"Michael,
From experience over three keel boats a fully battened main is almost a requirement.
Not only will it make dropping the sail into the boom bag far easier it certainly reduces any flogging and vastly lengthens the life of the sail. While…"
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- Profile Type:
- Vessel
- Homeport:
- moss landing, montery bay, Cal.
- About Me:
- sailed for over 60 years, crossed the pacific & so. china sea, raced numerous ocean races including 3 mazatlan races, marblehead to halifax race & many shorter ocean races, started out at 13 years racing snipes on inland lakes in michigan, raced an int'l 14 in southern california for 4 years & delivered many of the boats i ocean raced on either to or from the the race site. I ran oil field boats all over se asia for 11 years & have been commercial fishing here in cal. for the past 26 years.
- Current location:
- santa cruz,cal
- Destinations visited:
- tahiti, rarotonga, tonga new zeeland, new britian, phillipines, bruni, e malysia, malysia,thailand singapore indonesia,england france mexico, panama
- Looking to:
- continue crusing & commercial fishing
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"Hi All,
french built 2010 43 has been very dry down below but now a slow leak has occurred which is showing at the limber holes under the floor board in forward cabin. Bilge pump goes every 3hrs for 20secs. Not sure if it’s fresh/rain water or…"
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"hello
been years since on site.
im having trouble changing my heading. are we limited to words?
is there an instruction page?
Thank you
lola"
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