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I'm not being so hard (I think the Harken furler helps a lot ;^)))
In Response To: No lifelines unsafe? I think you're being too hard on this nice little old boat, Steve. 
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() As you pointed-out, Tom, its a piece out of the past. Things are safer now is a lot of ways. It doesn't mean that, for example, not having seatbelts isn't a good idea ;^))). They might not look right on a restored old car -- but if you really drive one, you should probably have them. ;^)))
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- ARAMINTA, a sensible cruising design from 1959.
- And going forward on a dark and stormy?
- Bigger foredeck, bigger jibs to take down, bigger dragging anchors to deal with.
- I agree that no lifelines are relatively unsafe.
- No lifelines unsafe? I think you're being too hard on this nice little old boat, Steve.
- I'm not being so hard (I think the Harken furler helps a lot ;^)))
- In over 40 years...
- I can't really agree. And the besmirching of the gorgeous boat..oh no.
- No lifelines unsafe? I think you're being too hard on this nice little old boat, Steve.
- I agree that no lifelines are relatively unsafe.
- Bigger foredeck, bigger jibs to take down, bigger dragging anchors to deal with.
- And going forward on a dark and stormy?