The Ballad Exchange

Hi All Had a strange thought yesterday, whilst tacking single-handed round Start Point, with 17 knots of rain on the nose and knocking the auto-pilot off its nipple; Gancia Girl would be a lot easier to handle with a wheel! Now before you Ballad purists out there shout 'sacrilege!', give it some con...

Thanks Bob. I think I'm going to have to use the foam-backed vinyl again!

Brilliant Bob!

Hi Just returned (mid September 2014) from a trip to the Channel Islands, where there was a lot of thunderstorms, although fortunately in the distance and also when we were in a marina with many boats with higher masts! My crew asked, a bit less than casually I thought and with the ice rattling nerv...

Hi Guys (dahike and Bob) I'm really interested in this discussion. My Ballad has a leak on starboard when she's well-heeled over, which I need to find and fix, so the suggestion that it might be the bolts is interesting. But my main question concerns the interior of the hull. Gancia Girl has what I ...

Thanks fellas. Interesting points. You're a mine of information!

Hey Peter Have been looking at the fantastic snaps of your restoration project and noticed that, when launched, there was no anchor present. What have you done with it? I only ask because I'm finding mine a bit of a pain while working on the foredeck, especially with the windlass in situ. With no an...

Hi Peter Just reading through some old posts and noticed this one. Hope you've successfully rigged your boat by now! My question is about the length of your main halyard. I want to replace the wire one on Gancia Girl but I don't want the new one to be stretchy. Have decided to go for 1cm Dyneema but...

Hi Mark

Have you got an Android one? Just installing electrics in my newly acquired Ballad.

Mike

Hi Mattias

I need a new blue sprayhood for my Ballad. Have you sold it yet? Where are you based? Can you send pics?

Cheers!