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General Sailing Forum
09-09-2018, 09:21
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Single handed encouragement needed
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Rock Star
Re: Single handed encouragement needed
I single hand a 42' sloop for the same reason.
Good comments.
For me Autopilot is totally essential.
I did not see this said: when single handed put down jack lines, wear a harness or...
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General Sailing Forum
02-07-2018, 02:37
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Stainless steel anchor chain
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677
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Rock Star
Stainless steel anchor chain
An old gypsey and corroded galvanized anchor chain was held responsible for repeated tangles and jams, which is inconvenient when single handed anchoring a 42’ sloop.
Some posts on this site...
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General Sailing Forum
15-12-2017, 16:35
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"Sail" Tales
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1,373
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Rock Star
Re: "Sail" Tales
Wow. Nobody wading in on this one.
You say you are a cruiser, and inferentially not a racer. To me: Dacron means cruiser. Mylar means racer. I'm not a racer so I would put the Mylars in...
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Marine Electronics
02-04-2017, 16:24
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Can ham and marine SSB play together?
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Rock Star
Re: Can ham and marine SSB play together?
I am too inexperienced to answer your question. So please excuse me for saying so, but it seems to me that you are not really asking a simple question. To begin to understand the different aspects...
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Marine Electronics
23-03-2017, 15:58
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Home power supply for SSB
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Rock Star
Re: Home power supply for SSB
Wow. Lots of responses. Some observations that I believe are correct:
Reception requires much less power than transmission. A low AMP-HOUR battery may be sufficient for reception only.
Some ICOM...
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Marine Electronics
20-03-2017, 15:56
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Hoisting a Ham Band antenna next to the insulated backstay
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Rock Star
Re: Hoisting a Ham Band antenna next to the insulated backstay
Unclear question.
There is no "Amateur" SSB. If you have a Marine Band SSB radio on your boat to use it is you need a restricted radio operators license and a ship's license. See FCC website...
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