@LarryW:
Thanks for the feedback, happy to share ideas.
Just for the record - I am not in any way connected with the ShipshapeRC site, apart from being a member and a regular poster - I have been a member for a couple of years. ShipShapeRC is a specialty site for the budget Chinese boats (Shunbo, Beili, Joysway etc). The (combined) eBook is good value IMHO, particularly for those starting out in sailing with a cheap boat - the idea of buying the book to get to be a member was instigated as a defence against spam attacks as I understand it. There is a lot of other discussion among members that is not visible to non-members.
I am a regular visitor Mayhem, as it provides a much broader focus into a wide range of boats, not only sailboats, without the broader spread into other RC such as RCGroups.
I spend a good bit of time trawling the working model builds - great stuff..