Comments on: Return to the Texas 200 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Roger Siebert https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-135359 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 00:12:40 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-135359 In reply to David Paul.

Hi, David. Thanks for reading. Always a pleasure to find another Flint owner.

I use the standard tiller from the Flint’s design with an extension when daysailing alone. The push-pull tiller, though, opens up the sternsheets for a passenger or, for multiday excursions, for gear that might stick a bit above the top edge of the transom. It’s also a nice area for a foldable backpacker’s solar panel that gets little spray and, with the push-pull tiller, no shadow. And if I need to shift weight aft, with the push-pull tiller, I can just plop back there myself.

]]> By: David Paul https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-134044 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 05:01:17 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-134044 Hi Paul,
Wondering if you would care to comment on the relative advantages of your tiller set up. I have a Flint in Tasmania.
Cheers,
David

]]> By: Roger Siebert https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-133516 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:41:35 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-133516 In reply to Paul Sexton.

Thanks, Paul. A Mayfly is perfect for the Texas 200. Great choice!

]]> By: Roger Siebert https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-133515 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:39:30 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-133515 In reply to Mark Bjorge.

Thank you, Mark.

]]> By: Paul Sexton https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-132366 Sat, 17 Aug 2024 19:15:27 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-132366 Always enjoy reading tales from the 200. Completed myself, 2016 I think, in a Mayfly 14. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Mark Bjorge https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-132224 Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:42:02 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-132224 Well done, and thank you for sharing. I enjoyed reading your story.

]]> By: Roger Siebert https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-131797 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:55:48 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-131797 In reply to Robert Hale.

Thank you, Robert.

]]> By: Robert Hale https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/return-to-the-texas-200/#comment-131011 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:45:25 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=186892#comment-131011 Great tale! Well done.

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