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MuttonBird
MuttonBird

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1 Feb 2026 5:35pm
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ManiaLee said..
I sometimes feel like an old boat sitting in dry dock. The paint's chipped in a few places, the rudder creaks a bit, and the engine coughs before it starts- and times where one thinks when will this end and the charts of life suggest that by now I should have dropped anchor, content with gardening, bridge, or whatever harmless pursuits people adopt when they're told to "take it easy." But I can still feel the tide pulling at me. There's a whisper that says, "Not yet, old boy-there's still wind in those sails.
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Ain't that the truth!!!!...........and I've got a few more turns around the sun than you ML.

No, don't drop anchor.........and don't swallow it either!!
MuttonBird
MuttonBird

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1 Jan 2026 9:13am
Half a century ago I understood the racing rules very well. But things have clearly moved on!
Back then I set a coventional double-luff spinacker hundreds of times; and also raced a Gwen 12 with a single-luff kite (separate sets of guys & sheets). But I have no experience with fixed-tack asymmetrics.

Can someone explain what was so wrong with the BNC set-up.
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