Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
20-09-2019, 19:18
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Replies: 107
Views: 8,684
Re: Sewing a new boom bag, thread choices
These threads are very slippery, which means that it pays to take a little time to adjust your machine. In particular, bobbin tension needs to be reset, and then thread tension to match that. It's...
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Forum: Marine Electronics
19-09-2019, 18:43
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,165
Re: Garmin gWind issues
I'm going to buy some unit or other in the spring. Thanks for the data point. I'm leaning toward the calypso wireless job with the ultra-sonic sensor, but I still don't know... I can't find very many...
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Forum: Product or Service Reviews & Evaluations
16-09-2019, 12:08
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Replies: 14
Views: 22,302
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Forum: Marine Electronics
16-09-2019, 09:29
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,913
Re: How to use a radar effectively?
The starpath book opened my eyes to the fact that a radar can be used for far more than dodging silly people in the fog. It is also a very powerful navigation tool that is not your GPS. Another very...
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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany
16-09-2019, 06:26
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Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,368,694
Re: The New Joke Thread
The answer to your question is obvious. And like Sand Crab, I could poke fun at Trump, but that would be just shooting fish in a barrel. Plus, it would upset a lot of people, most of whom I respect,...
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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany
16-09-2019, 05:45
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Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,368,694
Re: The New Joke Thread
Oh boy. I felt a little bad while picking on the moderators a couple of pages ago, but this should be out of bounds.
Tell you somethin'. I work as a pilot. We fly around for hours, two at a time,...
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
15-09-2019, 18:45
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Replies: 7
Views: 706
Re: 2gm20F Oil Consumption
I have a 2GM20F. You don't say how many hours this thing has. As for oil consumption, they do burn a little, but in my experience, not that much. HOWEVER, my engine only just has a thousand hours. If...
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Forum: Families, Kids and Pets Afloat
13-09-2019, 04:09
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,681
Re: Cushion Hacks
This is not too difficult of a sewing job. You would need a decent machine, but really you would probably wreck only the first cover, and then after that any reasonably competent person could turn...
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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany
13-09-2019, 03:42
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Replies: 14,966
Views: 2,368,694
Re: The New Joke Thread
A catamaran cruises slowly across the Pacific Ocean on a broad reach, flying only its jib. Making a stately four knots, the boat is coasting along under clear sunny skies across a vast blue ocean....
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
12-09-2019, 16:01
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Replies: 100
Views: 44,767
Re: Origo Stoves have been discontinued??
Very sad. We love our little Origo! I still have the old pressurized alcohol Kenyon stove that it replaced. It sits in my shed, a monument to poor engineering. Let me know if you want it. Just don't...
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Forum: Provisioning: Food & Drink
12-09-2019, 03:40
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Replies: 32
Views: 21,544
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
11-09-2019, 18:51
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Replies: 51
Views: 4,775
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
11-09-2019, 15:24
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Replies: 1,593
Views: 253,621
Re: FREE, or close to free!
I've sent him a text. I love my B32, but I know people who could put that to good use. The thing is, somebody after the main chance will come along and take it for the ballast and the engine. And...
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Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape
11-09-2019, 10:54
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Replies: 49
Views: 11,921
Re: Boat on my mooring
Nah, I don't want it. I didn't recognize the design, but it has a cheapish look to it. The hull-deck joint is one of those cover-it-up with an aluminum extrusion sort of thing, usually an indicator...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
11-09-2019, 09:09
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Replies: 51
Views: 4,775
Re: First boat for new sailor
Go sail on a friend's boat. Or, if that is not possible and you are reasonably flush, take a crewed charter somewhere fun. I hear Greece is nice.
The point is, experience, any experience, is far...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
11-09-2019, 07:11
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Replies: 1,593
Views: 253,621
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Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape
11-09-2019, 07:00
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Replies: 49
Views: 11,921
Boat on my mooring
Came back from a four hour daysail to find a sailboat on my mooring. Maybe thirty feet or so, named 'Ortelius.' My mooring is in South Freeport Harbor, Maine. The harbor is jammed. No room for...
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Forum: Marine Electronics
10-09-2019, 14:01
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Replies: 4
Views: 467
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Forum: Marine Electronics
10-09-2019, 12:31
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Replies: 470
Views: 43,031
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Forum: Marine Electronics
10-09-2019, 12:27
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Replies: 57
Views: 19,750
Re: What's the Best Wind Sensor?
I too am interested in wind sensors. It would have to be wireless for me to install it. I have no experience with any of these, and as it is soon going to be fall here in Maine, I have the winter to...
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
10-09-2019, 08:02
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Replies: 112
Views: 9,765
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Forum: Engines and Propulsion Systems
10-09-2019, 07:54
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Replies: 112
Views: 9,765
Re: Fuel additives? Yes or no
I have to say, I add, but then all the local marinas sell number 2 heating oil instead of diesel. That way, they don't have to pay the road taxes. For as long as I can remember, every drop of diesel...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
07-09-2019, 18:48
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,270
Re: Suitable Sized Diesel
There are other factors at play. On my little old Bristol 32, I have a yanmar 2gmf. It makes 18 horses at full throttle. Everybody in my harbor tells me I'm underpowered, and should have the three...
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Forum: Monohull Sailboats
07-09-2019, 18:17
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Replies: 90
Views: 8,745
Re: Yanmar blowing black, then eventually stopped
I have a 2gmf. Love it. My max rpm in gear at speed is about 3,100 rpm. I feel I am slightly overpropped, but not by much. If you can only manage 2,800 rpm, then I think you are clearly overpropped. ...
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Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting
14-03-2018, 18:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,313
Re: Sailrite jib kit
To begin with, Sailrite suggests that you begin by first basting and then sewing the sail into several large assemblies. I started off with the foot, first rolling the basted section and then...
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