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Where these answers come from
Every answer on this page is distilled from public boat-owner forum threads. Nothing is generated, and nothing is invented — if the threads never settled on a cause, we say so rather than guess.
With thanks to the owners of CanalWorld and Sailboat Owners Forums and YBW, whose members wrote all of it. Every answer links back to the original thread — read it there, and thank the person who solved it.
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