just thought I would share a couple of things I have found with our 2014 MODEL 415 after almost 6 months of use albeit  using it for relaxing and not racing as I have my Etchells for that aspect of my sailing fun.

The floor boards were very squeaky and using advice from dealers handyman I obtained some wax from local hardware store and after  easily unscrewing several of the floorboards I simply rubbed the wax on the edges and bindo after reinstalling the floorboards noise has gone.

I initially purchased a block of cherry wood timber to hide my TV wires but then decided that I should try and match the mast support and had a very capable stainless steel expert to make up a section of tubing which has a flange welded where it attaches to the ceiling and a curve were the wires head off to back of the TV. I think that it looks far better than wooden "covers" I have seen fitted to other boats as it blends in with mast support.

I had a radar unit installed in Sydney when I purchased the boat and about a month after we sailed it home to Southport in Qld the radar would not come on until about 90 minutes after plotter was started-with excellent support form B & G help desk they believed it was an ethernet cable issue as they have seen it happen before and when the local B & G specialist called his first remark when he opened the switchboard cabinet is that he though he seen my trouble-the cables had been wound up into a loop and very fine cable ties had been used to hold the cable in place which he didnt like as he though it would be better to use larger cable ties and not pull them tight as the internal wires can be sensitive also he though the the coiling of the cable had been done too close to the attachment point and may have created a kink too close to the attachment point- whatever it was , he simply fitted a new cable and it worked instantly.

Yeoey

ps if I can work out how to enclose various pics if anyone is interested I shall try later

- in previous post yesterday I forgot to cover our experiences so far- on the way home to Southport we struck a squall with one reef in the main at the time and running downhill-pleasantly surprised at how well our boat handled the conditions as we quickly got our selves organised (me on helm and other two other crew at the mast) started the motor, discussed and then re-discussed what we were each going to do, and then got our ropes all ready, crew cautiously forward and holding on, then  headed the boat to wind and dropped the main and applied lashings over the main to keep it in place, then headed back before the wind under motor for about 30 minutes until we were comfortable that the worst was behind us and as a precaution only set jib for an hour or so before resuming with main.