SimonCornes

Thank you Mike, I had no idea that the tubes were produced that way!!

Yes you would, just one pair.

Thanks Lester, so 48 for the 14/12 overlap and 40 for the 12/10 overlap? As long as it doesn’t break! As it is I’ll have to sand down the smaller section a bit as it’s already pretty much an interference fit and if I’m using thick superglue and I’ve been told to keep turning as I feed the smaller into the larger then an interference fit is too tight and I might end up with only 10mm inserted if I’m not very careful !! 😂😂

I had the 12mm mast option but ditched it when I looked at a mast drawing showing the 3 piece mast so took my 2m length of 12 back and replaced it with a 1m length and a 1m of 14!! I had 2m of 10 for booms so all was catered for!! So, Lester the overlap of 12 and 14 is 56mm then ? That’s fine - as long as I know what the accepted ‘normal’ is !

Thanks Lester, would that be internal diameter or external?

Just a quick question. A 3 piece carbon mast - 14/12/10 sections. How much of the 12/10 sections should project onto the larger piece below? 50mm enough?? Then tow wrapped around the larger section to reinforce? One final thing - no height limit for the mast - just the 1806 between deck and bottom of top band so if you want 50mm above that, say, then no reason why not? Many thanks

My understanding is that the AGM will be in the Bristol area next year. I will not go as it is too far to travel but others will undoubtedly benefit from the more southerly location. Personally I enjoyed the AGM, having not been to one since the last century!!

What is the advantage of a cord and a bowsie over a wire link and a bottle screw??

Thank you Derek!

I've just acquired one of these, care of eBay, at a very reasonable price and I'm picking it up in a weeks time. Never been measured, not registered but ready to sail with a Whirlwind winch. I'm in the Midlands District and I've emailed both Mike Ewart and Bill Green to ask about measurers but what would you recommend that I do? I obviously need to have a good look at it and make good anything that looks iffy but I reckon. it should be okay and I'm going to the MYA AGM so I'm wondering what it might be worth picking up? From the photos it looks entirely conventional in terms of spars with a grooved mast - although I don't know if that's GB or Nylet (who else does groovy masts?) The sails are panelled (like an inverted Y) and the main has 4 battens and there are 2 shrouds each side. Straight jib boom. Any thoughts would be much appreciated please, Simon

With the number of clubs now sailing a mixture of quite old and pretty new IOM’s plus everything in between, had anyone come up with anything like the Portsmouth Yardstick for working out race results taking note of how good a design might be? Is that too complicated? Maybe you just need staggered starts to try to even out performances inherent in each boat, irrespective of the standard of the skipper. If we had that then old designs would be equally as competitive as new ones?

I’ve heard of people using car headlamp bulbs but I’ll use the discharge option with my remaining charger. I’ve now bought a LiPo safe charging box but the annoying thing, whether you’re using a charging box or a pouch, is that the LiPo balance lead is pathetically short. I’ve got 30cm 2S and 3S extension leads in transit but the charger manufacturers should include a range of balance lead extensions as well as charging leads. Don’t suppose they ever will though.

Yep Colin, done the house fire bit earlier this week so I know. The pack that burnt was not in a yacht, it was a 3S but I was given 3 2S packs, one of which was ‘a bit swollen’ and in fact it’s obvious compared to the other 2 but a normal pack is not exactly flat, slab sided hence my curiosity. As it stands, that pack is now outside but won’t get wet if it rains. I intend to discharge it using my spare Radient multicharger, which I assume has a discharge option. But if it bursts into flames now it won’t do any harm.

Ah, thank you for clarifying Simon

RMG - Whats that? I use a different make of winch, not a Red Ant either but my winch doesn't have a low battery warning on it. Thanks for the suggestion though.