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Thanks Peter! The part at 26. minutes into the video I hadn't thought about (always something to learn). The other thing that's not mentioned in the video is asymmetrical the hull shape when heeled which causes the boat to round up. These two things together should compensate for the unbalanced sail...

I've been doing some time wasting thinking about sail balance. The drawing below shows a rough estimate of centre of effort vs centre of lateral resistance. The CLR is VERY rough - I cut out a cardboard template of the below waterline parts of the boat and balanced it on a pencil. Actually I think m...

PS. you MUST wear gloves when battling barnacles underwater! I got a scratch on a finger that never really healed. Finally got the doctor to cut a chunk out of the finger before it came good.

I first used an old bread knife but I found that an old fibreglass batten around 500mm in length works much better and is less likely to cause damage. Plus, it fits nicely up the front edge of the centreboard which is where I found most of the barnacles stopping it from coming down were living. Now ...

Hi Andrew, "glue extra wood block inside coaming for brass bush" I found that the GRP laminate at the top of the coaming was about 1/2" thick (or more) so I just drilled and press-fit the bronze socket fitting with some polyurethane to seal. Not sure if this is best practice but it's ...

Thanks for the pic Geoff.

Sounds like it’ll work Andrew. Good luck.

OK, thanks for letting me know.

Hi Harold, did I miss out? I’m in Thornleigh and can pick up next week.

Also , the tiller end pin I had made extra long so the push rod is horizontal as specified in the manual.