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Some years ago I put a roller furling jig on my jib. Not thinking, I promptly left my jib on until, this past year, the leach was starting to disintegrate. A local sailmaker sewed on a strip of sunbrella that when furled, should protect the sail from further damage. However I've noticed...

Sailed for 6 hours yesterday. Gave me a lot of time to wonder about trim. Realized I didn't know much about downwind. Anyone who can answer, please do. When you're on a reach, does it make any sense to use the whisker pole to flatten the jib and make it more of an airfoil? When you're...

Another in my ongoing series of stupid questions. How do you clip the whisker pole to the jib. The jib sheet takes up all the room in the clew.

Okay, i've been sailing my boat for a couple years now, and I'm still not sure I do everything right. Actually, I'm pretty sure I do a lot wrong. One thing that puzzles me: seems like there's one jam cleat too many on the mast. Or maybe I'm missing a line. Starboard cleat: main...

Every time I sail, I have to pull my trailer by hand about 500 yards out ot the end of the pier. It's reasonably flat, but still fairly exhausting. The yacht club has some nice little hand trucks with trailer balls on them. I'm looking to make up a motorized version of the same thing...

I've read some posts about having cleats for fenders and docking, but I'm wondering about the advisability of an alternative idea: creating short strap loops instead of cleats. I'm imagining drilling two holes about six inches apart out where you would put a cleat, and then, like the...

Top Ten symptoms your stern plug is out Better to learn these here, than out on the water as I did. And now, from the home office in San Francisco, the top ten ways to tell if you've forgotten your stern plug. (no SF jokes, please) 10. Tacky tacking. Instead of swinging through the point...

It was bound to happen. I forgot to put in stern plug and sailed for a couple hours. Took me a while to figure out why the boat was behaving so strangely. After a I snapped the lifting bridle and other misadventures, I finally got the boat ashore and drained. Inside the cuddy cabin I...

I have a mod 1, and it's too difficult for my kids to raise or lower the centerboard. Sometimes, it's almost too difficult to me. So two questions: is there any way to lubricate the centerboard so it swings better and its it possible to modify the rigging so it has more purchase, maybe...