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Old 08-22-2007
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I think we're generally in agreement.
" My larger point is that 3 way adjustability and adjustment 3 times a day at minimum is a pain in the butt for a cruiser"
Eh, dunno. I have friends who say it must be a pain in the butt to adjust lines and sheets and sails, just get a motor boat and drive. So, once every hour while you are getting your eyes around the boat looking to play "what's wrong with this picture"...you tilt a panel. (shrug).

"and that in ON THE WATER at anchor situations, much of the directabiliity benefits of the stik are lost due to tide, wind, current and wake moving the boat while you are down below or off the boat and not paying attention."
Absolutely. For an unattended boat, it won't do much. This is a product for a piece of the cruising market, not the mooring queens.
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