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Category Archives: Boat Fit-Out
FF Sails and Who Buys Them – Dave McKee’s View…!!
An interesting thought process. I am not however sure that we can guage the makeup of our active fleet in this way. My experience is that the majority of new sails are bought by the open fleet and steves 80/20 … Continue reading →
Do Your Mainsheet Tails Go Droopy….!!???
About 5 months ago, we got one of those superb new mainsheets like we had on the FF stand at the Dinghy Show. The type with ultra-thin tails that don’t absorb water. It looks really great too and superbly made. … Continue reading →
The Flat FF Console – Michael Thompson Experience…..
For interest, I have sailed one of Phil Evans boats with a “flat” console for 5 years and have found it very easy to use. Adjustments are easy to make, even in a blow. It is possible to sit on … Continue reading →
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Keels on Wheels’ Ian Preston Speaks on Under Deck Furlers…..
I fitted underdeck furling gear to “Fighting Machine”, 3293 in 1990. The main benefit was in having the attachment straight through to the hull instead of having to have the deck area reinforced to take the load of of the … Continue reading →
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More on Carbon Tiller Hoods….
With regard to the recent FF Blog item about carbon tiller hoods, the carbon hood replaces the stainless hood only, not the block. I would say the way they are constructed they would be stronger than the stainless version. We … Continue reading →
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Chris Turner of Ovington Speaks on Under Deck Furling Gear…..
The boat pictured in the FF Blog at the dinghy show is 3972 now out in Australia. The under deck furler is a modified Allen Brothers Cat fitting. The boat also used a chute, the furler was rebated in to … Continue reading →
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Under Deck Furlers…..
You may recall that at the 2011 Dinghy Show, we saw an under deck genoa furler on a Fifteen there. “About time too”, did I hear you all say? After all, the FD’s that I raced in the seventies all … Continue reading →
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Shroud Derakers….
To a lot of club racers, “Derakers” will mean nothing. In fact, Alan Bax has been advocating different rakes of rig in different wind strengths for a long time. Indeed, Alan fitted those old screw type stay masters to my … Continue reading →
Lightweight Tiller Hoods…..
Have you seen the new lightweight carbon tiller hoods – John Hanson used one as part of his weight reduction program. Do you know the thing that I mean? If you haven’t seen one, click here Well, I noticed in … Continue reading →
Details, Details……
You might want to double click the photo to enlarge this…. but there are two very nice detailing points here. First – you have to love the attention to detail that Phil Evans put into the Waples boat at the … Continue reading →
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FF Weight Loss Program….
You may have been following our thread on reducing weight in older boats… Did you know that boats with spinnaker bags weigh in more than boats with chutes? So if you are looking to reduce the weight aboard your silver … Continue reading →
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