Cruising Sailors Forum Archive

Messages In This Thread

• (Message Deleted by Poster)
  • Add an autopilot
    • Singlehanded
  • Good question. Might be a good solution.
    • Singlehanded
      • A link to an online, free book on singlehanding
        • Singlehanded Sailing Society
        • The Race Results show a high DNF ratio ;^)))
  • Bristol 30 (Clint Pearson's)
    • Bristol 30 Seventies... not so long ago is it?
      • There are some pictures from a "listing" site
        • That's the one...
          • Main would be my guess, Darden
            • Coast of Maine to Long Island Sound
    • it's actually a Herreshoff design, I had a 1968, 29 center board for a while....
      • A4 has been replaced...
    • Single Handing Mods...Thanks to all..
      • an alternative is folding wheel
        • Uh, but the folding wheel is for when you are stopped, right?
          • Folding or not, when not in use it's still in the middle of the cockpit, like an elephant in a tent, on a boat that
            • my emergency tiller is 8 ft long
              • LOL- You shoulda seen the bow in that one when she was hard on the wind !!
              • Be glad it's not 1 foot long!
  • What kind of solo sailing...
  • why a wheel??
    • It came with the boat....
      • So did mine but no more.
        • Vane-Autohelm Combination
          • Wheel or tiller - still nothing improves life for the single hander like an autopilot...
      • Should be very simple to do...
  • Singlehanding Mods
  • As others have said, self-tailing winches are very useful...
    • Had an interesting auto pilot event Sunday....
      • Loath & fearing of powerboats on LIS
        • Do Call the USCG
        • Power boaters
        • Powerboats on LIS
      • same experience on Lake Erie
        • I was involved in a collision years ago
          • you should have flicked a penny in his bilge....
      • Dude, that is precisely the reason...
        • Safety First
          • I like to say "Safety HAS a number..."
      • Same experience in Andalusia
    • I'll second (or third or fourth...) the self tailing winches
    • Self tailors are very expensive and not essential
  • Go back to the tiller