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I'm starting to think about moving up to a somewhat larger boat and looking to sell my much loved Freedom 35. In all honesty, I enjoy sailing a lot more than deck cleaning and she's definitely kissed a few docks. But she's also had a lot of recent work and enhancements, most importantly: - New Rayma...

I just wanted to cross reference (for Google as much as anything else) a trick courtesy of Mark Edwards and Paul Dennis: in case you need to access the bolts holding the Gooseneck Bracket in place (which I did, as mine snapped in Buzzards Bay last October), there's a small 1" access plug on the fron...

Hey All, I just wanted to close this thread by mentioning that my new mainsail (together with Tides Track and a Doyle Cradle Cover) arrived a few weeks ago, and I took them off on their maiden voyage this weekend. They seem like very nice sails: in winds varying from 9kn to 20kn I was going consiste...

I just wanted to add a note for the historical record: I ended up buying a square top mainsail from Doyle. I purchased it in the late fall discount period, originally with the idea of hoisting it a few times this year to check on fit, etc. But the weather conspired against that approach, so instead ...

That does look very pretty. I've asked Steve about the Triradial Dacron high roach mainsail, but it's hard to compete with a picture like that. Particularly as the technical problems become better understood and less expensive (Doyle is quoting about 800$ price differential between a standard "High ...

Thanks, I was indeed wondering about the gaff approach taken by sailmakers. Doyle pushes the a dipping headboard (http://www.doylesails.com/anomaly/), though I imagine that adds considerable complexity to large sails. But I haven't seen alternatives from other vendors (and the North proposal didn't ...

Thanks, I'll probably go back to Steve and ask for an update in triradial dacron. Still undecided about which sail, but more competition always better than less.

Happiness,
Andrew

Hi All, I live in Boston, am expecting to buy a new mainsail this winter, and have gotten quotes from the standard NorthEast people (Thurston, Doyle, North): - Doyle proposed either a Dacron high roach sail of about 560SF, or a Dacron high square top with their anomaly headboard of about 570SF. - No...