a palpable description! Great feature of the centerboard is that it can be angled back a bit to balance the helm if needed.

Complicated. Case of the right tool, wrong situation. Jackline use not without real risk (drown dragging) - worth it for offshore or foul weather on leaners (monohulls.) This trip: in-shore, mid-summer, mild weather, wide multihull. Would rather swim home ( 2nm) alive than dragged.

@djmydlack watching as you precariously balance yourself as you filmed made me think of the IBM executive who went sailing by himself and all they found was his boat sailing by itself. Do be careful.

@@RaymondSackenheim thank you for your concern

You're very welcome.

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hey thanks for the comment

hey thanks for your concern. tether for inshore use isn't a universal practice (I could swim home.) Getting dragged could be worse.

@djmydlack ya you need a knotted rope abaft hanging in the water when underway, so you can get back up..Anyway where I live you would be shark food before you reached shore swimming 😅

Thanks for your comments.

Wow. You lived history there.

Thanks so much.

I'm not sure. I do know he was very active emailing and posting in forums, supporting TT720 builders even 20 years on. He was very directly engaged in controlling the quality of his boats (by home-builders or pros)*. On that note, I shudder to think how he might have treated me for the extent that I have modded the original design. *I acquired my boat in 2019 long after Ian had passed.

@@djmydlack I was first introduced to his work when asked to help build an F9A in Burnsville, Mn. This was in the 90's, but by that time Trailertri plans were no longer available. His argument was that the F24 and F25C were better boats, but I also think that his involvement with Corsair may have taken up a lot of his time. I'm still a fan of plywood boats and balsa cored materials would not be my choice if it were my boat. I visited another guy in Mn who was building an F25 using bead and cove cedar strips, like a canoe. The method saved weight because the bead and cove on top and bottom of the strips reduced the amount of epoxy needed, but wasted more wood and time in cutting the profile on each strip. I like the mod you made for the solar panels but have no clue how Ian would have reacted. It doesn't really matter; it's your boat and it has to work for you. I don't think it detracts from the boat's good looks so run with it :)

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Thanks for your comment. You might see either in this video or another that I use a two-sheet system. I eliminated the original Farrier-designed traveler because it obstructed the cockpit (I have particular mobility issues and need an uninterrupted cockpit.) Likewise, an aft-mounted traveler wasn't compatible with my 'solar panel bimini'. So I employ a two-sheet system (a sheet and a preventer) similar to how Quorning has designed into their similar-sized Dragonfly. As the first summer unfolded I was able to get pretty good sail shape control (the sail is a bit tired and blown out at this point.)

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6TaXpVtj8uIasUsi=SQq9qgbrUa_lTN29&t=776 You can see it used in this Dragonfly video - look over Jan's shoulder behind him.

kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWmgaCpacR3qZYsi=dIWfOctH6ti3B1TT&t=154 You can see it employed here if you look closely.

Thank you so much!

TY. Farrier TrailerTri 7200 - extensively modded and modernized. facebook.com/trailertriagain

F TT 720, it’s in the header!

Thank you for your concern

Hey thanks Rael! Keep shunting!

Would love to see pix. You can see my 5-year refit on my Facebook facebook.com/trailertriagain

Yes, George built a really solid straight-forward TT720. He even upgraded to foam/glass floats and poly/glass beams. I did all the redesign/reno - emulating later Farrier developments. Here's the FB page I kept over the 5-year rebuild: facebook.com/trailertriagain/

@@djmydlack well kudos to you, it certainly has given the old design a very modern look. I have a Haines hunter tramp, Ian's first production design ,so am a bit of a farrier fan boy myself.

Hi Dan: Merry Christmas! I just stumbled upon your video's on KZbin. Very nice meeting you. I have a multi sort of sailboat question or more to ask you, if you are willing to answer. I will try and add a pic or 2 in my email to you....here goes. This boat in my yard is a PROJECT. I bought it without it having a centerboard. It is a Sandpiper 565. I am thinking of converting it to a trimaran using a couple hobie 14 hulls.(should I say (ama's?). I am also thinking maybe building leeboards. I think a flaw in its build was the centerboard, so I am not even consider8ng a replacement centerboard...I thinkmaybe with the shape of the hull, my best choice would be the leeboard set would be the best route! Do you agree to that choice? Of course, I am trying to sell it for the past two years...but no buyer's. Ha,ha..

@@timothybrown8807 Buy that's a complicated question. So many variables.

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Hey thanks

He was up against a deadline to move and I think he had a sentimental attachment to the boat beyond a need for money.

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Thanks

hey thanks

Sheesh, not everything in life has to be a race.... sometimes you have to take the time to notice, let alone enjoy the magic.

Oh yeah - totally my bad. Very sloppy sailing - a big indulgence on my part. Love hanging off all over like a cheap suit as the phrase goes. Like a drunken, obsessed teen. No, I've lost the race before it's even started.

@@sail4life Then buy a heavy comfort container monohull. You know them, more energy wasting machines than at home. And water beds, of course. All twenty cabins have two water beds. And two showers a cabin, one for a millionair woman and the other for her billionair husband. That makes sixty shower cells. Just like at home.

@@voornaam3191 yeah that's the ticket!