Forum: General Sailing Forum
05-04-2024, 07:42
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,981
Re: insane marina charge
I would smile and pay the bill as it seems the installation was a success. As you know, every boat is slightly different, and installing new equipment can be risky when one needs to drill/ cut/ glue/...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
28-03-2024, 15:24
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
Re: Furling boom
I have a Dutchman on my daysailor, and had one on my Tartan 4100. Both boats with very large mainsails. Dutchman system is excellent and tames the main! It is very fussy to set up initially, but once...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
28-03-2024, 11:43
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
24-03-2024, 11:49
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
Re: Furling boom
Thanks!
Makes sense; halyard tension prevents the luff creeping forward.
Boom controlled to 45° and rising via sheet, traveller, preventer, vang, and topping lift. Every angle possible!
No...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
24-03-2024, 03:51
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
Re: Furling boom
Thanks. Yes of course, GILow.
i have sailed Amels and FPs and controlled gybes by opposing the sheet and preventer. The Amels have mast furling, the FPs have slabs and lazies, so i haven’t ever...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
23-03-2024, 07:27
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
Re: Furling boom
I still wonder if anyone who now sails with a boom furler, and is sailing deep broad or downwind, and prior to gale force winds decides to reef -
can you not sheet in the main to the furling angle...
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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
09-03-2024, 16:47
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,473
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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
09-03-2024, 13:35
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,473
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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
07-03-2024, 20:07
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,473
Re: How to inspect Norseman terminals
glad you asked this question.
I see light rust stain on the wire going into the terminal. I could easily clean the stain. But- New boat to me, 10 years old. The terminal and turnbuckles...
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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
20-02-2024, 06:53
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Replies: 71
Views: 12,979
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
19-02-2024, 12:01
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,675
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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
05-01-2024, 16:20
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Replies: 85
Views: 6,984
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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar
05-01-2024, 05:26
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Replies: 107
Views: 10,912
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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
05-01-2024, 05:22
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Replies: 85
Views: 6,984
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
30-12-2023, 20:04
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Replies: 53
Views: 17,633
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Forum: Our Community
25-12-2023, 10:25
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Replies: 63
Views: 7,755
Re: Selling my boat
Rigging suffers by type of use, upkeep, materials as well as age.
Before you dismiss your buyer’s counter offer out of hand, look at the deal from his view and you might discover where or why...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
22-12-2023, 19:44
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Replies: 79
Views: 11,961
Re: Furling boom
With a boomfurler and wind abaft the beam-
can you not simply sheet in the main to the furling angle while maintaining heading?
If breeze is too strong and boat tender, then head more downwind...
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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
08-12-2023, 08:03
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Replies: 44
Views: 4,065
Re: Spectra watermaker questions
This! Easy things first. And pump up the accumulator tank since it’s definitely wrong even though it simply smooths operations.
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
01-12-2023, 12:03
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,541
Re: YachtWorld changes filters again
CF and TF dont allow takeover or phony virus ads.
I once got a phony virus screen on CF and emailed the mods. They said thanks for letting them know and they changed that banner broker immediately.
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
01-12-2023, 10:09
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,541
Re: YachtWorld changes filters again
I have reduced my use of yachtworld 90%. The ads now include TakeOver screens and phony virus cleaners. Bottom of the barrel advertising broker service.
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
13-10-2023, 14:21
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,185
Re: Yanmar 3GM30Fe low power when cold
Do the simplest test first- get yourself or put a GoPro in the water and check fouling on the prop.
Runs OK with no load? Hmmmmm. A little fouling really messes with everything.
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Forum: Plumbing Systems and Fixtures
25-09-2023, 18:20
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Replies: 85
Views: 6,984
Re: Composting head?
I keep waiting for someone to ask this in all the desiccating toilet threads…
A flushing toilet is good not only for disposal but also flushing the porcelain. How does one of these non-water...
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Forum: Electric Propulsion (EP)
29-08-2023, 07:24
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,920
Re: electric Seawind 1000 XL2
@sailingharry yes, there must be a good use case for battery propulsion but I have yet to find it. My experience: ran fleet of 3 heavy-duty robomowers using AGMs, as well as personal and captained...
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Forum: Electric Propulsion (EP)
29-08-2023, 06:02
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,920
Re: electric Seawind 1000 XL2
@sailingharry your experience and analysis of use cases is spot on. I can see a day in the near future when boats with electric propulsion will need to depreciate enough to justify refit with a...
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
28-08-2023, 07:03
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,541
Re: YachtWorld changes filters again
I always ran 7-9 open windows with searches that i could easily refresh. The takeover adverts were becoming too obnoxious, and this new stupidity of YW - i now have zero open searches or windows, and...
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