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On our F 35 (UK), we have a track across the coach roof, and I wouldn't care to do without. Another owner, after sailing with us, put one on his F35 as a result, and is very pleased with it. It helps with sail shape when close hauled. Before he did it, our almost identical boats were not evenly matc...

Hello Newt2u, I hadn't realised you were UK based; there is no clue from your profile. I have a Freedom 21 with a carbon fibre mast and lifting bilge keels, which is one of two versions made in the UK, the other having the Collins Tandem Keel. The latter had a reputation for better sailing performan...

Sounds like a good idea, and it's a very smart looking fitting, BUT, you might have problems both filling and emptying the cans with only one of these in the main filler pipe. To use your 'shaker siphon', the ball fitting would need to be below the level of the cans, or they would not empty by sipho...

On my UK–built F21, the bilge is a continuous space beneath both the cockpit and the cabin sole, so only one pump out position is needed. If you are leaving the boat unattended on a mooring, and presuming you don't have either shore power or large battery capacity, you might better meet the need for...

That certainly looks like Gio Schuten's G10 rig. You'll find more about it if you search this site. "Seadago" has a 28CK with G10 sails, and he recently made some posts about it; look back in Rigging and Sails a few weeks. The thread is titled "reefing points on a cat ketch". I also posted a copy of...

NeuBerner asks:- "The Pardey's storm tactics book promotes laying to a sea anchor, presuming a lee shore is not an issue. Has anyone on the forum experience using this tactic?" The P.O. of Castaway, a very experienced ocean sailor, recommended towing a long (50m +) line in a loop astern, which he fo...

Above attachment is some kinda scam thing...don't click. I don't think there is any kind of scam; I have had this file on my computer for years, and originally downloaded it via this site. I have had no problems arising from having opened it. The author is Gio Schuten, who designed the rig and is a...

Rafa,

I just came across this Powerpoint presentation by Gio Schuten; don't know if you have seen it. It does show where Gio put his reef points which may help you. "Samiel" is an F35, not a 30, but I am sure the proportions will be the same.

Peter, If you're intending to go round the entire GB, do give us a call when you get to Lerwick; you will be most welcome if we are not away sailing ourselves! The number is Lerwick six nine five eight five eight. From Wick, the most North-Easterly harbour on the mainland, one can reach Orkney, Fair...

Happy New Year, Rafa, Do you still have the G10 rig, or have you gone back to wrap around sails? In either case, I think it is important to maintain the same angle of the wishbone to the horizontal with each reef hauled in. This allows the sheets to run the same, gives the same clearance to the mizz...