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No. The rule isn’t very well written (which is why I voted against it), but it’s still pretty clear that you can’t use a splice as an...

Leech telltales are important in a sloop rig to determine proper twist, but in una rigs with freestanding masts they're pretty useless...

Thanks a bunch!

They're called "twings" and "snatch blocks" :rolleyes: Many Lightnings use the Allen A4475 here; I don't know if something larger would...

I have to correct the previous post a little :oops: I thought the block you (Monty) meant was the A2031XHL-873. There was some talk...

Yes... 1) You don’t need the Allen key block. It’s rated lower than the Harken Line/Wire blocks and is massively overpriced. 2) You...

Happy New Year! I contacted the Portuguese Sailing Federation and, as they are working from home because of the pandemic restrictions...

Happy New Year :D Any luck with the Parker building year? I found a few pictures of Ziegelmayers' plaques (they include the "Baujahr")...

Good idea, but illegal. "Each sheet or line must be one continuous length of line of uniform diameter." (CR 3.7) :rolleyes: A class...

Should be the same, strange if it isn't. Comes to mind that they may have even been built in different places. There's been talk about...

If your boat is a 2016 or later LaserPerformance build, then it's what they call "ice blue". I don't know what the right code for it...

Nope - I had not discovered this site. Thank you very much for your response!

You've probably already contacted these people, or not? arizonayachtclub.org/sunfish/ _

Sure. KD Polyesterbouw is a composite manufacturing business in Medemblik, the Netherlands. They built about 400 470s beginning in the...

Interesting! The Morin is really old (mid to late 1960s), and seems to have been rebuilt at least around the mast gate (that's actually...