-> On 07-07-96  14:51, Richard Wheet got back to Dan Ceppa 
 > Is your's set to steer like a car or like a boat with a tiller?  I may 
ve
 RW> step around to the other side of the wheel looking backward and steer
 RW> it like normal... no doing everything in reverse like backing a trailer
  
Explains why boat is now a fixture of the launch ramp float!  
I think that's a feature that I'd like to either learn or make 
it work the wrong(?) way.    
 > Sounds like you have a furling jib...  This one has a double foil,
 RW> Yes... a single line Hood furler.... but your double foil would be
 RW> great for flying two jibs wing to wing..... but you better have a
Hmmm, I wonder if Scott's ever tried that?  Then again, he has 
2 spinakkers, so I tend to doubt it.  
 > So does this one.  Not quite sure why, but the owner over-travels
 > it so that the point is nearly always on the high-side..
 RW> Makes more room in the cockpit since you don't have the traveler
 RW> cutting the cockpit in half... and on bigger boats they assume you will
Well, it isn't much, only about 6 inches of adjustment.  However, it 
is tough for the crew to get it back to the upside.  
 RW> Bigger boats are easier to sail .... until you get a spinnaker.... but
 RW> that isn't exactly "single handed" material ...
I'd beg to differ, not that I'mthe one that did it...  My Thurs night 
skippper has done that.  (What can I say?  He's crazier than I am, 
but not by much!)  
 RW> I also added an Autohelm ST4000 so that it will do a 100 degree tack
 RW> while I adjust the sails in the front of the cockpit.... that makes
 RW> single handing with a wheel very do-able...
Very interesting....  Can you give me some figures on it's price 
tag and, more importantly, where I might get some info on how 
it works?  
As I mentioned, not quite sure if it's what I should do, but the 
idea of living on the water seems to be calling all to hard at me!  
Thanks again for the info!  
... When sailors dream, they dream about sailing.
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