The Selden C126 is used in 8m boats. The OP is talking about an 11m boat.
The section of the mast on the very popular J/35, to use one example, is far more than 2.1mm. It varies from 3.5mm to 7.5mm. Looking at the rough...
I know it doesn't fit the claimed history, but she looks a lot like a German 40er Seefahrtkreuzer. As you noted, her overall length is short for...
Yep, the rudder in that last pic is the same as the one in the plans. Looks like you have a complete original unit - nice stuff!
The information in my handy little Dinghy Year Book of 1962 shows that the Kombi originally had; 1- a rather shallow fixed rudder; yours looks...
Twenty knots? On that boat? Where is this data? Where, also, is the evidence "the wind force by its leverage arm" resulted in the sinking of the...
Dog does NOT have a point. He has no right to throw childish abuse around because he doesn't like the degree of detail I provided. 1- I have...
Did Bolger have profound training? In what? I think the owner of Hogfish Maximus has pointed out that Bolger wasn't a particularly experienced...
The boats used by working sailors were often far from safe; the death toll was horrifying in many situations. I'm not sure how many people were...
Why on earth do you claim that no one believes that there are waves on the ocean? Of course we know that. We also know that it is ridiculous to...
Such as? Please identify them. It is pathetic that you apparently ignore the outright lies said by some advocates of free-standing rigs and...
Why? It is, after all, someone who is trying to sell a product. So are many of the people who write about freestanding rigs. All that they are...
You asked for further input, so here's some. The claim that it is more efficient is a sail can act "as a foil at greater angles downwind" is a...
Sorry Skaraborgcraft, those remarks about inexperienced people casting aspersions at others were NOT aimed at you - I said I was annoyed about an...
What boats start with a flat rocker at the bow and upward bend at the stern? The Opti is the only I know, and it is a special case because it's a...
Steve Clark, who used to own the USA's biggest small sailboat manufacturer as well as being a world champ in ultra high-performance boats, says...
Please read my posts rather than misquoting them. I am NOT offended because someone has different opinions. I have NEVER claimed that at all....
No, I haven't reefed on a windy square run without winches, but that doesn't mean that the OP is correct in his global abuse of stayed rigs as a...
1- Rob, just google Kankama and reefing. It can be reefed square running in up to 35 knots even without the nice expensive batten cars on my boat....
The OP chose to insult all stayed masts, and I was responding to that global insult rather than just to Bahamas cruising. Kankama's not mine, but...
