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When it comes to buoyancy bags it's best not to scrimp. You'll need a Crewsaver standard front bag for under the foredeck. Overall you'll want a minimum of 500lbs of buoyancy. 600lbs would be better though.

realnutter wrote:I've ordered the kit... I guess a bath of hot soapy water is the best way to find the hole(s)

There's no benefit in it being hot and soap may create bubbles which mask the bubbles being released from the puncture.

I've successfully patched the bow bag on my boat using the Holt-Allen repair kit. The challenge is in finding the leak in the first place.

Put the boat tail to wind, attach both shrouds and it'll be a piece of cake.

Some people seem to manage without transom flaps or bailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA8bmfjGwfI

My technique for winter storage is boat cover followed by layers of shed roofing felt and finally a poly-tarp. I feel it's votal that the boat should be nice and dry before being laid up. I think it's moisture contact with the deck that causes the damage rather than the cold itself. I ought to add t...

They always had a spinnaker, but chutes would not have been used on early boats. The practice was to launch from spin bags stored between mast and bow tank bulkhead. Memory defeats me but mine might have had a hatch in the deck there... When I started racing Ospreys (1971 I think) there were one or...

Secondary means of propulsion - so either a set of oars or an outboard. Anchor - something like a smallish Danforth with a couple of metres of chain then at least 30 metres of either polyester or nylon. Anchor/mooring fairleads up by the bow. Jib furler if it hasn't already got one. Slab reefing for...

I think using any old dinghy mast on a keelboat would be courting trouble. Have you tried contacting the Squib CA? They may know of a suitable mast going spare.

Isn't that the new AC boat?

it is the call of the wild that is motivating and stimulating many of the contributors to this thread and in many ways I suspect it is the absence of a rib or other support vessel that will be an essential part of the experience. For me the constant whine of an outboard would mar what should be a v...

Many of our boats don't have those options, SB. I'd love to bring the Firefly to an event like this, but paddles are about as good as it gets for a second means of propulsion, and reefing is only really viable when on shore/moored. We'd also bring the Mirror, which is far more sensible, unless sail...

It's just common sense really. Choose a general purpose dinghy in sound, seaworthy condition. Make sure that the sails can be easily dropped on the water. The main should really be reef-able too. The boat should have a secondary means of propulsion. So either an outboard or oars. If oars then make s...

Yes but the friction of the bolt rope means that adjustment is much harder than with a loose-footed and limits the amount that the clew will come for'd.

Convert the measurements to centimetres so that's rough 60 * 15 * 15 which gives yoy 13500 ml or 13.5 litres.