Matilda Modifications

......................Image- Courtesy of Les Leonhardt........................ ????What Constitutes A Modified Ma...

STAINLESS STEEL HANDRAILS Wooden handrails on a MATILDA are things of BEAUTY, but they do require a fair amount of maintenance to keep them ...

The secret to having a SUCCESSFUL mast raising/lowering is to have control of the mast at ALL times. One of the idiosyncrasies of raising/lo...

Posted October 20, 2009. The system described previously worked well but here is a suggestion for an excellent system fo...

" THE CHORD IS THE KEY " Definition: [SAIL POWER-page 54]- The chord is a straight line drawn horizontally from the luff to the ...

Posted October 7, 2009 Outlined below is a very simple and inexpensive alternative to a conventional traveller system. The basic idea for an...

Light winds=low tension/ Strong winds=high tension Having a tight mainsail luff in strong winds, is essential to a MATILDA or any other sail...