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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 27-01-2024, 05:29
Replies: 40
Views: 4,887
Posted By Michael Pope
Wink Re: Battened or not battened Main Sail

I am 91 I make my own Sails and sometimes make sails for friends I compete with,,
Well made Full batten sails Last longer and are FASTER than No batten and usually...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 14-06-2020, 09:26
Replies: 198
Views: 32,867
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Honda Portable Generator: Will This Work?

o I do not like to be a smart ass , BUT THERE ARE EASIER QUIETER AND LESS MESSY WAYS TO CO-MITE SUICIDE I think we should not even print your suggestions. Sorry! Michael Pope
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 03-06-2020, 09:36
Replies: 80
Views: 9,155
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Standing rigging and weather helm on port tack.

I personally doubt that the rig is the problem. If it takes full rudder deflection to counter it It is very probably something to do with the Hull or even more likely the rudder.
The...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-05-2020, 10:06
Replies: 44
Views: 4,599
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: How best to learn to sail a large boat when i'm inland?

MOVE!




Michael Pope
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-05-2020, 09:55
Replies: 201
Views: 23,005
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: The great multi vs mono debate

Having the advantage of age I am able to distance myself from the squabling and back biting!!????
I see US Male Homo not so Sapiens as being clearly divided into two camps!
THOSE...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-05-2020, 15:10
Replies: 25
Views: 2,197
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: My first sailboat! What would you do for batteries?

You are young and strong but will not always be so So i would switch out now to 6v golfcart batteries . they are available any where golf is played AND
ARE half the weight. Long Shaky...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 18-05-2020, 11:33
Replies: 59
Views: 12,957
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Fitting a fuel valve solenoid instead of a pull to stop system..

I Have to say it is just welling up in me why do it electrically when you can do it mechanically with a stick ,rope , Pulley or lever. Easy to make strong easy to repair TRADITIONAL and can...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-05-2020, 11:03
Replies: 48
Views: 7,007
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: New Zealand to Newfoundland.. sail it or ship it?

This may sound crazy but I have been through this once before and if the boat is not too deep from cabin top to keel bottom Look at a single shipment via Steamer and Rail from NZ to east coast...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-05-2020, 21:40
Replies: 38
Views: 5,600
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Stuffing box , seizing ?

Now I was trying to be really, unusually , polite and not direct as I have heard comments about Mizzerable old man. I was hoping this nice fellow would say.
Hey what I need to do Is buy one...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-05-2020, 09:38
Replies: 38
Views: 5,600
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Stuffing box , seizing ?

This seems to me to be a stupid suggestion from me but maybe the man-- you do not know that when you are using a "NoDrip" stuffing box the seal that keeps the water where it should be is a lapped...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 16-05-2020, 13:45
Replies: 32
Views: 6,352
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Keel failure - how to stay upright

I recommend reading old seafaring stories . You will find many accounts of where square rigged and other vessels had stability emergencies .

The solution usually accepted was to get...
Forum: Boats For Sale and Wanted 15-05-2020, 11:29
Replies: 37
Views: 7,054
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: 30 Fraser / Vancouver/ Immediate sale needed

Hi Regrets and sympathy!! I am Living about 1 1/2 miles from the boat I will walk down and take a good look.
I know you have a lot on your mind. I wondered if he had a Berth or slip...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-05-2020, 11:21
Replies: 58
Views: 15,619
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Ketch or Sloop for Caribbean and ocean crossing ?

Back in the years when I was a Rigger for a living we considered that God gave us multi spared boats because we were good people and good riggers should be rich!. Now I am old but not rich just...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-05-2020, 12:34
Replies: 22
Views: 2,569
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Destined for Davy Jones? Excessive blisters.

OK If you really want to do it??? Borrow or rent a big truck go to the biggest tire company and offer to take away a truckload of their trashed tires. First time I did this they offered to pay...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 03-05-2020, 10:34
Replies: 22
Views: 2,569
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Destined for Davy Jones? Excessive blisters.

L dislike writing about this subject as it hurts me I spent too much time building boats like yours and then years later repairing them for more than they were then worth.
But to help you,...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 29-04-2020, 13:31
Replies: 56
Views: 10,278
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Sell my house for a Swan 48?

Hey wait a minute . Take a deep breath and consider one possible outcome
The boat is hit mid ocean by a container ship on a dark night. But you have been a good guy and your guardian...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-04-2020, 10:53
Replies: 23
Views: 3,639
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Can't choose. Need advice picking. .

I once (never again though) married a girl with three children 4-7 yrs old.
i am a rabid Sailor . She reluctantly agreed to go on a "holiday cruise" where two other families (whom she had met...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 17-04-2020, 16:51
Replies: 46
Views: 5,708
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Lost without a clue: Saltwater in oil

This may not be pertinent but! I used to lve right here in vancouver and some of my customers (Clients would do the Vic -Maui Race or trans pac ) .
Come back by going north and get lotsa wind ...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-04-2020, 09:03
Replies: 17
Views: 2,802
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: What the heck is this?

As long as you did not find it in your Body YOU ARE ALL RIGHT! It is too expensive to try and sue the surgeon anyway --------and he knows when you are going to die---- you don't and he will...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 13-04-2020, 08:40
Replies: 30
Views: 6,984
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: 1967 Alberg 30 Bilge Rot / Keel ballast exposed

Hi looks like you are doing a Grand Job. I have done similar in the past.
I am very conservative --- maybe because i have spent time at sea in inverted yachts ( not a happy time _) I also have...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 29-03-2020, 16:34
Replies: 31
Views: 3,958
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Engine and sea water

I think many older people who remember pre war(WW2) designed Marine engines as heavy quiet fiends that tended not to intrude on your life but served faithfully for 50 years . No electronics . No...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 29-03-2020, 15:51
Replies: 31
Views: 3,958
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Engine and sea water

Well Reef Magnet is perhaps not familiar with an older style of marine Diesel construction usually referred to as "Line Bored"

The Old Sabb engines and of course many much larger ...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-03-2020, 14:31
Replies: 12
Views: 3,411
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Keel bolt replacement / 3M 5200 strength

I have written about his problem for years. I remember before there was 5200
There was Locally made adhesive (Vancouver BC) used for caulking between pours on Large Power Dams . It was made under...
Forum: COVID-19 | Containment Area 25-03-2020, 11:53
Replies: 1,744
Views: 204,886
Posted By Michael Pope
re: corona virus alerts - Latest cruising Information for vessels/locations/rules

Now it always easier if you only try to look out of your own eyes. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND! OK I am OLD and DUMB I am currently existing in Vancouver and Have pre existing medical conditions that...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-03-2020, 16:32
Replies: 30
Views: 8,108
Posted By Michael Pope
Re: Best long-term window material choice?

my quick advise is to take it easy on the vacuum as you willbe exerting the vacuum pressure over a far larger area than the actual Seal area and it is quite easy to over pressure the seal area and...
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