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Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 13-12-2020, 14:23
Replies: 71
Views: 16,525
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Shark attack St Martin..

A Bull is definitely territorial, but so is a Cotton mouth water moccasin, neither has much of a brain though, don’t confuse behavior with intelligence.
Don’t contribute human traits to animals. I...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 13-12-2020, 14:03
Replies: 47
Views: 6,901
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Moving Cockpit Drains to Transom?

I believe ALL at least older Island Packets have two rather large cockpit drains to the transom. Not sure about the sugar scoop models.
I think mine may be 1”, anyway I have never, ever gotten a...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 13-12-2020, 13:58
Replies: 15
Views: 1,882
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Portable Lunch

As a former long, well long to me cyclist, I expected to see bananas, not gu packs. Yes I’m aware of bananas on a boat tradition, learned it on a dive boat long ago.
Bicycling I used to make my own...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 13-12-2020, 12:13
Replies: 15
Views: 1,882
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Portable Lunch

Cheese and crackers and a coke, or small pepperoni and salami and crackers, and ideally a Coke.
Ice tea will work, but for some reason in sporty weather crackers and a Coke seems to help settle the...
Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress 13-12-2020, 12:04
Replies: 71
Views: 16,525
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Shark attack St Martin..

I know that you can gut one and throw it into the water, where it will eat it’s own guts until it bleeds out and dies, I’ve seen it.
I think they have about as much “brain” as a snake.
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 09-12-2020, 05:06
Replies: 18
Views: 2,119
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Lightning strike data over sat comms?

just curious, but what sensors exist that can track individual strikes locations with great accuracy?
Even if they existed and were fielded what good does it do you to know that a strike occurred at...
Forum: Propellers & Drive Systems 09-12-2020, 04:58
Replies: 9
Views: 2,719
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Oil filled steel stern tube: a good alternative to typical shaft/stern tube setup

While you could use vegetable oil etc.
I’m going to make a comment that will inflame some I’m sure, and that’s oil in small quantities isn’t really harmful, nature breaks it down. There has been oil...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-12-2020, 18:29
Replies: 19
Views: 5,269
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Alternative to gas cooker?

I’d probably go electric and a Honda generator, my personal opinion is that if your really cooking and not just heating precooked food up that the amount of additional Solar required or do it, just...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 07-12-2020, 04:15
Replies: 59
Views: 5,919
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Freezer Only Aboard?

I’ve does some flying in the NWT and Alaska, not too long ago a firearm was required to be carried along with a whole list of items like mosquito protection and x number of calories of food per...
Forum: Other 07-12-2020, 04:03
Replies: 623
Views: 100,938
Posted By a64pilot
Re: This Day in History

So, what else happened on Dec 7 that’s historically significant?
Forum: Marine Electronics 07-12-2020, 03:58
Replies: 112
Views: 13,391
Posted By a64pilot
Re: What do you do to mitigate lighting damage?

I base a lot of my belief that there is no effective solution on this. If something worked, then either you would get an insurence break for having it, or be required to have it, or not be covered...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 07-12-2020, 03:47
Replies: 26
Views: 8,427
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Optimal cruising RPM

Wear and engine longevity has been found to very closely follow the amount of fuel used.
For example your engine may last for 10,000 gls of Diesel, whether you burn that amount in 3000 or 6000...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 07-12-2020, 03:25
Replies: 45
Views: 6,428
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Health risks of cooking with gas

I think it’s actually more of a where do you cruise, and or what weather do you cruise in question.
Those of us that cruise in warm water / weather who almost always have every hatch open and hatch...
Forum: Marine Electronics 04-12-2020, 18:12
Replies: 112
Views: 13,391
Posted By a64pilot
Re: What do you do to mitigate lighting damage?

Insurence
But it’s not a sure thing, I’d bet that those that have been struck are a minority,or insurence wouldn’t cover it, you would buying special high dollar lightning insurence if it were that...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 04-12-2020, 17:30
Replies: 16
Views: 1,646
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Hot water heater in v-berth?

Down South we call them hot water heaters, and we call that thing in the garden a hose pipe.
Why not just hose I have no idea.
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 04-12-2020, 17:28
Replies: 16
Views: 1,646
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Hot water heater in v-berth?

Water heater is just a tank with an electric coil and a heat exchanger in it, a T&P valve no moving parts and ought to not be fragile. It is however heavy, so secure it as if it were a battery.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-12-2020, 17:25
Replies: 1
Views: 347
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Which Zincs

You can overzinc but it’s tough to do on a fiberglass boat.
Zincs are insurence, they may seem expensive, but can really save money in the long run.
They have to be bonded to work of course.
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 04-12-2020, 17:16
Replies: 45
Views: 6,428
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Health risks of cooking with gas

After the 1970’s energy crisis in the US houses were built like you describe, and it didn’t take long to find out that’s unhealthy with the formaldehyde and other pollutants given off of adhesives...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-12-2020, 12:33
Replies: 50
Views: 7,428
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Navy Shower Water Use?

Our IP came with a sprayer handle in the cockpit that looked like one used in a kitchen sink.
I removed it and installed this...
Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures 02-12-2020, 15:56
Replies: 43
Views: 6,114
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Bamboo Toilet Paper - What!?

We have had a Bidet for over a year, we originally did it to save on paper as it takes a lot of space storage wise.
Now we won’t be without a bidet and when we don’t have the use of one it’s just...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-12-2020, 15:46
Replies: 50
Views: 7,428
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Navy Shower Water Use?

You can wash with a 1 liter bottle of water if you have to, I have several times, I’ve even cleaned myself with just wet wipes.
But that was miserable and not how I’d want to live.
You can wash...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 02-12-2020, 13:10
Replies: 24
Views: 3,377
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Sealant to install toughened glass with no screws

This, it’s used to adhere windows in skyscrapers, it’s extremely flexible, I mean extremely flexible.
https://sweets.construction.com/swts_content_files/151448/254876.pdf
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-12-2020, 12:34
Replies: 11
Views: 2,040
Posted By a64pilot
Re: CPAP and batteries

This, we lived aboard and cruised for three years with two CPAP’s run every night, the combined power draw of both CPAP’s was much less than our Engle.


However our CPAP’s are actually 12VDC...
Forum: General Classifieds (no boats) 02-12-2020, 12:26
Replies: 2
Want To Buy: CPT Autopilot
Views: 787
Posted By a64pilot
Re: CPT Autopilot

CPT can overhaul and upgrade the older autopilots
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 02-12-2020, 12:23
Replies: 51
Views: 8,387
Posted By a64pilot
Re: Is a tent worth owning?

Can’t imagine the use for a tent, or in our case even sleeping bags.
Space will be at a premium.
I recommend starting out very minimalist, and buying once you begin cruising, you will be surprised...
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