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[quote=petefromtn]I am in Maryville, just south of Knoxville.  Yeah I am quite sure I screwed myself with the misaligned rudders on the boat today. They have only been that way since the last time we went out since the little screw/rivet that used to go thru the rudder arms cracked on me. I bought some nice stainless steel fasteners that seemed to work great on this trip were it not for the fact that I have the left rudder on the right side and the right rudder on the left side. I will fix that before the next outing you can bet on that.  I know that even with my wife and my 225 lb self on the windward side it NEARLY flew a hull today, if it had the rudder situation right it may have done just that....  I am really interested to hear about how you guys that put the boat in on a trailer on the boat ramps work things.  It is a little scary to put in on these ramps for me since I have not done this before. The boat with sails up and unhooked or luffed real bad just wants to blow everywhere and I am worried that if I get it out on the water I will have a problem getting the mainsail up or the damn halyard will break like it did on my second trip. Do any of you guys lube the mainsail where it goes into the mast?   I put some wax in that groove and it works much better but I think that if I used some kinda sail safe lube on it things would go even better.  So far putting in with the sail relaxed and loose has worked okay but it would be much easier if the boat had no way to make any power to move until I want it to.  I think the next time I go out I will just put up the jib and leave it unhooked and then put the boat in. Then I will get it on the end of the dock and raise the mainsail and hook up the jib and make off....

I see you are in MS..  I am planning to move back to florida once we get a couple more to do items done on our home and get it sold.  I love it here but I miss Florida and the beach and friends down south...

Appreciate the kind tips guys...peace

Pete[/quote]

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