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Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

09-11-2012

Replies: 4,397

Sticky: Interesting Sailboats

Views: 898,229

Posted By crwber

Re: Interesting Sailboats

Thank you everyone for all you have contributed to this thread. Next year, we are back in the hunt for a new boat and so many different ideas have come up in all of these posts. Trying to find the...

Forum: Boat Review and Purchase Forum

06-14-2008

Replies: 1

gary mull 40

Views: 1,305

Posted By crwber

gary mull 40

Hi

anyone know anything about these...20 year old one ahs just come up for sale so going to have a look

cheers

Rob

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

04-09-2008

Replies: 49

winch handles - in or out?

Views: 2,498

Posted By crwber

For me, i like to keep them in the primary...

For me, i like to keep them in the primary winches. lets you trim the working sheet and the lazy is ready for use when you tack. winch handle comes out for the tack so that the working sheet can be...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

03-11-2008

Replies: 9

Wicked weather in Britain...

Views: 729

Posted By crwber

stop this talk right now! you will make me...

stop this talk right now! you will make me homesick!

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

03-11-2008

Replies: 22

new blocks and hardware?

Views: 1,308

Posted By crwber

after all that we should get a discount from...

after all that we should get a discount from garhauer for such great advertising

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

03-11-2008

Replies: 22

new blocks and hardware?

Views: 1,308

Posted By crwber

and another...only used garhauer for rigid boom...

and another...only used garhauer for rigid boom vang and footblocks but they have been excellent.

for the traveller, the windward sheeting traveller from harken is good.

seconded re lewmar...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

03-11-2008

Replies: 17

Tiller Tamer

Views: 7,666

Posted By crwber

broke my last one, all my own fault...and ordered...

broke my last one, all my own fault...and ordered another tiller tamer that night. best help i have found for helping me out on single handed races.

just recently trialled running lines out to...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

02-18-2008

Replies: 6

perfect toolbox

Views: 1,051

Posted By crwber

thanks Halekai....looks like i have some shopping...

thanks Halekai....looks like i have some shopping to do. great list to refer to.

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

02-14-2008

Replies: 6

perfect toolbox

Views: 1,051

Posted By crwber

perfect toolbox

Hi Everyone

just been asked to get a toolbox together for a boat that is going to race offshore. Sydney 38, 560 nm race. got my own thoughts but what would you not sail without...just in case i...

Forum: Racing

12-18-2007

Replies: 10

Spinnaker Condition Question

Views: 1,510

Posted By crwber

if you are thinking about it then it is probably...

if you are thinking about it then it is probably time to get some new kites.....we used old kites before replacing them in mid 07 and they were just awesome, definite improvement. kept the old ones...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

12-18-2007

Replies: 36

Sailing and Flying

Views: 2,411

Posted By crwber

there are loads of aviators who sail...

there are loads of aviators who sail well.....personally, i fly 747's and reckon i spend more time sailing than flying. colleagues who join me are often the quickest to pick up the ropes....not...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

12-18-2007

Replies: 18

Tack Tick?

Views: 2,618

Posted By crwber

tacktick

Hi Guys

picked up the racemaster system mid-2007 (basically race compass wirelessly linked to log/depth) and mixed this with the wind system. wind system lasted two weeks before failing (i gather...

Forum: Introduce Yourself

12-06-2007

Replies: 3,056

Sticky: Sailnet Members from around the world check-in please.

Views: 225,913

Posted By crwber

Hong kong.......

Hong kong.......

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

10-02-2007

Replies: 32

packing gland

Views: 4,559

Posted By crwber

try this: " As regards the packing formula...

try this:

" As regards the packing formula that's worked perfectly for me for years
without any attention to it, it's a combination of short green sticks of a
sort of Teflon-based putty used...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

10-02-2007

Replies: 95

Unmanageable Mainsheet

Views: 11,552

Posted By crwber

blocks

FYI.....Jims suggestion of the 2604 and 2141 triple blocks work well. found them both on ebay for $55 and $80 dollars respectively. we race with it on a contention 30, end boom, and it has...

Forum: Racing

06-22-2007

Replies: 21

How to fly spinnaker faster

Views: 5,289

Posted By crwber

get a new chute....just been through that with...

get a new chute....just been through that with our old 1982 kites,,,the difference is staggering. on an old 30ft boat, we managed to overtake a benateau 40.7 downwind at a recent regatta...

Forum: Racing

06-22-2007

Replies: 3

Tacktick Race Compass

Views: 2,035

Posted By crwber

tacktick

hi

i used a micro compass for the first time last year but mounted it on my bulkhead as not enough space on the mast...this worked ok.

have since bought the race master system from tacktick...

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