I am curious why you've used both circuit breakers and fuses. Is there a specific reason? I have had great luck with waterproof circuit breakers...
You're lucky. The water in my boat doesn't leak in, it's carried in by the soaking wet spinnaker and headsails during sail changes in heavy seas....
I am looking at a rewire on my boat as well, similar size and complexity. I was wondering why you didn't use one of the plastic boxes with the...
I have been wondering myself, for an entirely different reason - 'cuz I hate the idea of putting a boat on the shore, if a re-think of the "bilge...
A couple of thoughts. Looking at the other pictures of rotting wood that you're up against, I'd think hard before bothering to try and preserve...
All, Let me provide a few comments that might be helpful: 1) I actually adore sailing on multihulls, I spend five years campaigning a...
Paul, I love the story about the guy with the tape! I'll remember that. I also know it's way easier to sail a TP52 or any...
Ray - why would one limit what man has learned about sailing to "western" sailors??? If we did, we'd probably have avoided multi-hulls altogether...
Paul, I completely agree. But... I race an IOD which was built in 1947 to a 1936 design, a lot like a miniature 33' long 12 meter from the...
Well, I must admit I'm a little confused by all this.... First, in actual fact people have been building and sailing multihulls much longer...
Paul, Your first point above is why I was thinking of taking the mizzen _mast_ down, not just the sail. You'd still have the weight, but it...
Rick, I played a bit with JavaFoil and I must admit it is interesting to see what the model produces. I have a question. What do you do to...
Rick, this is wonderful! Thanks!! Could you point me to JavaFlow, I'll google it. It sounds like a great tool. The first thing I'm going to...
Mike, I sure wish I had a way to test this stuff. I'm just a sailor who has dragged his instruments along on boat after boat measuring things...
What I was trying to say, and perhaps not well, is that for a given fixed sail area (where both the sloop and ketch have the same sail area), and...
Bad Dog, No offense take on tone or any other matter - happy to discuss this all. On the Cat vs my old boat: (which is actually a "racing"...
Zed, Power is a funny measure. A ketch that has the same sail area as a sloop will have a lower center of effort, meaning it will cause the...
Nope, your memory is just fine. Even on the most recent Volvo race JuanK said that if he designed a boat that could do the upwind leg to China...
Mike, I've tried it on every ketch and yawl I've sailed on in the last few years using a Velocitek. This includes some really high performance...
Damn right - that plus time. B
