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Can't speak to quality of sails but Brian used to work with us and stole the customer list when he left to set up Great Circle Sails. He also slandered the company in communications with some of our clients. The highlight of his departure was when he convinced a customer that he had already been...

Might have to look at the label on the can itself. Last time I did a bottom job the red had higher copper content. Probably the same now.

Seems like just yesterday we were in La Cruz watching you untie the docklines for the Pacific crossing. This would be tempting if I were in the market.

The Scampi 30 I just bought has a nice set of older but non-working instruments with the exception of the depthsounder which was recently replaced. The seller explained to me that an alternator regulator went TU and the instruments failed as a result of the voltage spike. He thought that...

I've emailed a question to find out if there is actually some protection built into the adapter. In other words, is it designed to trip something if more than 15A is being pulled through it.

Good point. I'd have to watch the loads. I would't use a charger that puts out more than 6 or 10 amps.

Our new to us Scampi 30 doesn't have any sort of shore power installed. Really the only thing we need to run is a battery charger and have a single outlet to charge batteries for tools and electronics. I'm thinking about using this Dockside 30A to 15A with GFCI adapter with a good outdoor rated...

I've had some clients who came to us after similar experiences with FX and Peak. Some waited too long to file their credit card disputes and lost their money. I think if people did some research on the internet before ordering, they'd figure out the old axiom "if it seems too good to be true, it...

Yes to relatively inexpensive. Admittedly concerned about parts availability since if the diesel can't be economically repaired, I'd have a boat with zero economic value.

I was checking out a 4ksb today with an old Farymann 12hp diesel. Thinking about buying the thing, but a bit leery about the Farymann because I've heard parts can be a bear to find. Anyone with firsthand experience dealing with a Farymann single cyl? Starts right up and doesn't smoke so that's...

Omitted from this list is Masthead Enterprises in St Pete. I've known the owner since the 1990's when I lived in FL and he's honest in his dealings.

390 lacked a pass-through which the 4xx's had. One cool thing on the 390 is they originally came with an underwater viewing port. Many have probably been glassed over but check under the berth in aft cabin if you're ever on one.

We're the US distributor/importer for Reefit furlers out of Tasmania. It's a superb cruising furler that's been well proven for decades in Australia. Exchange rates are favorable so prices are better than Harken and it's a better made unit. I sent you a PM.

Randall, I think you've got your answer regarding the loft. As for the cloth, the CDX is fine. Another cloth to consider is Dimension Polyant's CXI. We're designing a main right now for an Aphroidite 101 that we'll use the DP cloth for. If you are in the GTA as your profile notes, you...

Actually the 39 came in 2 versions. The one with the deck salon was actually a schooner. The more conventional aft cockpit design was a cat ketch. I know one guy who sailed both quite a bit and he said the ketch was the better sailing of the two. I had one of the ketches and it sailed pretty well.

I have some experience with Freedom cat ketches. I'd be looking at a 44 as opposed to a 40 as it has a better underbody. The 44 had some good years in the Bermuda One-Two. Sailors tend to be traditional so you can expect to be mocked a bit but there's a lot of happy cat ketch owners out there.

I've been working with clients in remote places for a long time and may have some insight. You mentioned that you provided a "specified pre-bend". That doesn't tell a sail designer a whole lot. When we design a mainsail, pre-bend is just a starting point. What we want to know is the range of...

Donna Lange did a singlehanded circumnavigation on a SC 28 and has just departed on a non-stop circumnavigation. She loves the boat.

Unless it was just a typo. Timeframe, boat size, and endpoints seem the same.

Hmmm. Any connection to this thread ya think? http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=166956 "I've been recruited as one of three mediocre sailors taking a 55 foot sloop from San Francisco to Anacortes, leaving in two weeks...."