First off why "Night Sailor"? Hopefully it's because you have sailed in the dark . . . which sounds rather exciting. ANYWAY . . . upon drilling the cabin roof for hardware, I became aware that the entire thickness is only about 1/8" or so, which is rather shocking to me. Originally, t...

I hear what you're saying. If I ever did reduce my keel, it would be for the purpose of changing the boat to a more mundane use, as far as sailing's concerned . . . no more trying to beat. BUT . . . being what human nature is, I would probably end up doing something stupid and regret the reduction i...

MY foreign ports of call will probably be in Canada. There's too much of America to sail in . . . enough such that I don't feel the need to visit foreign ports, simply for the sake of saying I did so, or to enjoy bad laws, poor water or non-english speaking bartenders. I look at the Great Lakes and ...

I've had a downhaul for years, but since I've always(almost always), used a 150 Genny, I still have to go forward to dowse it and gather it in.

Maybe I should add a fed loop from the mid of the genny's foot to the top hank and back to the cabin to at least partially gather it in.

If I keep the boat and I feel up to it, I'll drop the keel and upgrade the pivot hole with something with less slop.

The digram with an aft-lead anchoring was very helpful . . . thanks.

it's happened every time I've ever tried to beat the wind.

generally i run a 150 genny and full main in about 10mph wind.

i suspect i need to run a working jib to point better?

I can't seem to point my 24-4 within 45-50 degrees with a speed of above 3 or so mph.

Is this normal?

at some time back in antiquity, I must've either changed my password or was assigned a new password way back when I originally had the neo.rr.com address. In any case, I can't get my password to my new adress and even though I can automatically log in, I can't change my email address cause I have no...

I just tried that, but when I hit [RESET], the email changed back to the old email address.

I will go to my email and see if anything came through

I like my Venture 24-4, but I don't like the swing keel swinging side to side. I also don't like the Venture's tendancy to ride waves(tendancy to "kinda" pitchpole ), while also yawing(?)/rolling, on waves that attack at about 45 degrees from shore). I think a lot of the problem is the Ven...

but my username seems attached to my old email address(SURV69/SURV69@neo.rr.com). I need SURV69 to be attached to SURV69 (at) gmail (dot) com. any help would be appreciated. As it is I can use my laptop to log in, but I can't use my desktop to log in, and although I now have RoadRunner, I don't use ...

I always thought a jack-line was supposed to keep one "on", the boat . . . not just "attached", to a boat. I'd rather like the idea of not being able to fall over the lifelines. Acually, wasn't dragging a seaman a form of punishment for breaking rules? IN any case, there's no way...

Either it's now a cutter rig or a sloop with a backup forestay . . .your choice

BUT the use of a BIG CAT and foreign shore sailing is not in my interests. When I look at the allotted costs, I see so much, so, so much waste, in comparison to my way of living. ALSO, by staying stateside, a lot of costs and other headaches become less. I'm willing to bet, that aside from the winte...

to be certain, the Great Lakes are most definately Great. My hope is to put in the Great Lakes(Erie to start), live in a marina and continue my business for 2 years or so(having an efficiency apartment too), then within a year of retirement begin my sojourn of the Great Lakes. Hopefully, after I bre...