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It’s Just Money

Check out this incredible broach! Last Saturday,  Team Spindrift of the MOD 70 racing fleet take a pretty bad spill near the start line, off of the coast of Dublin – Dùn Laoghaire. Only one crew member was hurt, suffering a pelvis fracture. He was the one being immediately air lifted. Nice work by the…

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Views from Aloft

This week we were aloft to replace a headsail furler. Hood Yacht Systems provided this furler. The Hood Seafurl seems to be a good furler. I’d say my only real tiff with these systems is the rubber liner that is found inside each of the extrusions. The ball bearings are dry lubricated, which I like….

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The Elan 400

This is one of the nicer, well thought out cruiser/racers on the sailboat market. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ9SbLAa7U4&w=560&h=315] Lots of things to like here; all of the neat little compartments(especially for the companion way halyard jumble), cockpit ‘pop-up table’, the fold swim platform, and of course the slick below deck headsail furler. Could loose the sail pack…

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Views from Aloft

A beautiful tucked away spot in one of Annapolis’ many waterfront hiding spots. Any guesses where this might be? (click the image for a larger view) We conducted a rigging survey on a Catalina 36. Look there is my puppy dog Sidney, wondering ‘what in god’s green earth’ am I doing up there. ……and hey there’s Sean, Hi Sean ;-0)…