a sign of the bedding compound...
May 6, 2024
Alan Gomes
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We each have our own options and I have never sailed a boat with a Tides track. But I my cunningham is a reefing hook on a 6 purchase...
May 6, 2024
Loren Beach
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“There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.” Ipso facto, messing about twice as much with...
May 6, 2024
Loren Beach
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Small crew or single handing also requires that personal safety and condition of the boat must override constant tuning & futzing. At...
May 6, 2024
Vtonian
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I was guesstimating that on one of your 6k mile roundtrippers to HA you might save about 3 days (~.5kn speed improvement), but then...
May 6, 2024
Prairie Schooner
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Success. This engine has not run in at least ten years. It took a bit of fiddling around, but it did start and run. I have a video on...
May 6, 2024
Christian Williams
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I was on a Zoom call this morning with Brendan Huffman of UK sails, and I asked him about my cruising world of no Cunningham. They are...
May 6, 2024
Vtonian
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“There’s nothing––absolutely nothing––half so much worth doing as messing about in boats.” Ipso facto, messing about twice as much with...
May 6, 2024
Christian Williams
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Great. I don't think the site can host video. You have to upload the file to YouTube or Vimeo or similar, then provide the link here.
May 6, 2024
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