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Exactly. Our short PO had added one making the hop necessary.
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I put the stock wheel back, even though the larger one has a nice elkhide cover. But now we can ease past the wheel. And I can never steer a straight line from the coaming, anyway. (Some might even say, from the helm!)
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- Very sad news - Ned Cabot was lost off Newfoundland this weekend...
- Sad news indeed... going out in gale winds as a matter of course
- That's very sad and sobering
- From the initial report, a couple of thoughts...
- At first I thought "That can't be right"...
- Is that an oversized wheel?
- Hi Jon
- Couple of comments on this and Dave Evans, below
- If you're not clipped-on...and get really knocked-down
- Agree with Jon
- I can't help but agree with your point about having a tiller on a small boat.
- At first I thought "That can't be right"...
- From the initial report, a couple of thoughts...
- Hate to read that. I was following a boat with one of those destroyer wheels yesterday.
- Large wheels
- Exactly. Our short PO had added one making the hop necessary.
- That makes sense. Thanks.
- The reasons..
- Large wheels
- Was very saddened to hear this
- Sad news indeed... going out in gale winds as a matter of course