Terry Connell

May the black flag be shown, or declared to be showing, at any time before a start or must there be a number of general recalls first. In other words, can the black be declarred to be in operation before any starting attempts are made or must there have been a set number of recalls before the OOD declares that the black flag rule will be operated at the next attempt to start.

Oh yes I can !!!

Brad, I have a copy of your tuning guide which I have used to ensure that my Britpop, No.47, is a winner with the original mast and settings.. But recently I stumbled, fell, broke the mast, built a new one, badly, and so lost the settings. I have a new mast on order. Merry Christmas to all.

When a Britpop is in sailing trim which part of the deck is parallel with the water line? I do not have access to a tank. In other words, where should I place a level? Fore deck in front of the mast? Cap screwed on to the pot? Knowing that, I can measure the position of a plumb-bob back from the mast or, using "Level" in a iPhone, or a bubble level, measure the angle of the mast. Thanks.

Is there a pad available to attach to a RMG winch which wil easily slide into the winch tray of a Britpop? If not please suggest a suitable material which I can cut to fit. Thanks.

Does anybody have a spare RMG 37mm sprung winch drum for my Britpop,PLEASE? I have a new one that's 32mm with which i can do a swap.

Thank you very much John. How is the start mark different from, say, a finishing mark?

There has been a discussion that if you get caught on the ground tackle of a mark technically you have not touched the mark. In other words, if you pass so close to a buoy on it's upwind or up-current side, that your boat's bulb or fin becomes caught by the buoys "ground tackle" but your hull does not touch the buoy, have you "touched" the mark and need to do a turn? Recently, at the finishing line between two bouys, one boat's skipper maintained that he had touched the "ground tackle" of one finishing bouy after he had "finished", that is that he had crossed the imaginary line that lies on the course side of the finishing marks and therefore as his hull did not touch the buoy he did not need to do a turn as he had properly finished. His opinion is that the ground tackle is not part of a mark of a course. He argued that it was "in the Rules". Is it?

The Hi-Tech servo HS-7980TH "Monster Torque" has failed in a Psycho. It was an arm winch servo. It was programmed to rotate through 180 and had it's failed voltage reduced/set at 50% . Where can I get a replacement, please? Thanks. Terry Eastbourne.

Perhaps the best way to find a good position for the jib weight is to hook the jib sail head on to something about waist height and hold the hold-down line so that the sail is tight and approximately horizontal. You can then adjust the weight so that the boom is horizontal.

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This is a quote from the Rules -: Finish A boat finishes when, after starting, any part of her hull crosses the finishing line from the course side. However, she has not finished if after crossing the finishing line she (a) takes a penalty under rule 44.2, (b) corrects an error in sailing the course made at the line, or (c) continues to sail the course. Does this mean that if a boat, having crossed a line joining the course side of the finishing buoys and so finished,then the re-crosses the line in order to sail away from the fleet, for example, has NOT finished? See (c) above.

Why does a Port gybe boat have inside rights over a starboard gybe boat when the port gybe boat must gybe on to starboard tack for the next mark?

What is a Renault Man too,please?

I have a Vauxhall Insignia estate type car in which i can carry,flat or on it's edge,several IOM sail boxes.However,possibly needing to downsize and go to petrol instead of diesel do you have a suggestion for a smaller car that can carry my IOM sail box with the the passenger seat folded. Regards to all, Terry