2024年12月7日 · Is the Mississippi a viable and worthwhile sailing/cruising destination for a low draft (retracting keel) and lowish mast/air draft (via underway lowering) small cruising yacht? We live right on Australia’s equivalent The Murray River which was also home to paddle steamer based water transport back in the 1800’s.

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2024年12月7日 · A man has died after two yachts collided in Sydney Harbour. Emergency services were called to New Beach Road in Darling Point at about 6.30pm on Friday evening, after reports that two boats had collided, NSW police said in a statement.

2024年11月30日 · Hi all, Looking at buying a Beneteau First 40 with some fairly serious damage to the lead keel bulb. Boat is up for auction at a heavy discount which I understand. Just looking for a steer on repair costs on the replacement of the lead bulb to the hull/stringers surrounding the keel box. I have...

2024年12月9日 · Using a preventer, for me, takes most of the stress out of deep running, when sailing with helms people of questionable abilities and concentration levels. Once it's windy enough that you're worried the preventer will damage something, it's probably windy enough that the mainsail isn't really needed for deep running anyway, so drop it and carry ...

2024年12月12日 · The boat allows for a number of sailing strategies...pinch v foot..and downwind...well, that's a whole different story! Today's Finn isn't the monster it used to be...it's armchair comfortable hiking upwind (relative to other single handers) and responds well to "personal tuning"....the result is that the fleet is remarkably close regardless of ...

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2024年12月6日 · I taught sailing this summer on Rhodes 19s, so, bigger than a dinghy but still motorless. I always practiced sailing backwards. It's a pain in the Rhodes in light air, the boat wants to point if it gets the slightest bit off of nose-to-wind. But we had one situation (student driver, missed a...