Hopefully will be at Grafham now as work have just decided that we are
allowed to have some bank holidays off yippee!

Thanks for sorting out the tramp material for me Steve, I owe you a beer
Andy

I need to repair a hole in my trampoline, little hole plus contact from my knee has resulted in big hole I've got access to an industrial sewing machine but does anybody know who makes the grey material or a source to buy some from?
Thanks
Andy

Erling wrote:Would it be possible to leave the boats at Stewartby after the Grafham event as it's only two weeks between the two?

It should be ok, I'll shall find out for you.

Andy

Even for you Andy I think you'll get out sailed in the light stuff when up against mono hulls, it's a cat thing :) Regarding the downhaul the rules now say you are allowed a three to one assembly with cleating and turning blocks, but other than that it got to be as per the original manual, here's so...

Just out of interest is there anywhere that the hull / sail numbers are listed?

Have a search for glasses head strap or retainer, there are loads on ebay

A question for Martin Searle I guess, has the search function been changed recently as it is only bringing up relatively recent posts
in the search results??

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Andy

I've looked at my top batten and it appears to be an original one rather than a long one that has been cut down. It was suggested to me at the weekend by a fellow Dart owner that I might not have enough tension on the top batten so that it is lying limp rather than popping across, I'll try it when I...

Can anybody tell me whether the top batten should curve when the sail is powered up? I've noticed that when sailing all the other battens take on a
nice curve but the top one stays virtually straight and does not look right to me.

Thanks
Andy

Thanks to all the people involved in the training weekend at Seasalter in particular Nick, Steve and Kevin. I've learnt lots, still need to practice loads but it has confirmed that I made the right decisions getting a Dart .

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Andy

Not mine, just spotted this on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DART-15-Catamaran ... 4aa554713f looks very tidy.

I'm in need of a new mainsheet for my Dart, are there any particular brands or sizes that work best l? Not sure if it makes a difference or not but my blocks are the original type.

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Andy

The Killer Shrimp story http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/123209.aspx

It looks like the ban at Grafham has been lifted this evening subject to all craft leaving the site being washed down first

KarlPountney wrote:Andy,

Are you one of the new bods at Stewartby?

Karl

I Joined last September, have been sailing a Graduate up until now, just needed something a bit more exciting to sail and hopefully I will join in with the racing soon.

Andy