I have electric winches with switches close to the winch. Be a pain but moving them away would be a…
Hi David, Yes, I can see that the Ewincher might not work that well for sheeting while racing. In fact…
thanks john, let me dig deeper into it
I think you are right, thanks for the tips. now the boat is in italy, where you find good craftmanship…
Hi Michael, I think that’s a good analysis. My hope is that these guys both do well and inspire the…
The “original sin” of powered sailboat winches is starting with a manual winch and putting a motor on it. Instead,…
My experience with a washing machine. Our boat is a Baba 40, not the largest candidate for a washer. We…
Hi John- I have been considering adding electric primaries on my C&C 34+ for a few months now. I sail…
I recently installed a Raymarine hydraulic auto pilot on my Baba 40. I went as large as I could. Type…
Hutton winches are not terribly common where I live, but something like 70% of the Australian fleet use them. They…
Thanks for shining the light on this new product. I worked in the test and measurement industry for 35 years…
Hi Mark, Good point. I will also be interested if anyone comes up on that. One thought: if in doubt…
Good article, John. One question I had on first reading the website information (and still have) is whether the SailForce…
Andrew, I’m hopefully in the market for a starter cruiser next spring/summer. Unsurprisingly, kinda depending on my SO. If you…
I agree – I could relate if terror/fear were broadened to include “anxiety” – knowing that an unexpected challenge might…
If you enjoyed sailing and working on that boat for ten years and 8,500 miles, then you got a pretty…
A thought provoking read – thanks for posting the Prisig essay.
Hi Nikolaas, Frustrating indeed. Thoughts: A really good composites guy could fabricate pad eye with an ss liner from carbon…
Nikolaas, A thought is to find a rigger used to working with carbon spars. Our rigger is an experienced sailor…
On the website they say that their conversion kits cannot be sold in Germany, the UK, France or Italy. And…