On my A55, I have a number of book shelves which have substantial fiddles which prevent books from falling out under most conditions. In heavy air, however, the fiddles are not quite high enough and

Great discussion. Thank you! Kent and Iris, where do you carry your dinghy? Forward? Our 9.5 foot is upside down on the aft cabin roof, the poop deck. There’s a good bit of windage. I’d imagine

Yes. Sorry – not sure where my mind went - again With bestregards, Mark Skipper Sailing Vessel- Cream Puff - SM2K - #275 Currentlycruising - Tahiti, French

Hi Mark, Not sure I understand positioning the chafe protection over the "forward main halyard". Did you maybe mean the "forward lower shroud"? Cheers

Kent and Iris, Great info! I would add, using chafing protection is a must. I have a length of fire-hosethat I made three ply. I cut it lengthwise so I can position the hose over theforward main

Hi Kent, again a good description of wise seamanship. Thanks Danny SM 299 Ocean Pearl

Hi Paul, Every boat is going to be a little different depending on load distribution (center of lateral resistance) and even sail shape (center if effort). That's what works on Kristy and should be a

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Kent, That is an excellent explanation, and one presumably specific to Amel ketches? Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

I had my Navnet shutting down with the diruptor fuse every 1-2 hours. I checked the Navnet. The Black Box (under the seat) is hot, but it was always hot. ( about 60 degree celsius). I opened the top

I really appreciate the explanation, Kent. I think that this is a fundamental piece of knowledge that is seldom explained as clear. Thanks again. Victor SM#314 Alendoy

That's correct Victor. A bit less than we were sailing with before we hove to, because the winds were picking up. Leave the jib sheeted in and tack without changing jib sheets (backwind the jib) then

Hello Ken and Iris. I am very interested in the heave to operation. I understand from your mail that you only used a bit of jib, a third of the mizzen and the main down. Is this correct? Thank you in

Hello Ken and Iris. I am very interested in the heave to operation. I understand from your mail that you only used a bit of jib, a third of the mizzen and the main down. Is this correct? Thank you in

Hello Bill, Not sure if this helps, but i remembered seeing this video by Ken on Aquarius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HIWBv1Pfc&t=8s Randall, A54 #56

Hi Kent, that sounds like good seamanship. Danny SM 200 Ocean Pearl

Ian, I will try to do that,funny often I leave off the name and just sign off with my hull # 123, out of pure laziness. I hope we all get sprung from jail in the not too distant future. Be

Hi Pat, Can you add the hull number of Shenanigans to your emails as SMs were built over many years and there a number of changes from time to time. If you put your hull number it's easier to

In cleaning up the bow thruster area of Rascal I found that two of the screws holding the cover on the control box for the linear actuator were heavily corroded. I tried using a screw extractor and