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• I've been waiting for some bronze repair.
  • Crank outhaul.
    • Once state of the art, a century refined. Then came Aluminum.
  • Magnificent! Totally in line with the Herreshoff history I'm reading
    • Bristol is a worthwhile destination
    • Rotary engines.
      • Don't know any detail of herreshoff design. Possibly even steam
  • Very nice setup
  • You don't see many roller reefing booms these days!
    • All the inboom systems...
      • Full battens make a big difference
        • I remember reading how bad roller booms were, then I used mine.
          • Years ago we used a jawlike device for vang on roller boom