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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 01-03-2024, 07:26
Replies: 54
Views: 4,328
Posted By Wallaby
Re: SAIL BAGS/LAZY JACKS

Perhaps some of your problems might be solved by the arrangement of the lazy jacks. I use a homemade/self-designed system with a single line to raise and lower each side, with blocks picking up...
Forum: Marine Electronics 25-02-2024, 14:41
Replies: 4
Views: 550
Posted By Wallaby
Replacement/Fix for Icom M802 Microphone

I had a new microphone ordered for my M802 for over a year. The mic still works but the cable is disintegrating--apparently a common issue with this model. Anyway, the order was cancelled by the...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 05-02-2024, 07:08
Replies: 30
Views: 2,684
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Galvanizing -- how far to go

I re-galvanized 230 ft of 3/8 chain last year. A 60-mile drive to drop off. Return, pickup and return was a total of 240 miles. The chain was ACCO, new in 2012, with the ends flipped a few years ago....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 22-09-2023, 07:08
Replies: 42
Views: 6,122
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rat on board!

Get a Schipperke.
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 18-08-2023, 17:03
Replies: 6
Views: 670
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Gooseneck play? Too much?

After you fix your gooseneck, you might check how the boom is 'tied down' when the sails are down. Traveller sheeting tends to allow a lot of sideways motion even when the mainsheet is tight. It may...
Forum: The Library 31-07-2023, 08:11
Replies: 58
Views: 14,888
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Suggestions for good sailing fiction

Good sailing fiction? Is there a plot worth reading? Characters that aren't superficial? A realistic voyage--in fact, so realistic it might even be true? Is it enjoyable to read (we're not talking...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 31-07-2023, 07:56
Replies: 93
Views: 9,114
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Joshua Slocum

At the risk of shamelessly plugging my favorite trilogy...
Chicken of the Sea: Nothing is what it seems. by Neil Barry (that's me).


With its whimsical title and cover, the message is clear: DO...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 30-06-2023, 07:20
Replies: 90
Views: 8,486
Posted By Wallaby
Re: The "Making Trees" fallacy appears again...

LMAO. How to make the comparatively simple CBDR into a convoluted nightmare of ifs, buts, and maybes.


Standing behind the wheel, or any other fixed 'point', align any other fixed point on your...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 02-06-2023, 06:42
Replies: 58
Views: 11,194
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna

For the first time in about 10 years, my Rocna dragged in the Bahamas. Good scope, chain with long dual snubbers, dropped (and dug) into a patch of sand among grass--there should not have been a...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 26-05-2023, 09:25
Replies: 11
Views: 2,797
Posted By Wallaby
Re: CPD ROAM app experiences

Do not try reporting a 'problem' to the listed help email-contact. They did NOT respond to three separate queries.


BTW, I suspect the problem I have in using ROAM has to do with my permanent...
Forum: Our Community 28-04-2023, 13:39
Replies: 160
Views: 14,990
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna 10 vs CQR 45

My anchor process (currently in the northern Bahamas--so grass over sand, or sand) consists of slowly approaching a likely spot directly upwind. I slow the boat to one knot, preferably less, aim for...
Forum: Our Community 28-04-2023, 11:15
Replies: 160
Views: 14,990
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna 10 vs CQR 45

Perhaps we need a thread on 'best anchoring techniques.'

The number of times I've seen boaters dump anchor and chain from the bow (while still going forward)... maybe back down.... maybe put on a...
Forum: Our Community 28-04-2023, 08:42
Replies: 160
Views: 14,990
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna 10 vs CQR 45

For those who think anecdotal evidence of anchor superiority is the standard to judge by, consider that the CQR was designed in 1933, and the CQR stands for Coastal Quick Release. The name alone...
Forum: Our Community 28-04-2023, 07:07
Replies: 160
Views: 14,990
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna 10 vs CQR 45

No similarity at all. And the fact that CQRs are referred to as plow-style means nothing:

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Forum: Our Community 28-04-2023, 06:39
Replies: 160
Views: 14,990
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rocna 10 vs CQR 45

Look at a Rocna--it looks kind of like a shovel.
Look at a CQR-- it looks like a farm plough (plow)


Which digs a deep hole? Which digs a long shallow trench and pushes rocks aside?


The...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 17-03-2023, 06:37
Replies: 49
Views: 6,685
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Question for divers

I was informed by an expert (in explosives) that explosives have traceable chemical signatures, and that the origin of explosives used in the Nord' attack is known. Regardless of politics, I strongly...
Forum: Marine Electronics 09-09-2022, 09:44
Replies: 74
Views: 32,299
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Icom Radios - deterioration of microphone cable

An update: admittedly my radio is 12 years old, but is seldom used. However, my microphone has the same problem cord deterioration as ICOM802 radios back in 2013.

As then, the HM-135 cord issue...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-08-2022, 07:42
Replies: 24
Views: 2,756
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Rigging trisail - boom to deck

I have my boat rigged and ready for storm sails, and NEVER USED them. I have had one opportunity--with barely enough time to furl the genoa and reef the mainsail, let alone put up storm sails.
It...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 27-07-2022, 09:14
Replies: 0
For Sale: Autohelm MaxiView
Views: 318
Posted By Wallaby
Autohelm MaxiView

Autohelm (Raytheon/Raymarine) 'ST 60' MaxiView is a large type-face data repeater for the Seatalk-1 network.

Asking price is $190 plus shipping.
See photos here:...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-07-2022, 09:41
Replies: 35
Views: 3,769
Posted By Wallaby
Re: exponential curve

FINALLY!

There might be some confusion. To wit, exponential defined:


Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent.
Expressed in terms of a designated power of e, the base of natural...
Forum: Marine Electronics 13-05-2022, 11:18
Replies: 9
Views: 2,346
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Raymarine p70 vs p70s display

I like my push-buttons, +/-1 and +/- 10 degrees given the slow course change on a sailboat, no matter whether I am using the windvane mode, or steering a course. Especially useful at night and for...
Forum: Navigation 12-05-2022, 12:58
Replies: 13
Views: 1,306
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Importing chartplotter from USA to Australia

I am the owner-installer of a fairly complex Raymarine system. Are there problems in installing? IMHO, not if you are reasonably competent, read the instructions, and exercise care. Under warranty...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 08-04-2022, 16:36
Replies: 14
Views: 2,422
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Replace standing rigging on a 2011 Jeanneau?

On a 50ft sloop I replaced all standing rigging and a new Schaefer 3100 furler for a total of $10,500 +/-, of which the furler was about half. It included forestay and back stay, fwd and aft lowers,...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-03-2022, 12:08
Replies: 24
Views: 4,624
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Looking for a good mast boot

That rot also might be caused by water coming down inside the mast.
Remove rot, rebuild with fiberglass and filler. Construct 'dam' with a runoff into the bilge. Drill and tap the bottom of the mast...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 19-03-2022, 10:27
Replies: 55
Views: 9,654
Posted By Wallaby
Re: Best liveaboard and cruising choice

Frankly, scary.



Your Pogo 44 is a high-powered vessel. Production started in 2020, I believe, so it is probably out of your price range.


I've been sailing for 60-odd years and I would...
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