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Can you put a riser under the lip of the hatch to allow the hinge to clear the deck?

I've seen small tubes leading from the drain holes at the bottom of the socket into the bilge to eliminate the tea staining. Or constantly wipe it down.

Thanks to all the participants. Results here

Next year will mark the 100th year of junior sailing at Indian Harbor Yacht Club (Greenwich CT). A massive celebration is planned for Saturday, June 17 and all past participants and instructors are invited. It's gonna be yuge. If interested in attending, please send an email to...

58 entries (9 ORC) and a great looking forecast. Still time to sign up.

Had had asymms off the standard pole and thought that improved the performance of the boat. So long as the average of the luffs is equal or less than the leach length of the symmetrical, there's no rating penalty. So we added a reaching strut for close reaching and squared back for broad...

Lifting keel version of the Hobie 33? Or RS21 or Viper 640.

The O30 with a retrofitted Trogear sprit would be good performance per dollar.

The Gearbuster (October 8) now includes racing under ORC. If interested, kindly enter as soon as possible to help build momentum and allow the club to gauge interest. Registration is here.

1979 not '75. Still...

What a gawd awful video. This was from 1975. Had to wade through 23 minutes before finding something worth commenting on. Inca may have gotten through that gap but she wasn't the first. That honor went to Carina. Onboard there was some uncertainty about going through the gap since it appeared to...

Thanks for the color. Was the short course option used? OK forecast for this weekend’s Geartester. 

Must have been a tough race. Postponed starts with lots of DNFs and a few TLEs. Short course option invoked?

Seconding the Alexseal. Fantastic paint that's repairable. Straight off the roller with the additive will give you a very nice finish. Then, only if you want, sand to 1200  to 1500 and polish with 3M Perfect-It EX Machine Polish.

Feedback I’ve gotten (thanks SWG) is that solid fiberglass goes back far enough that there’s no need to tube. 

Thanks. That's what I've done with the hinge at the end of the sprit. Using the stock GRP tube though.

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Added a Trogear sprit to my Olson 30 and thinking about the bobstay. Could go with a u-bolt or 1/4" eye strap but both are wider at their bases than the bow. To look good and be watertight, the base of the fitting would have to be faired into the hull. Alternatively, I could run the end of the...

Don't listen to the naysayers. Do what you're comfortable with (assuming you're not spending meal money!). I'm going through a similar process on my even smaller boat though my focus is almost entirely on navigator-style long day races. We've had success navigating with our phones and no wind...