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Thank you all very much. Now can start to get her re-measured ... accurately this time. The current boats I noticed are running Code 0's ..... can someone please tell me what the average size for them is please. Other than that, little boat is a truckload of fun, nice now we are sailing more and slowly dragging ourselves to the front bit of the fleet. LE Bb, any chance of a scan of the original test please. Thanks

Afternoon, After sailing for several seasons now and getting crucified with our rating. Recently I have found that they have had us rated and measured as a "sportsboat" and not keelboat for AMS (Aust. Measurement System), so am suitably un-impressed. Am chasing a few details please so I can get this boat re-measured correctly before this season starts. Can someone please tell me the year that the SR26s were designed. Needed as part of this measurement system I think I can work my way thro' the rest, but if not, I will ask. Thanks, David

apologies, I put this up in wrong forum, oooops, so moving it across to Marine talk, ...

Afternoon, After sailing for several seasons now and getting crucified with our rating. Recently I have found that they have had us rated and measured as a "sportsboat" and not keelboat for AMS (Aust. Measurement System), so am suitably un-impressed. Am chasing a few details please so I can get this boat re-measured correctly before this season starts. Can someone please tell me the year that the SR26s were designed. Needed as part of this measurement system I think I can work my way thro' the rest, but if not, I will ask. Thanks, David

They are interesting boats and usually good sailors I have some photos somewhere of about 6 of them sailing together ...... quick and seaworthy little boats and I hope that the Border guys treat them as "rescued seaman" and not illegals.

Hi Marinheiro, My nav lights are above but ..... my emerg lights are pulpit mounted. It all comes a bit a a pain with masthead lights as technically the steaming light should be higher than nav lights which means if you have masthead lights you need a second set lower for motoring. But if you have then low, you cant have them below deck level and they cant be obscured by the sail ..... so this is best practical, or impractical solution. We don't motor that much at night .... so the mounting the emerg nav lights is a compromise, but legal Until I get pinged ..... I will ru

Back to the original post. FLC I went thro the same decisions when moving lights from behind sails to where they could be seen.\ In the end I went bi-colour at mast head and transom mounted stern light. not 100% correct but then someone show me a boat where everything is correct, including quadrants. The one I have is USCG approved as masthead lights ......... all LEDs and did not break the bank, well within your budget. So far have had no dramas, but I also run "steaming" light for when motoring Enjoy the decision making process

that's an oops and imagine the paperwork, event reports etc etc etc Once the brake band started burning nothing was going to stop it. We always drive the cable (chain) out for that very reason and did not think anyone still allowed the cable to "free run" Interesting is it snapped the BitterEnd and all ended up on the ocean floor, suddenly ship is out of class ..... just became bigger oops moment. Thinking will show our deck crew ........ great training vid of what not to do.

Hey all, thanks for the laugh today, I needed it .... the entire thread has been amusing I am still trying to work out the link between carpenter's pencils (which are crap here in aust too .... cheap chinky rubbish) and pirates, be they pirates in the Caribe or pirates in Penzance. But the stupid things that offend, add the Confederate flag to that lot, be it "morons with guns" or bikies, people forgot it's roots was as a Nation's Flag. Seems that someone had their feathers ruffled with the N word .... and maybe people do need to lighten up, my "better half's" family call her Negr

At long last managed to get out and go for first sail in her since she left NZ and being finished what became extended overhaul No longer is she "trainsmash" ..... new name, new water to play in and i am happy camper and then had to go back to workearly and my "other boat"

but a well read and well understood rule book is your best friend .... is all part of the game now.

Hi Knot me, interesting your comment "I'm still fitting dyneema but then I'll be using a very different rope to you and what most do. One I argue fits the current Regs where most being used doesn't meaning a lot are substandard in terms of the Regs and in actual use." Curious as to what you are intending on using, youngest son being sailmaker is usually up to date with what to use, so am curious. Always open to ideas .... is becoming interest post especially others thoughts. David

Read this one with interest as I am in process of fitting Dyneema lifelines and new black stanchions to the old "Trainsmash".. (has new name) So sitting at console in Engineroom went on a search and this is the latest (that I could find) release from ISAF ... basically concerned and looking http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/ ... lWPReport-[17571].pdf interesting read, but still going to fit the Dyneema with lots of attention to chafe points and the splices. David

Re-naming .... it was Trainsmash .... and now has scored new name. Trying to keep her history tho'

Sorry but I have had to rename "Trainsmash" ..... something that reflects my personality (so I have been told) Superstitious, not really but will be renamed with some sort of ceremony, mainly for a bit of fun. Like the rum idea How can I be superstitious, I work on a ship that has green thro'out and women onboard.... not to mention the bananas etc etc etc .... ohh and we sail Fridays