Mast on trailer - which way round?

Ah, but the screws/bolts would at least be having a force applied perpendicular to the thread, so that ought to be better for them than the force applied by dragging a rudder blade thru the water at [*] knots.....??

* = Insert your speed freaks figure here

Off topic but I have the white RS800 spinnaker that was supposed to be in that feature (it's the one in my avatar)

The plan was that originally the Herald was due to have a longer mast capable of flying a masthead kite, the thinking being that Jezza and Hamster were to chug up the lake, and at the last moment Captain Slow was to pop the kite on the Herald and whizz past them.  Apparently the BBC had spoken to the RYA who had put them in touch with the RS association and then on to Steve Irish (whose kite it was before I bought it off him).

However when they looked at it they realised that it probably would not make it go any quicker and there was too much to go wrong, also there would be more laughs from having a short Mirror rig that could actually drive around without hitting anything rather than putting the mast up by the lake so they dropped the spinnaker idea.

Anyway, that's the story...so the kite had a lucky escape from TV embarrasement in front of millions of viewers and went on to win a Nationals instead!

Top Gear? Fixed??

Originally posted by Iain C I just leave mine up and put "avoid low bridges" into the satnav...

That sorted that

I don't sit in my boat on the trailer; the only time the helms weight is in the boat the hull is supported by water ...