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Technical Articles
This section contains technical articles on Sailing,
Construction, Boat Reviews and other Multihull related issues.
Please feel free to contribute if you have information that
would be useful to other club members.
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Boat
Reviews |
| Share your experience with specific designs, good or
bad, with other members. The Tramp
Trimaran
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Sailing |
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Equipment Requirements for Recreational Vessels
Riding Out Hurricane Isabel
- One boat's experience in heavy weather anchoring - by Ed Boyle.
Wing Mast Theory - If you are ready to wade into the deep end, here
is a very good article on the how and why of wing masts. This link
will take you out of the CMA website.
Did you Know? - A series of short but
critical (or just plain useful) things to know about sailing and
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Design |
| Daggerboard Pros and
Cons Facnor Technical
Report - Here is an excellent article, with lots of photos,
describing the installation of a Facnor Endless Line Furling System on
an F-31R. Thanks to Kiyoshi!
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Buying a Multihull |
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Interested in buying an F-27? - An article by Dave Paul from the old
Farrier Class
Association website. This is good information that has not
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Maintenance |
| Winterizing the
Sails! - A summary submitted by North Sails/Chesapeake.
Wide Beam Haulouts - Here is a
list of marinas that can handle wide haulouts.
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