“On the contrary, read the article and the links. The cylinders would be useless if not retractable.”
In the contrary? What is your point? The article says they are retractable.
“You enough of a seaman to know that.”. Absolutely. Years of sailing on my Crealock 37.
” We’ve been round and round before on matters of intellect- don’t suppose mine, thank you.””
Again your grammar makes your post unclear.
A Crealock is not a ship. We’re done here.