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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 04-08-2023, 11:42
Replies: 25
Views: 2,773
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Cockpit drain reqirements?

The reason why a flexible rubber hose is introduced in btwn the hull and the cockpit is to absorb crash forces and not send the forces further up that can crack that tube which could be disastrous...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 27-07-2023, 13:32
Replies: 40
Views: 5,610
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Boat Purchase Consultants - What was your experience ?

Sadly one can't just buy their way 8nto the crusing lifestyle, it requires doing, screwing up, learning, redoing it right.

In the years I've spent restoring my boat I've seen a lot of folks who...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-07-2023, 20:01
Replies: 18
Views: 2,129
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Fixing an unregistered out-of-state boat? Beware "use tax"

do they not have use taxes in those states? Calif will charge a use tax for a stored boat apparently
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 26-07-2023, 18:07
Replies: 18
Views: 2,129
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Fixing an unregistered out-of-state boat? Beware "use tax"

So you live in, say, Mass. and you bought a boat from out-of-state less than 6 mos before you brought it to your place in Mass, hoping to fix 'er up and then retire on her out of state?

Repairing...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 20-07-2023, 19:07
Replies: 61
Views: 4,593
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: The best way to learn how to sail

This is basically it with less capsizing. If you can sail a beach catamaran you can sail a bigger boat.

Half-joking aside the difference between sailing and playing guitar is that sailing is...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 15-07-2023, 18:28
Replies: 423
Views: 45,806
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Forget Covid, Fukushima is what you should be really worried about

FARALLON ISLAND NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP, CALIFORNIA
For thirty years, a 365 square mile area around the Farallon Islands served as the nation's primary nuclear waste dumping ground. From 1945 until...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-06-2023, 13:31
Replies: 92
Views: 10,869
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Steel vs Fiberglass

There really wasn't any problem with the boat itself, the fact that bulkheads weren't sitting on the hull was to avoid hard spots and was common practice
The rest of the issues were things like...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 29-06-2023, 13:07
Replies: 92
Views: 10,869
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Steel vs Fiberglass

There's no advantage and lots of disadvantages to steel, and no, you are not supposed to be hitting things in the first place so that's not an advantage of the harder steel, and in fact there's...
Forum: Dollars & Cents 28-06-2023, 23:01
Replies: 27
Views: 3,333
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: 40ft sloop refit questions

Often neglected items that boatbuyers don't mention

Stuffing boxes and glands for the prop shaft and rudder have to be replaced as will the cutlass bearing.
All chainplates have to be removed...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 05-06-2023, 08:43
Replies: 61
Views: 5,757
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: There REALLY are reasons...

Excellent post! Finally, empirical support to end this debate
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 05-06-2023, 08:07
Replies: 69
Views: 7,858
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Provisioning with no refrigeration?

Billions of people around the world who live maritime lifestyles managed to live and still do without electrical fridges, and somehow they even manage to eat more healthy too!
Depends on your...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-03-2023, 20:26
Replies: 6
Views: 759
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Let's talk deck paint...

I would put step 3 where step 5 is
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-03-2023, 19:47
Replies: 13
Views: 929
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Bilge redo ideas please!

You basically want to make the floor grid or liner integral to the hull? Great ideal. You don't really need to rebuild the grid from stratch
I am a fan of using expanding marine foam in inaccessible...
Forum: Marine Electronics 01-03-2023, 08:24
Replies: 17
Views: 2,904
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Garmin discontinuing Vesper Watchmate devices and apps

This is a terrible shame, Vesper made good products & i liked the Vesper AnchorWatch app that came with their AIS, not sure if current apps compare
Forum: Marine Electronics 01-03-2023, 08:01
Replies: 17
Views: 2,904
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Garmin discontinuing Vesper Watchmate devices and apps

So if I have bought a Vesper AIS xb-800 does this mean I cant install it?
Forum: Our Community 03-02-2023, 06:46
Replies: 62
Views: 8,744
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Obligations towards crew etc who wish to disembark or are no longer welcome

It is quite normal for lawyers to draft form contracts and set rules in their own client's favor as much as possible, but the law is the law and should the issue come to law enforcement, they don't...
Forum: Our Community 30-01-2023, 22:32
Replies: 125
Views: 14,990
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Forced at gunpoint to jump off a sailboat in the Exumas

If you wouldn't interact with someone on land things won't get better in a closed small space at sea; should go with first instincts
I don't know how the crewing thing works; can you check prior...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 27-01-2023, 14:55
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

Thank you I am going with the Whald which is made for purpose and gave up on the idea of finding a similar product with centrifugal pump
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 24-01-2023, 19:04
Replies: 4
Views: 777
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Filling-in bilge sump "black hole"

I was worried about having a too shallow bilge after I filled part of it,, and turned part of it into two water tanks,,but I kept a good chunk of the sump in place for high capacity bilge pumps and i...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-01-2023, 04:17
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

From the very first post
"BUT I was kinda hoping there would already be a comparable off-the-shelf product as the Whale with a centrifuge pump instead of a diaphram pump"

And you bet I'm vain...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 22-01-2023, 04:10
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

OK lol what the heck is that and why would I use 6 of them when 1 whale gulper would do?
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-01-2023, 19:21
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

Whale's pump is a diaphram pump so that's a separate issue

Whether a centifugal pump is sitting a sump or is connected to a hose intake makes no difference to the issue of backflow so if there is...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-01-2023, 19:12
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

Well that's the case for regular bilge pumps too, and the only way that air would hit the pump which is connected by a hose is when it is done draining that hose. So really this is not a constraint...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-01-2023, 18:58
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

I was referring to a separate product made by Whale, their bilge pump switch that has a built-in cutoff delay, and that's unrelated to the Gulper
Most better modern bilge pump switches have a delay...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-01-2023, 18:52
Replies: 36
Views: 2,547
Posted By Cyrus Safdari
Re: Plumbing pump suggestions?

Correct. But I want a centrifugal one if there's one on the market which is what I was asking - - do you know of an equivalent to the Whale Gulper with higher capacity and longer hose runs? That's...
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