Always good reading your stuff YPC.... I know you are setup for home schooling and in this day and age if the planets all line up andallow you tohave a life and a happy family it is a good thing.... reckon you and Lisa Marie have it sorted good... ....and who doesn't live within reach ofa pc these days.

I have been thinkin for ages how i could solder a brass plate to the brass rudder shafts i use but maybewill think of the bolt thing with alloy... just don't like the nutscreating unproductive drag but.....

Anyway andbtw... the only "real" difference i noticed when i filled in the chines on an nqd was the reduced self righting.... just sayin.