Practical Boat Owner - February 2016

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T o really get under the skin of Finnish boats you need to visit Finland. Largely flat, more undulating than actually hilly, and ...

The low-level radar arch supports the radar and a gantry for the navigation lights Cockpit seats double as deck lockers, but fen ...

SARGO 31 Price: from £187,174 inc VAT LOA: 32ft 8in (9.96m) Beam: 10ft 10in (3.3m) Draught: 3ft 5in (1.05m) Displacement: 5.1 to ...

that can offer as much or more space inside. No, what this boat is about is going boating, and on this subject the adjective ‘ad ...

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PRACTICAL ➜ Hugh Morrison describes the course of action involved in fitting a new rudder bush to a Westerly Solway Replacing ru ...

PRACTICAL Quadrant Parallel key to lock the stock to the quadrant Retaining collar Saddle with thrust washer Top bush The worn o ...

Replacing rudder bushes The new bush in place, but with the stock not yet aligned Collar, saddle and emergency tiller fitting Th ...

   
 
  


    

    
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➜ IN-MAST REEFING: mainsails made easy? I f there’s one subject guaranteed to divide opinion among cruising sailors, it’s in-mas ...

reefing work with a fractional rig that needs pre-bend? What about maintenance, what happens if it all goes wrong, and how long ...

Facnor’s CF fits on the back of a conventional mast, offering an economical conversion For the past 15 years or so, Seldén’s Fur ...

Reefi ng in practice ...until the sail starts to luff W ith a system that works well, there’s not a lot to worry about when furl ...

He releases the outhaul (the blue line)... ...and pulls the endless furling line Now Owain tensions the outhaul... ...before re- ...

In-mast names from the past A s well as systems that are still made, there are plenty of others you might find fitted to older b ...

Seamanship Casting-off single-handed I now sail alone after my wife died and have devised ways of getting round the need to do s ...

PRACTICAL Keen to eradicate all traces of diesel bug after installing a new stainless steel tank, John Mimpriss fi ts a fuel pol ...

Onboard diesel polishing see-through bowl and water drain; with ¾ inch ports which required two Racor hosetail ¾ to^3 ⁄ 8 in con ...

T ired of our usual family summer sailing, my 16-year- old brother Fergus and I had been discussing taking our 1996 Drascombe Lu ...