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I've smacked more docks with Second Chance in a year than I did in 12 years with JAIn Response To: Back and fill, back and fill, back and fill. 
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() I used to fear gales, now I fear marinas and lee shores with a foul current/tide. I keep the trusty Yanmar in a fine state of tune.
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- Unbelievable!!! My buddy, who was sailing around the Atlantic was just rescued by an oil tanker, mid Atlantic
- They have had more than their share of bad luck.
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- That's not bad luck
- What do you bet it was a fin keel spade rudder. How many
- I haven't heard of one "falling" off that often...
- They're like an old rusty door hinge. A few screws can fall out, the pin can break, it still swings.
- Neither do skeg hung rudders.
- Back and fill, back and fill, back and fill.
- Boy isn't that the truth...
- I've smacked more docks with Second Chance in a year than I did in 12 years with JA
- Back and fill, back and fill, back and fill.
- I haven't heard of one "falling" off that often...
- Geez, kinda like ten kids. You gotta figure out what's causing it.
- The CS' rudder (like the Valiant 40's) is a modified skeg rudder.
- Has the rescue video been posted on YouTube yet...?
- They have had more than their share of bad luck.