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Forum: Crew Positions: Wanted & Available 28-10-2015, 23:00
Replies: 274
Sticky: Crew Wanted: Checklist For Voluntary Crew
Views: 426,668
Posted By Trim50
Re: Checklist For Voluntary Crew

Looking to crew with someone in Turkey for a few weeks. Where do I start?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-10-2015, 08:48
Replies: 18
Views: 4,964
Posted By Trim50
Re: Mediterranean Cruising/Anchoring/Mooring

Yes, it is the chop I have heard from others that makes things ugly in the Med. From what they have shared, it can be a perfect morning to start and you get 10 miles out and have to turn back because...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-10-2015, 07:50
Replies: 18
Views: 4,964
Posted By Trim50
Re: Mediterranean Cruising/Anchoring/Mooring

Wow Magnus! Lots of great info. If I took a couple friends to split the cost and we wanted to start in Turkey, is there a weather window to head Westward? From what I can tell, all the winds seem to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-10-2015, 07:18
Replies: 18
Views: 4,964
Posted By Trim50
Re: Mediterranean Cruising/Anchoring/Mooring

Have you done the Med via bareboat?
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-10-2015, 06:45
Replies: 18
Views: 4,964
Posted By Trim50
Re: Mediterranean Cruising/Anchoring/Mooring

I've only just begun digging, but I know I'd like to see parts of Turkey, a few Greek Islands and some Italian coast line. I want to anchor as much as possible and do some diving.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 27-10-2015, 04:26
Replies: 18
Views: 4,964
Posted By Trim50
Mediterranean Cruising/Anchoring/Mooring

I've been investigating the idea of visiting the Med via charter boat for a couple months and wanted to know what are the best locations for low cost cruising in the Med. Is it possible to even...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-10-2015, 11:07
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Truckers know that adding gasoline to diesel reduces burn efficiency. They add gasoline to kill the fungus that grows. Diesel is an organic fuel so it provides an ideal environment for microscopic...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-10-2015, 10:37
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

True, but if you go purely on the basis of flash point, just about any amount of gasoline you mix with diesel will be dangerous. I have and many I know in the marine industry have been adding...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-10-2015, 07:01
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Note to self....

Add Diesel fuel to the list with guns, global warming and mono hulls vs cats as subjects that aren't worth discussing on this forum.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 26-10-2015, 06:53
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Once again, for the people in the cheap seats...combustion is not a single variable reaction. It does not only depend on temperature. It actually has a lower limit and an upper limit that depends on...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-10-2015, 04:26
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Yeah, let me first get my velcro and chewing tobacco!
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-10-2015, 03:11
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

He's not new...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-10-2015, 03:10
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Well, I was at least able to leave the bay and sail most of the way around the world...and still going. When I actually worked for a living, I produced more than 35 US and international patents in a...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 25-10-2015, 01:02
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Just goes to show you that boating is dangerous and everyone should just stay at home watching TV with the rest of the hamsters.

If you want to talk about something dangerous, let's discuss...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 23:49
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

New member as of today eh? Well, I've got your report right here in my hand...where do you want it?
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 23:45
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Just waiting for that response from all those sitting in their arm chairs...

Result varies with enclosed volume and volume percentage of air above liquid...and whether or not the fluid was sloshed...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 20:18
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Because it is hard to argue with real data, here is 200ml of diesel and 10ml of gasoline. I mix them, and try to ignite the mixture.

Conditions 30C/65% humidity/1atm

The mixture douses the...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 18:37
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Yes, but he has also spent 9 years sailing around the same bay writing a book about it ...someone needs to show him the way out!
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 18:00
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Look guys...flash point of a liquid fuel mixture does not determine that it will explode or ignite. The vapor pressure of that mixture equal to the sum of the individual partial pressures, must be...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 24-10-2015, 08:53
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

I know for a fact you can run a diesel engine on much high v% gasoline...but it really isn't the point of the post.
Forum: Our Community 24-10-2015, 03:50
Replies: 38
Views: 5,928
Posted By Trim50
Blow Hards

It seems that no matter where you sail or dock you boat, you eventually run into someone that can only be described as a "Blow Hard"...someone that wants you to know he/she is the smartest individual...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 23-10-2015, 19:47
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Thinwater, with that chemical engineering background you must know everything. Send me your calculations.

Besides, we certainly don't want "you" to get "pretty tired".

You don't even have...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 23-10-2015, 18:27
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Very interesting that Gasoline in such small proportions would have such a dramatic affect.

For those who think that 10 gallons to 200 was dangerous, when we returned to the water we topped off...
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 23-10-2015, 10:05
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Actually it's not. The chemistry is pretty straight forward.
Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems 23-10-2015, 09:37
Replies: 118
Views: 12,632
Posted By Trim50
Re: Gasoline as a Diesel Stablizer

Gasoline is soluble in Diesel, it's not as if the gasoline is sitting on top of the diesel producing an explosive fuel air mixture. The partial pressure of the gasoline vapor will depend on the molar...
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