SloopJohnB

Lack of oxygen causes the corrison.

How many clevis are there attaching the forestay to the chainplate, you really need 2 to allow moment in all directions.

and Lucky is 1/2 way across the ditch heading for the start.

I hope it was before going under the bridge.😉

Panmure bridge...well back in 1971 we dropped the new rig into Roulette 2 off the side of the bridge.

The smaller brought in the breeze.

https://admiralscup.rorc.org/ S2 on Caro, just after finishing the Transpac.

no just getting ready for the Hong Kong Japan leg.

So why is DA stepping down, if it is that good??????

Black Panther, did you know that your boat featured in radio controlled yachting mags/newsletters back in 1994? 1994 Oct Nov Fiji One.pdf June July 1994 Fiji One.pdf

Have a look at this. http://data.avalon-routing.com/vpp/index.php?lang=en http://data.avalon-routing.com/vpp/polarcustomize.php?id=261&units=1&name=Young 12&lang=en https://techsail.com/sailfish-yacht-analyzer/

Like most racing...the guy who makes the least mistakes wins.

To me it looks like the thrust bearing is retained with the brass/bronze locknut and stepped shoulder behind the bearing, undo the lock nut then the bearing housing, the complete bearing SHOULD slide off the shaft, thats my engineering opinion if I was designing it.

In the mid 70's on a S&S 50 footer we were running down from the Moko's at night in a good NEly read to gybe around Flat Rock and the boat did a chinses gybe, we were pinned down. The crew were ready in their positions for the gybe with the new sheet grinder up to his neck in water using the lifelines as a ladder, I could could another crew with a knife attaching the boom preventer, yellin at the grinder to duck then a few seconds the main changed sides. That was my closest moment to a fatal accident I been to on a boat. Had to off load a crew member with a broken leg to a launch in the le

or a south westerly.