TB,
Shoot me an email (it's in my profile) and I'll give you the pleasure of 30 years of catsailing opinion. A lot of the "experts" now here on this forum are very, very, "rookie".
Bob <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
I know someone who's had over 40 years sailing experience. I wouldn't let him within 50ft of my son's Topper dinghy <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />