Recent content by Siege

When I first got my boat it had no name...So I gave it one. That name was Pork Hunt (think about it). People at my sailing club didn't like it as much as I did and I was asked to change it so the best I could come up with that I could actually do out of the leftover letters was Trebuchet (it's a...

Mine is made from the leftover tarpaulin material from when I made my cover...the tarp was 20 bucks and it took me, dad and my mum (on the sewing machine) around an an hour and a half to make both. Siege

Hehehe...This Way Up... I might have to texta that onto mine just for the hell of it Adrian

I weighed around 65 kg when I first bought my radial rig but since then I slimmed down to 55kg and have stayed that way. I am on the light end for a radial and have considered getting a 4.7 rig to make it a bit easier on myself. Around 15 knots (maybe a bit less) is my maximum when I start...

Having trouble with what exactly? Is it just really hard to get it down into position or are you having trouble keeping it down? Like with the cleat or something? It sounds as though you have a jam cleat and it isn't holding properly. Is that it? Is this the thing you were talking about...

I do exactly the same as Yachtie2k4...Ronstan skiff suit, long legs no arms in cold weather with my spray jacket in even colder weather and board shorts & rash top in hot weather. It never gets cold enough here to require a drysuit. Siege

I second the call of Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI. Siege

Aluminium.

I use the 15-1 Harken vang system because it's what came with my boat. I find it's quite easy to pull on and I can get as much on or as little as I want with no problems. This is a good thing because although I sail a radial rig i'm still a little on the light side and have to de-power when the...

Burke...They're reasonably priced, pretty comfortable, they last and are the most common ones in the marine shops around here. Adrian