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Unfortunately I broke my mast while racing at Loch Lomond last weekend, not the nice carbon one I have on my twelve but the older alloy one I have on my canoe. Since canoes and twelves use similar mast sections I was wondering whether anyone had either an alloy or possibly even a carbon mast that they no longer require and would be prepared to part with? Thanks, Marcus   

Does anyone have an RWO R4520 or similar mast ram sitting around unused? I'm interested in acquiring one! Thanks, Marcus.

I recently had a sail in one of the Winder built Merlins with a one string system for adjusting the rake of the rig and was very impressed by its ease of adjustment. My question is would such a system be suitable for a Twelve? I can see that such a system would make rake adjustment going upwind more staightforward and it would be easy to get the rig upright for going downwind on a run. However, as I understand things the conventional practice of letting the shrouds off going downwind in a Twelve achieves more than just getting the rig more upright, it also allows the mast to straighten thereby producing a fuller sail and enables the boom to be squared off more because of the loose leeward shroud. With a one string system the rig tension would presumably be maintained as the rig is pulled upright so the latter two benefits would not necessarily be achieved. So, what's most important, getting the rig upright, straight or slack? The reason I'm asking is that I sail at a venue where we beat and run a lot but because I usually have one of the kids crewing I often leave the rig alone going down the run since there's enough to do without having to let off each shroud independently as well. Nevertheless a simple one string system for getting the rig upright might be manageable but would I get any real benefit?      

I'm planning to take my boat to Bass week at the beginning of August. However, I have two people who want to crew for me, my thirteen year old son and my nine year old daughter. If anyone was thinking of taking their twelve or similar boat along and requires a crew then give me a ring on 0141 584 9694 (evenings). Both are competent and have the full vocabulary of technical language!

Please can someone tell me how to attach an image to a boat database post? I've managed to upload the images to the gallery but can't seem to get one of them to appear on the boat database. I've tried specifying the URL of the image as it appears in the gallery and uploading it directly. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
 
Marcus