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Re: What's your problem with that cleat. Jon?
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.... Not to mention, the strength of those internal hinge pins is no doubt adequate to bear the levered forces brought to bear by the stops, even after a few thousand wave cycles of storm surge in a choppy harbor.
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- Herb McCormicks four part essay is now on line
- It's a fairly remarkably piece on many levels
- Thanks, Doug. Very well written article.
- That's a great read - honest and introspective. Thanks for sharing.
- I too pushed my limits meeting family flying in to Portland in iffy weather ( I'm a coastal cruiser
- LOL! I chatted briefly with Mark Pillsbury (editor of CW) aboard the new Hunter 47 in Annapolis...
- What's your problem with that cleat. Jon?
- In a different "context"
- No doubt those from Nautor are pretty slick, I haven't seen them...
- And, how's this for an example of 'Attention to Detail' on the part of a Boat Show Exhibitor...?
- I have to cut them some slack. That happens every other year on my boat.
- Bad design, not just improper set-up from the boat show. ;^)))
- I have to cut them some slack. That happens every other year on my boat.
- What goes in that very shallow stern slot under the cockpit?
- Must be push-button steering on that thing too.
- And, how's this for an example of 'Attention to Detail' on the part of a Boat Show Exhibitor...?
- No doubt those from Nautor are pretty slick, I haven't seen them...
- The writer is diplomatic, but he doesn't leave much out.
- LOL! I chatted briefly with Mark Pillsbury (editor of CW) aboard the new Hunter 47 in Annapolis...
- I too pushed my limits meeting family flying in to Portland in iffy weather ( I'm a coastal cruiser
- I was struck by how much time was spent fixing electronics
- Great read...
- Re: Great read...
- That was Charlie Doane of SAIL, not Herb, who was aboard that Alpha 42...
- Re: Great read...