twodogs1969 said..
They both have runners. Why on earth would a cruiser want runners?

Not sure about the Farr 38 , but the Hick 43 ad specially says "no runners"

A

The hick deifinetly looks to have sheets running from the rear chain plate to the rear winch especiallyon the port side.
I was mistaken on the fare at a closer look.
I said on a farr 11.6 it never had runners either.

IMHO that Farr 38 that Ramona loves cries out for a well designed hard dodger like the Northshore 33 mentioned on another thread to make her a great cruiser... not so upright on the leading edge, more swept back for a nice racey look, and reposition the main sheet to the top of the dodger just ahead of the wheel. Lots of force here so make it all of nicely formed aluminium with some box section on the trailing edge to transmit the force to the deck, maybe some cut-outs on the side to accommodate the entry of the Genoa sheets to the winches, still enough room to walk around the edges. A bit like the Garcia 52 Expedition.well worth looking that one up if you're not familiar.