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Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-04-2024, 06:27
Replies: 24
Views: 1,768
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Massive bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef

Cruisers wishing to use southeast winds to run from the S Pac across the Equator, and then to use the Southwest monsoon (the SE winds turn to SW as they cross the Equator) to run to Taiwan and then...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-04-2024, 06:16
Replies: 24
Views: 1,768
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Massive bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in northern Queensland is still pleasantly warm, even on Crazy Onkel Adolf's birthdate.

IDYOC300 product of Oceanography...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 19-04-2024, 05:36
Replies: 24
Views: 1,768
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Massive bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef

I think you could have counted a higher number!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Australian_region_cyclone_season
Forum: Asia 04-04-2024, 17:13
Replies: 3
Views: 309
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Taiwan Earthquake/Tsunami

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co) reported yesterday evening that it had resumed production after the earthquake:
...
Forum: Asia 03-04-2024, 06:26
Replies: 3
Views: 309
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Taiwan Earthquake/Tsunami

USGS shake map:

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000m9g4/map

* note the location of 新竹 Hsinchu, where TSMC has one of its larger fabs.
Forum: Asia 03-04-2024, 06:21
Replies: 3
Views: 309
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Taiwan Earthquake/Tsunami

Taipei Times report: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2024/04/03/2003815900

South China Morning Post stories (which might be behind a paywall, depending on your jurisdiction):
...
Forum: Cruising News & Events 30-11-2023, 02:58
Replies: 3
Views: 614
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Where in Asia to get a survey

Pre-Covid, several surveyors were available in Langkawi, Malaysia. Not all were resident. Some just visited when a survey was needed but their more permanent base was elsewhere. That latter...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 15-11-2023, 16:26
Replies: 7
Views: 620
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Identify block

I'd call it a cheek block (because only one cheek is exposed) and specifically a 'double cheek block'.

The image seems to show an indentation on the upper surface. Is that a logo or brand name. A...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-03-2023, 16:03
Replies: 26
Views: 3,121
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Tent/awning off boom

Good question.

The term showed up in nautical English in 1626. It's origin and history are unclear.

Best guess is that it refers to Old English c1000 boltas, arrows designed to be fired from a...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 10-03-2023, 03:08
Replies: 38
Views: 3,593
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: La Niña Ending

Thanks, Gord!

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) took a view not dissimilar to NOAA in February 2023.

BOM also suggests:

* the neutral state of ENSO may transition to El Nino in...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 20-02-2023, 17:15
Replies: 61
Views: 5,152
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Shins. Not "shims" - shins.

Knee and shin guards are available at retail (or free at your local skate park):

https://e-riderz.com.au/product/leatt-knee-shin-guard-3df-hybrid-ext/
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 17-02-2023, 05:16
Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Handling chain and line with windlass

Having written that, I also understand that IF:

1.the OP only has one anchor rode (the mixed rode) and only one bow anchor; and

2. the OP doesn't mind the wildcat rotating while using the...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 16-02-2023, 23:15
Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Handling chain and line with windlass

In its Manual for the VWC 1200, Maxwell calls the aluminium bar a "lever". The lever is shown as item 30 in the parts diagram.

That's not helped by the lever being in the background of the parts...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 16-02-2023, 23:01
Replies: 9
Views: 1,090
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Handling chain and line with windlass

Hmm ...

On Led Myne, we have an electric Maxwell VWC 1200, with a wildcat for chain and a capstan for handling hawser.

I set up Led Myne with all chain for her best bower (primary bow anchor)...
Forum: Marine Electronics 10-02-2023, 02:30
Replies: 88
Views: 18,484
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Headsets for two-way communication?

Are you sure that HelmChat does not require Internet access?

My understanding is limited, so you may be correct.

I understood that you needed to have 3G, 4G, or 5G data on tap and that...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 22-01-2023, 22:18
Replies: 41
Views: 5,844
Posted By Alan Mighty
AUS: Heterosexual rape and abuse alleged with Crewbay and Find-a-Crew

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/stranded-at-sea-amateur-female-sailors-speak-of-sexual-abuse-by-captains-they-met-online

"More than a dozen women say they have had negative –...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 19-01-2023, 19:56
Replies: 9
Views: 1,050
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: QLD, Australia: changes in tropical cyclone risk

Agreed. QLD (and even NSW before separation) has data on cyclones going back to the late 19th century.

I think this "50 years" constraint is a symptom of the decline of Australian academia,...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 19-01-2023, 17:09
Replies: 5
Views: 791
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: What is this called? Where to order one?

The plate + hinge pin(s) is usually called a "mast hinge", or a "hinged mast plate assembly" or a "hinge assembly for a mast step", the latter often being clumsily abbreviated to the noun stack of...
Forum: Oceania - Australiana 19-01-2023, 16:52
Replies: 9
Views: 1,050
Posted By Alan Mighty
QLD, Australia: changes in tropical cyclone risk

https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-s-cyclone-risk-is-increasing-bucking-global-trend-20230119-p5cdwk.html
Forum: Powered Boats 15-01-2023, 04:52
Replies: 44
Views: 7,321
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Thailand longtail type propulsion pro/con?

So true!

Levavasseur in France was probably the first company that built a longtail. That was right at the start of the 20th century (around 1905-06). The Levavasseur-designed vessel, called...
Forum: Powered Boats 13-01-2023, 17:12
Replies: 44
Views: 7,321
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Thailand longtail type propulsion pro/con?

Sounds in part like the not-fully realised dreams of:

* the Hickman Sea Sled (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hickman_sea_sled);

- which evolved into Hickman Sea Sled hull plus Hickman...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 10-01-2023, 16:50
Replies: 19
Views: 1,983
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Oil Change Basic Question

I understand that your ambient temperature may be well below what I regard as usual.

I (and all the professional diesel engineers to whom I have turned for work that is beyond my skills) reckon...
Forum: Weather | Gear, Reports and Resources 06-01-2023, 17:28
Replies: 6
Views: 641
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Bifocal Sunglasses

Plenty of options in bi-focals: adhesive bi-focal/reader lenses, brand-name sunglasses (but mostly polarised, because the target audiences do not read LCD screens) with integrated bi-focals:
...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 06-01-2023, 00:50
Replies: 4
Views: 697
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Freight-Train Fight-n-stand. What is it

Here's Russ Egan's take on Fighting Belts:

https://allfishinggear.com/what-are-fishing-fighting-belts/
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 05-01-2023, 19:20
Replies: 4
Views: 697
Posted By Alan Mighty
Re: Freight-Train Fight-n-stand. What is it

Plenty of other brands available. No real need for your crew to wear the same brand and model, is there?

https://aftco.com/collections/stand-up-fishing-fighting-belts-and-harnesses
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