Everyone, great feedback! I’m encouraged. I want to experiment with a stall and tiller to weather, practice reefing, and tuning my rake and rig. rake and rig is a big one for me to know more

It's been a while but some stuff sticks with me. If you are sailing alone it pays to lead everything back to the cockpit. I'm short so I had to use the top step on the ladder sometimes to reach a

Let her stall, rudder pointed into the wind (after stalling) back the Maine by pushing the boom to wind, she should back up pointing on the other tack. Or motor sail... Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

In that weather, a Flickr will jibe just as the square riggers did. Ernie Sent from Samsung tablet.

Kirby, That would be great! Use the e-mail address below. Anything that you can send is great appreciated! Any length of article can be accomodated. All I need is the text (e-mail works every well)

Yes it is Jay Cushman - tell us more how it evolved.

This discussion is really helpful. Would someone please speak to “low wind” tactics, as summer wind here in Penobscot Bay can be very fickle. We got into a situation last season when we literally

Sounds like a great day to go sailing. We found (from our test sail and on) that our Flicka doesn’t like to tack in strong winds especially if we have the typical lakes short seas. We have found

Good morning, The next issue of Flicka Friends should be twenty pages. The plan is to publish around May 15th. There is an article on Sailing on the Columbia River, wooden mast arch support

Take down the main and start the engine. Woody

The profurl can be stiff at times. Needs to be lubed top and bottom and must have decent tension to pull it straight otherwise the bowed extrusion will not spin especially when windy and bowed more.

I have seen a similar situation so am always reefing early and also use my inner foresail a lit and tiny bit of roller genoa which is more managable. Agree with the requirement Gyb sometimes as my

Spell check not helping my story. Sorry... -- kirby linck S/V Minuet Hull 329

Went sailing in an enclosed bay this weekend. Weather was 20 knots w occasional gusts. She healed to 35 degrees on some gusts and the pro furl roller furling jib would not pull in. It was tangled

Hi Tom, I would like to contribute an article about sailing here in Guam. -- kirby linck S/V Minuet Hull 329

Thank you Tom. Most appreciated. I saw two more Flickas recently, not in the collection: "Passages" and "Look Far". I will reach out to them next time I go to Olympia, WA. Carol s/v Nika

I want to build a dodger but the mast won't be stepped for another 6 weeks or so. Does anyone know the measurement from the cabin sole to the bottom of the boom? Thanks.

I vote for quarterly. My reasons are the publications of the yacht clubs I have belonged to, which often try a monthly publication. There is not enough new news to fill, so gradually the publication

Ahoy Skipper— I don’t have strong feelings about the sked. But however it turns out, I could contribute a few tidbits regarding chart locker, movable tables, etc that I have created for Koremikre,