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Bandit – Double light switches

I have a question: Do you know where I can find double light switches?  I have ordered new ones from Nautor but they are too large to fit in many places where the double switch is installed on the 46. Thanks, Fred Davies

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Placement of Foresail tracks

– Twilight: We never used the outside track before redoing the decks and we never regretted it after we took of. The barber sheet is guided through a bloc which is fixed on the alu toe rail.
– Foreign Affair: Chose to keep both, because I wanted to keep the boat as original as possible.
– Bandit: I’ve managed to upgrade Bandit over the years but often needed …

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Twilight – Galvanizing of Steel Frame holding Keel

A few years ago, the steel frame inside Twilight, which holds the keel and on which the mast is stepped, started to rust. Although we painted the frame with epoxy, the rust came back from the bottom side as the bottom of the frame is not accessible.
In order to handle the frame, we contacted Nautor to inform if the steel frame could be taken out …

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Request for feedback – PBO rigging

Does anybody know of any 46’s with PBO rigging?
Feedback from Lars: “Dear Fred – I am not aware of any 46 having this. It would be advisable to check whether the PBO terminals are compatible with the present rod terminals, probably some modifications needed. Do you have a particular PBO supplier in mind? I could possibly provide assistance here, but need to know the present standing …

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Question relation to interior layouts

I was hoping you could shed some light on a question I have about the Aft cabin layouts on the 46. I have notice some have a bunk to port but I have also seen one with a centre double bunk with curved seats on each side. My preference is for the centre line version. Do you know how many of the 46s were built …

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Swier Hull 58 – Spray Hoods

The owner of SWIER wants to restore some details back to the original design and has the following questions, can anyone help?
1. Sprayhood
One of the issues that I found was that the sprayhood is now on the rear companionway and the front has a small dodger, causing the whole working area of mainsheet, traveller and spinnaker whinches to be blocked when erected.
On the drawing TITN …

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Swier – aft cockpit entry



Twilight – New Hull Exits