Chain Plate Service Anyone?

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If it inspired you to consider your chainplates then read here for more information on chainplate service and inspection.

~T.R.C.

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Views From Aloft

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Here we had to go aloft to conduct a rigging inspection after a lightning strike. We installed a new 15″ Windex and tang. Spec’d some new Lazy Jack blocks and a new anchor light bulb. ……….. ……nice n’ easy. Okay, can anyone guess where we are? Other than aloft on a sailboat mast of course;-0) It was…

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Boom Brakes and Preventers

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When sailing down wind we eventually may find ourselves having to perform the dreaded gybe. Depending on conditions and wind strengths, this can be relatively painless or really scary. A violent gybe, which causes the boom to crash from one side of the boat to the other, can cause major damage. In some instances the boom…

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…..It’s Just Plain Fun To Watch

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A clip from the Loro Piana Regatta in Porto Cervo, Italy 2011.

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Views from Aloft

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Ahhh a beautiful day to begin the Spring. Aloft in Maryland’s Capital, with a great view of the Chesapeake Bay, the U.S. Naval Academy and downtown Annapolis. Today makes me look forward to some spring sailing, a good steady moderate breeze with flat water. Just how we like it on the bay. Today’s trip was for a mast and…

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First AC 72

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Well, Team New Zealand did it. Check out the footage of the new AC 72 revealed and christened in the city of sails Auckland, NZ. Man, those things are going to be fast. It’s okay to fast forward as I did to cut to the chase. Do they really expect us to sit through 15 minutes…

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It Takes Two To Tango….

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Volvo Ocean Race has seen yet another disaster. Leg leaders, Groupama have unfortunately been dis-masted just some 600NM from the finish line. This may have been some sort of record for the Volvo Ocean Race and Whitbread Cups combined, for being the most disastrous leg in history. Abu Dhabi, who never seemed to quite catch up from their initial…

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Chain Plate Service Anyone?

Views From Aloft

Boom Brakes and Preventers

…..It’s Just Plain Fun To Watch

Views from Aloft

First AC 72

It Takes Two To Tango….

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