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Give the brake a break

Posted by Dave on Sep 22nd 2022

Give the brake a break

Wheel brakes are a huge convenience. With a well balanced sail plan, your wheel brake can mind the helm while you adjust the jib trim or grab a snack from the icebox. There are, however, common things …

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Boat Show Season

Posted by Dave on Sep 6th 2022

Boat Show Season

And just like that, here we are once again at boat show season already. We don't do nearly as many shows as Edson used to do in the old days - there aren't nearly that many shows these days anyhow - b …

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Sticky steering

Posted by Dave on Aug 17th 2022

Sticky steering

It's a few days past mid-summer, so ignore all the back to school flyers for a while longer and enjoy the beautiful aft end of the season with the return of breeze and fish, and relief from the worst …

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Carbonautica Wheels

Posted by Dave on Jul 19th 2022

Carbonautica Wheels

We're very happy to announce that we have become the North American distributor for Carbonautica's (link) excellent range of carbon and composite steering wheels and other composite marine produc …

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Does my boat have Edson steering?

Posted by Dave on Jul 6th 2022

Does my boat have Edson steering?

For good and bad (mostly good in our eyes), the popularity of Edson steering systems on production sailboats down through the years leads many many sailboat owners to assume that they have Edson steer …

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Cable tension dos and don'ts

Posted by Dave on Jun 29th 2022

Cable tension dos and don'ts

A few weeks ago, we published a post about steering cable tension (link) which has proven to be remarkably popular and useful. The photo at the bottom of that post shows the tightening nut instal …

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