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jphart said:
How did it sail?
How was it getting the main up and down? Electric winch?
Did the davids work ok, and you used them daily?


Excellent sailing boat, motoring too. For raising the main, we bought a Winchrite and take it down with us each trip. Charterers are advised to get 2 or 3 guys on the tramp and haul the main up 2/3rds of the way by pulling on the halyard as a team. Then wrap the winch at the mast and crank up the final amount. With the typical tradewinds in the BVI, you'll want to keep 1 reef in anyway.

No electric winch on our boat. After the last thread about electric winch disasters, I'm not sure I want one. The davits work great, are very substantial, and pulling up the dinghy is easy. Sometimes, though, we just tow the dink if we're not going far.


Rob