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I have the same boat and have used both loose footed as well as "footed" mains (although mine just used about a 8-10 slides to hold the foot to the boom), and regardless of the main, have rigged it just as shown in the diagram. The reef line goes up and through the main reef grommet, then down aroun...

Not sure it would have any different effect, but I used a truck inner tube (softer rubber for sure) as my rubber source between my vang collar on my F32 (Mull) and the mast which I first glued to the inside of the vang collar (but used no glue between it and the mast) -- and I personally haven't exp...

2 things to look for that I have experienced in the past: * Make sure that none of the hanks are inverted -- as this will cause binding. * On my boat, I have different size lines for the jib and spin halyards -- and when I re-did the lines one year, I assumed that the jib halyard should use the bott...

Very much agree -- very helpful insight -- and I will definitely add this "fix" to my re-commissioning tasks for the spring (I do have the "stretched" F30, i.e. sugar scoop, so 1988 F32)

I have a Freedom 32 (Mull), which has lately developed an apparent short on attempting to start the engine -- but typically only on restart after either running or sailing some distance. In the morning at the slip, seems to work fine, press the starter button, engine turns over and starts normally. ...

I had a similar issue with my jib halyard, which for me ended up being the exit from the jib box. I had no issues with halyard chafe for a number of years, until I was forced to re run the halyards due to a rodent chewing through my messenger lines in the off season. When I re-ran then, I had the ji...

I would concur. I needed to replace all my mast wiring when a rodent wintered over in my mast and chewed through all of them. Haven't had any slapping noises in the new wiring (the OEM foam they used had mostly disintegrated regardless)...

Your mast creaking might not be a mast flaw, but rather an issue with how the mast fits over the "top hat" in the bottom of the boat. If there is even a mm of gap present between the top hat diameter and the inside of the mast, then it can tend to "walk" back and forth in typical sailing conditions,...

Mostly correct, would not quibble, however, I believe the Mull F30/32 started production by at least 1987 (I have a Mull F32 with sail number 85 which was built in 1988 (at least to my knowledge) (also believe it might have been sent back to have the sugar scoop added post production, as some of the...

Similar problem -- a number of different solutions (of course). My suspicion is that the mast ring (the bottom fitting), which looked to me like a cast aluminum part -- probably suggests why it might be somewhat brittle (my already had cracks in it, and getting it out caused it to break into multipl...