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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-07-2013, 11:16
Replies: 1,325
Views: 438,685
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Nautical Oddities

I lived at the Marina in Port Townsend for 5 years (basically lived in the boatyard)...I don't think of ladders like that as being an "oddity" actually common place (though have seen some a bit more...
Forum: Our Community 28-07-2013, 11:03
Replies: 324
Views: 31,713
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Your Ignore List

We know someone is wrong and we have an inane desire express ourselves when we are right....even though we know they will totally ignore what we say on the premise "I am right and everyone who thinks...
Forum: Our Community 26-07-2013, 12:48
Replies: 324
Views: 31,713
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Your Ignore List

They did stop calling them "laptops" for a reason....possibly because when people used laptops on their laps they over heated.

If someone's attitude, lack of intelligence and inability to accept...
Forum: Our Community 24-07-2013, 18:25
Replies: 324
Views: 31,713
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Your Ignore List

I have no one on any of my forum ignore lists, just some people I sit up and listen, and some people are so full of BS and don't want to listen to anything else I just don't let them stress me out.
...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 19-06-2013, 09:20
Replies: 75
Views: 86,094
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Salon or Saloon ?

Salon/Saloon on a boat usually doesn't go into actually application. It's for vessels big enough to have "state rooms" and seperate rooms for eating. Basically it is fancier and takes up less room on...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 18-06-2013, 16:18
Replies: 75
Views: 86,094
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Salon or Saloon ?

The proper pronunciation for this application is Saloon.....when pronounced as Salon it is just another example of American ignorance showing itself as pretentiousness.
Forum: Crew Archives 11-06-2013, 19:42
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

Someone who has known my boat for 30 years and done the sail to SF a number of times in different boats different times of the year will help me to fine tune her and give me pointers. I found someone...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 11-06-2013, 17:34
Replies: 18
Views: 3,567
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Cleaning an engine

My engine is just covered with thick layer of fine sawdust......should be able to get done with a wipe down.
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-06-2013, 10:56
Replies: 32
Views: 18,578
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Midship Cleat

I live in the PNW.....even if you had big meaty chain plate....line wouldn't last long tied up to it. 45kt winds w/60kt gusts for days at a time coming from weird angles, make a substantial midship...
Forum: Crew Archives 11-06-2013, 09:40
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

I will be honest and say my offshore experience is limited...but that said, I would have had a blast in that. Last time I did any ocean sailing though it was 7 days (Bermuda to Norfolk) of 20-40kt...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 11-06-2013, 09:08
Replies: 32
Views: 18,578
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Midship cleat

I would like to disagree with you, your comment is a perfectly valid use of cheap and boat in the same sentence. (the other's I can think of all have something to do with "I told you so")

The...
Forum: Crew Archives 11-06-2013, 09:03
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

Get?....does that mean buy....I am a poor sailor and when people find an answer to a problem prefaced with "Why don't you just buy/get....." it annoys me to no end. Some people can afford just go out...
Forum: Crew Archives 10-06-2013, 23:59
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

My boat sails better on a broad reach than down wind....sort of what I planned on.
Forum: Crew Archives 10-06-2013, 21:19
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

There is a cutter trick (which I haven't had a chance to try out on this boat) which is supposed to stop rolling almost completely. Main out on on side, jib on fore stay on the other, then jib on...
Forum: Crew Archives 10-06-2013, 19:04
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

My boat is fast, but I have tweaked the rig from a 2/3 fractional (25'luff) to a cutter (40' luff and 25'luff). As far as headsails, for light air dead down wing I have twin 180 Gennys ....but on a...
Forum: Crew Archives 09-06-2013, 17:48
Replies: 26
Views: 3,039
Posted By wolfenzee
Washinton State to San Fransisco, late July

I am sailing from Washington State to San Fransisco in late July (I am up for suggestions though) non stop. I have been told to figure 10 days, but it's only 750 so should actually be faster. My boat...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-06-2013, 12:30
Replies: 471
Views: 78,611
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Slapping Halyards

Local hardware store in their "Dollar Store section" sell packets of bungees for 1$
The boat next to me which has enough moss growing on it for a small tree (3") to take root along with lichens and...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-06-2013, 11:54
Replies: 471
Views: 78,611
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Slapping Halyards

Even though thr tump thump thump isn't as bad as the ting ting ting....it bothers me enough to get up on deck in the middle of the night naked in the rain in a 50kt wind to fix it....the mast is keel...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-06-2013, 11:21
Replies: 471
Views: 78,611
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Slapping Halyards

I used to be able to estimate wind speed pretty accurately in the marina by the noise level (starting at 20kt). You could hear a gust of wind coming across the marina ,the difference between a...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-06-2013, 10:47
Replies: 471
Views: 78,611
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Slapping Halyards

When I do leave my halyards against the mast, they are tight and only make noise in heavy wind (the thump thump thump against the wooden mast is overwhelmed by whistling through rigging at windspeeds...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 03-06-2013, 10:31
Replies: 471
Views: 78,611
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Slapping Halyards

The thing I found interesting is that "non-load bearing" cleats on a pin rail or the shrouds for unused halyard storage are refered to as "courtesy cleats"....sort of explains it all. Of course in a...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 30-05-2013, 17:22
Replies: 55
Views: 16,805
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Fully-Battened vs 'Battenless'

The only fully battened boat I have ever sailed was a freedom 33, wishbone rig....but there was no track, the sail formed a pocket that went around the unstayed mast creating a perfect airfoil. Long...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 30-05-2013, 17:09
Replies: 55
Views: 16,805
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Fully-Battened vs 'Battenless'

From what I understand, even though they work nice, the mast tracks are one of those big ticket items sail makers like to tack on for the "rich sailors". I ama poor sailor, I have a T-track on a wood...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 30-05-2013, 16:46
Replies: 55
Views: 16,805
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Fully-Battened vs 'Battenless'

To change my boat over to be able to accept ""batten cars" would cost well over $1000 for just the track and hardware+plus full battens+ the differences in the sail it'self in a new sail....min...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 30-05-2013, 09:45
Replies: 55
Views: 16,805
Posted By wolfenzee
Re: Fully-Battened vs 'Battenless'

I am still living aboard, I just moved back to Port Ludlow. I can't afford a locally made sail, so will wait on a new main for awhile. I will brobably pick up a "retired" racing main when I am in San...
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