Permanently installed preventer: Another view

12:05 AM Sun 8 Aug 2010 GMT

'aa1 View of Yacht Sinabada' . Click Here to view large photo

Sail-World received an extraordinary quantity of mail after a recent article about permanently installed preventers**, so it is obviously a subject of great interest to many sailors. Some liked the system, some suggested refinements, others commented 'What about the boom-brake - Why reinvent?' At Sail-World we are a news outlet rather than a forum, but we here offer a system that works for a couple of our readers, Brian and Jill Golland, who sail a yacht called Sinbada. **To see the story, search (top right hand corner of screen) 'permanently installed preventer'. We have a 37' Whiting Cruiser/Racer and have ...

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by Sail-World Cruising/Brian and Jill Roland