Synthetic Headstay Furling Explained: Why It’s Different From a Standard Furler In the last post we covered why we’re replacing all of Paikea’s stays, and why the headstay in particular has to go too. If you haven’t read that one yet, it’s worth doing first — it lays out the reasoning behind the whole project: […]
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Replacing Wire Sidestays with Synthetic | Part 1 We noticed it during a routine look: one of the outer strands on Paikea’s sidestay had popped. A single broken wire in a 1×19 stay doesn’t sound like much, but it’s the kind of thing that changes your whole season. This is Part 1 of a series
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SV Outnumbered, Oliver’s Pumpfoiling Win, and Cabin rebuild. It’s been a while between videos, and there’s a good reason: Paikea’s refit went on hold for almost a month while Outnumbered — the Gunboat 66 currently in our care went sailing, and then there was Foiling Week at Lake Garda Italy. Down tools for a professional
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Portside Upgrades and Our Epic Diesel Tank Lid The old stainless steel diesel tanks are out. New plastic ones are going in. Simple, right? Not on our watch… We sourced stock tanks that were close to the right size, but nothing fit without modification. The spin-off lid that came with the tank? Useless. Every time you unscrew
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