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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 02-10-2023, 10:47
Replies: 44
Views: 5,984
Posted By Lrak
Re: Climbing rope vs marine rope for rode

16 strand splicing is different and time consuming, but not hard.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HLTPZe2i8BA
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 06-05-2023, 17:31
Replies: 24
Views: 5,635
Posted By Lrak
Re: Sail Cloth: how to compare?

... will ignore all of your requests and sell you the sail THE LOFT OWNER thinks is right for your boat. IF you happen to want exactly what he wants to give you, it is a great deal on an American...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-03-2023, 15:49
Replies: 162
Views: 12,354
Posted By Lrak
Re: Anchor One Size Up, chain too small?

Practical Sailor did some testing and some math about the expected forces generated from inboards, outboards, and 60kt winds. IMO a good read.
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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-03-2023, 11:37
Replies: 162
Views: 12,354
Posted By Lrak
Re: Anchor One Size Up, chain too small?

In outboard powered boats (typically <26.5'/8m or conversions of larger vessels a la atomvoyages) there is an advantage of having a smaller outboard so you have less weight at the stern and can...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 07-03-2023, 19:39
Replies: 13
Views: 1,150
Posted By Lrak
Re: Smaller capacity watermakers?

I think the common usage of these small 12v ones is to run it whenever you have excess power. When its windy/sunny/sailing fast and the battery hits the absorption charging phase (~80% ish charged...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 07-03-2023, 19:14
Replies: 13
Views: 1,150
Posted By Lrak
Re: Smaller capacity watermakers?

Katadyn PowerSurvivor units are small scale. The smallest model (40e) makes 1.5gph @ 12v/4a. They are physically smaller and have smaller power requirements, but aren't any less expensive or more...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 05-03-2023, 19:28
Replies: 23
Views: 2,343
Posted By Lrak
Re: unsure about what causes this corrosion

Most modern seacocks are ball valves with bronze bodies and stainless stems and balls. Some will be bronze with chrome plated brass ball and stem. Others will be all Marelon construction. Very few...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 06-02-2023, 07:52
Replies: 41
Views: 12,426
Posted By Lrak
Re: Tohatsu 6HP vs Honda 5HP

Why not buy gas with alcohol or install a fuel/water separator rather than buy alcohol free gas and then add alcohol?
Forum: Our Community 02-02-2023, 02:09
Replies: 125
Views: 14,990
Posted By Lrak
Re: Forced at gunpoint to jump off a sailboat in the Exumas

Are you part of the Chinese communist party? Because monitoring and essentially requiring social media accounts sounds a lot like the social credit system they love.

Some of us don't have or want...
Forum: Our Community 31-01-2023, 19:48
Replies: 125
Views: 14,990
Posted By Lrak
Re: Forced at gunpoint to jump off a sailboat in the Exumas

Extremely well said, Jammer. By what you wrote, I can tell that you to have found these people in your life in various places at various time. Around 10% of the population has a personality disorder....
Forum: Training, Licensing & Certification 26-01-2023, 07:28
Replies: 22
Views: 3,573
Posted By Lrak
Re: ASA valid in Spain?

https://asa.com/international-proficiency-certificate/
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 24-01-2023, 03:58
Replies: 7
Views: 558
Posted By Lrak
Re: Inverter causing low battery voltage

Ahhh cool. I'm after some 110 Ah 6v deep cycle Lifeline batteries. I haven't been able to find such a beast. You obviously know where to find them. Can you give me a model number? All I can find is...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 23-01-2023, 11:48
Replies: 41
Views: 5,844
Posted By Lrak
Re: AUS: Heterosexual rape and abuse alleged with Crewbay and Find-a-Crew

Part of the reason it looks disproportionate is because the rules are unfair. If a person was nonconsensually penetrated, it counts as rape in rape statistics. If a person was nonconsensually...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 12-01-2023, 05:22
Replies: 10
Views: 1,775
Posted By Lrak
Re: Stainless Jerry can experience?

Theoretical reason for not using them is avoiding regulatory problems of using a non-approved container for gasoline. PWC, quad, and dirt bike riders in California are routinely cited and fined for...
Forum: Our Community 31-12-2022, 10:59
Replies: 4
Views: 688
Posted By Lrak
Re: Donate boat in Florida?

BoatAngel.com posts donated boats on ebay all the time. I bet if you post it on Craigslist and the CapeDory.org classifieds board for $2k and are willing to negotiate down a little you can get it...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-12-2022, 14:53
Replies: 165
Views: 36,800
Posted By Lrak
Re: "Reality" Youtube Sailing Channels

Oh great. Another person declaring how a real man should act. ��



They value privacy rather than putting their lives, coworkers lives, families lives, friends lives, etc online?


FWIW, I...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 28-12-2022, 08:24
Replies: 9
Views: 960
Posted By Lrak
Re: Teaching on my boat

I wouldn't make any assumptions there. I can't teach my wife while others can. I used to get frustrated because she wouldn't listen to/believe me while she would others less educated on the subjects....
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 16-12-2022, 04:04
Replies: 47
Views: 4,828
Posted By Lrak
Re: Heaving to to recharge?

But it's not a constant 50 watts generated. It probably averages 50 watts over the course of an hour. The output is constantly varying as the boat speeds up and slows down from wind gusts and surfing...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 15-12-2022, 18:51
Replies: 47
Views: 4,828
Posted By Lrak
Re: Heaving to to recharge?

You didn't know exactly what I meant? 50 watts * 24 hours = 1.2kwh which is more than the deficit OP talked about.

50wh per h better for you? 100s of wh per h clearer? Yes. I was sloppy with my...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 15-12-2022, 18:12
Replies: 47
Views: 4,828
Posted By Lrak
Re: Heaving to to recharge?

The old school solution was the early towed generators. If you can sail at 5kts you can generate 50 watts an hour with the one of those "propeller on the end of a long stiff rope spinning a DC motor"...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 13-06-2022, 07:38
Replies: 35
Views: 5,107
Posted By Lrak
Re: Transporting a boat from Australia to Portugal

Buy a boat and mast that are smaller than a 40' high cube shipping container and stuff it in. Years ago I saw pictures of someone that pulled all the rails and stantions off his Cape Dory 25, built...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 18-06-2019, 14:39
Replies: 46
Views: 11,830
Posted By Lrak
Re: financing

Wow. Such confidence and condescension. Is it the late 90s again? I'm sensing the same "irrational exuberance" as Alan Greenspan called it at the time.



Have you not seen the ~20 year real...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 01-06-2018, 17:59
Replies: 8
Views: 12,922
Posted By Lrak
Re: Outboard Battery size

Is there a voltage regulator on the charging circuit of the motor? If not, the battery size could be so you don't cook the battery charging it rather than cranking power needed to start it.
Forum: Navigation 10-04-2018, 11:23
Replies: 176
Views: 16,825
Posted By Lrak
Re: Thorny subject: Sextant and GPS era

What size piece of land?

It seems to me that a novice with a plastic sextant and a couple hours practice can verify position within a couple miles of latitude and a couple dozen miles of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-06-2017, 18:38
Replies: 30
Views: 6,080
Posted By Lrak
Re: Cruising - How cheaply can it be done?

It looks like this couple was trying to cruise the South Pacific on the cheap and simple. Voyage of Minimus (https://voyageofminimus.blogspot.com)

In some ways I feel they were under prepared, but...
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