Recent content by Toddjamin

OMG! I’ve always wanted a rainbow sail, but those flame ones could be even radder! sails are so bloody boring now!

agreed on the spirit of the rule, not much different from a chinagraph pencil on the deck! the current tunnel is only 10mm wide, certainly not wide enough. appears sturdy enough even without that element.

Thanks so much for this info Horizon, perhaps I'll just get it on the water then :) love the old shots from the worlds. These compasses have T shaped fittings screwed into the deck, that you then place the compass over and twist to lock down. You can see the screw template on the box that you...

so it comes with little T shaped lug things that screw into the deck and then they clip into each of the mounting holes. as for the tunnel, i was just going to cut it wider with a junior hacksaw or something. you can unscrew the top from the bottom to make it easier. Rules wise i thought it...

The heading recorder is just a 3 digit scroller which I think would be out of class rules now, but they can be removed with a clip. It could either be put on a spider plate or use the fittings provided which drill into the deck and it pivots on, but it would need the Cunningham hole widening to...

Picked up this fantastic bit of history when I purchased a 1980 boat from its original owner a couple of weeks ago. Seems to never have been used! All the original fittings in the box. Was thinking about using it, but it would require modification, due to modern controls, so before I do that, I...