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Forum: Navigation 04-03-2024, 11:50
Replies: 322
Views: 40,550
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: What will happen to you when gps goes down

"Nice to hear from someone who actually knows how to navigate. What will happen is the folks who cannot navigate will stay home where they belong."

I was the editor of the 1995 and 2002 editions...
Forum: Navigation 04-03-2024, 10:31
Replies: 322
Views: 40,550
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: What will happen to you when gps goes down

"And it's also not much good out of sight of land. It's only good for pilotage."

Before GPS, I used to navigate in the Caribbean using a B&G RDF tuned to aircraft radiobeacon frequencies. They...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-02-2024, 08:07
Replies: 119
Views: 15,786
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Largest boat couple can handle

..... "reefing in a storm with electric winches and autopilot, what are we missing?"

You are missing "reefing in a storm WITHOUT electric winches and autopilot."

If you can't do that, the...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 01-12-2023, 12:21
Replies: 61
Views: 7,867
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: An extra-heavy-displacement 11ft long Atlantic Proa for circumnavigation

If this were a good idea, someone would have already tried it. Please do not disregard thousands of years of knowledge about boat design. This design will have a horrible motion at sea in all but...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2023, 10:13
Replies: 98
Views: 12,596
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Anchoring nightmare this week

Greg K is correct. I've had to unwind 2 or 3 wraps after a couple of days. In settled weather, not a problem. But you don't want to have to unwind a rode at 3 AM in a blow, so watch the weather!
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 01-09-2023, 08:53
Replies: 98
Views: 12,596
Posted By rhubstuff
Smile Re: Anchoring nightmare this week

[QUOTE I don't like the idea of a second anchor, because I'm worried about the two getting intertwined as the boat flips around during the night.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't worry about the rodes getting...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-07-2023, 11:52
Replies: 90
Views: 9,678
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Thoughts about this

Lodesman, Sir, I am looking at the diagram, which clearly shows the tack and part of the foot of the mains'l just underneath the foot of the chute on the STARBOARD side, which means the boat is on...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-07-2023, 08:43
Replies: 90
Views: 9,678
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Thoughts about this

The diagram clearly shows the after guy leading aft from the PORT side. Therefore the main boom is on the starboard side, so therefore Vessel B is on the PORT tack.
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 17-07-2023, 07:43
Replies: 90
Views: 9,678
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Thoughts about this

Wrong, B's spinnaker pole is clearly to port because the after guy, which goes to the outboard pole end, is obviously to port. So B is running and on the port tack. A is close-hauled and also on the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2023, 11:54
Replies: 110
Views: 15,402
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Sailing on jib alone

The fundamental cause of "helm", be it weather or lee, is the differential between the center of effort of the sail plan to the center of lateral resistance of the hull. If the center of pressure is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2023, 11:12
Replies: 110
Views: 15,402
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Sailing on jib alone

It is obvious that the OP will need to re-cut or replace his jib to change the sheet lead. The OP asked for opinions as to the source of his problem, which I hope I provided. Perhaps I wasn't clear....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-06-2023, 09:39
Replies: 110
Views: 15,402
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Sailing on jib alone

It looks to me from your drawing that the jib sheet lead is located well aft of the center of the boat, near the pilothouse. This is causing your weather helm, because that sheet is constantly trying...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-06-2023, 09:01
Replies: 50
Views: 4,784
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Getting Screwed!

Just for fun, print a paper copy of the lines plan that you posted, then put the point of a pencil at the midpoint of the boat's waterline. Place a straightedge on the waterline and rotate it using...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-01-2023, 20:25
Replies: 22
Views: 3,032
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Teak Plugs in deck leaking

When I first read this post, I wondered how he the poster could see water dripping from the BOTTOM of the screws. ??? :facepalm: Of course! They are holding a cap rail or backing plate or some other...
Forum: Navigation 05-01-2023, 16:31
Replies: 79
Views: 8,432
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: True wind from GPS?

[QUOTE I got aquestion in a quiz, basically asking if one had proper calibration and sufficient sea trials, if one could expect to get a reasonably accurate true wind from a GPS? I thought it would...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-11-2022, 09:39
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

Golden Globe skipper Tapio Lehtinen rescued by fellow competitor after 24 hours in liferaft.
...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 19-11-2022, 08:17
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

QUOTE= By the way the titanic didn’t have water tight bulkheads as they were not full height bulkheads. ( my great grandfather was an engineer in charge of Olympic build ) UNQUOTE

To be...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-11-2022, 15:33
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

This is only a semantics question. If a watertight compartment has a bulkhead, that bulkhead will be watertight by definition. As to how, exactly, you do this, you seal off every single point of...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-11-2022, 11:19
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

In a helicopter rescue, the crew of the chopper will tell you to get off the boat and swim away from it. If you don't, they will drop a rescue swimmer in to "help" you do so. This is standard...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-11-2022, 10:49
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

It sounds like you are describing watertight compartments, not bulkheads. Watertight bulkheads allow water to flow over the top into the next compartment, plus bilges are separate (no limber holes)...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 18-11-2022, 09:52
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

If you're in a survival situation (30 foot waves?) your best bet is a life raft or gumby suit and an EPIRB. Forget about the boat. Your rescue will be by helicopter and no one will want to tow your...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 17-11-2022, 11:26
Replies: 26
Views: 2,732
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Spiffying up a painted fiberglass hull?

I would try buffing with polishing compound using a low-speed wheel and a very light touch. IF that doesn't work well, you could try 600 or finer wet-or-dry.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 10-11-2022, 17:30
Replies: 38
Views: 3,535
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Keeping the hull water tight

Apparently there is some misunderstanding about the difference between watertight bulkheads and watertight compartments. The Titanic had lots of watertight bulkheads. So, fill all the compartments...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 08-11-2022, 20:39
Replies: 16
Views: 1,515
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Adding more sailpower to help slow, heavy cruiser?

One of the reasons OI's have a reputation for poor windward performance is hull shape. OI's have a long, shallow, rounded keel, when windward performance requires short, deep, finely shaped keels....
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 17-10-2022, 09:01
Replies: 32
Views: 3,864
Posted By rhubstuff
Re: Replacing my water heater

If you ever plan to sell the boat, I think most people would expect an engine cooling water heater, not just an electric one. What you are proposing will devalue your boat on the market, making it...
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