For the knowledgeable: The current trend toward absolutely enormous roach in mainsails found on the latest ocean racing designs seen in the VOR...
CT 249; Thank you! That was a very lucid reply, you have made sense of something that never made sense. More power to ya mate!! Feetup
Racing blue water sailboats and most production cruisers designed before the Fastnet disaster had very narrow transoms, maximum beam aft of center...
DGreenwood; Do all canters have daggerboards? Feetup
canting keels This thread has gotten to the heart of two diametrically opposite opinions and it's been fun to follow. I'm dragging it back out...
I have a small single cyl. air cooled diesel engine that I can't help thinking would be an ideal power plant for a smaller (25') sailboat. I'm...
Just reading through this forum and the thought struck me,(as thoughts are prone to do on occasion) has anyone done any work on using jet drives...
Although I have not attempted this with a boat as large as yours, you might try this. If you watch your tide and current tables and find a time...
