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Roberto
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Lightning protection
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FWIW, I got hit on a boat with grounded mast, it was a through-deck mast and short thick strap from the base to a nearby keel bolt. It...
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The plans come with dxf files for the main hull CNC cutting and those parts are being CNC cut. There are other less complex parts for...
Today at 07:27
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Garmin hand-held GPS12 - shows wong date - does this matter?
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Hello, google "gps rollover date" :) Perfectly efficient except for date indication.
Yesterday at 17:08
Roberto
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Arcachon basin closed
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Or a charter boat :D
Yesterday at 13:29
Roberto
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Large format plan printing
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Some printing programs allow to "tile" the image: they split it into many A4/A3images with reference crosses at the corners, you print...
Yesterday at 11:32
Roberto
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Arcachon basin closed
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Good news, the pass has been reopened to navigation. Most buoys have been placed in the correct positions (except one so far, the 9N...
Yesterday at 11:18
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I suspect by the time the line is stored and handles and moved around for years, the construction stretch will return. I would just make...
Yesterday at 08:00
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I'm using a Gleitstein 8mm Titanx Dyneema in a place where no stretch at all is wanted. And it actually is just like steel wire without...
Tuesday at 20:11
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I presume the amount by which it will stretch is small, in which case a jack might do it, or a Spanish Windlass. A suitable jack should...
Tuesday at 20:11
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When I wanted to test some spliced rope, we used a 20:1 leverage from a scaffold pole., there were some handy posts concreted into the...
Tuesday at 20:10
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If you are able to tighten the line between two sturdy trees, a weight hung in the middle will give pre-load. Dyneema quality DM20 have...
Tuesday at 20:10
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Stretching 12 strand dyneema
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Technical literature varies a lot in terms of applied % of breaking load etc, depending upon specific type of material (not generic...
Tuesday at 19:40
Roberto
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Stretching 12 strand dyneema
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Please address this to people who wrote 99% of technical details for stuff that has come into the consumer market during the past maybe...
Tuesday at 19:32
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Stretching 12 strand dyneema
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Maybe, I do not know I would like to try, a number of videos show the rope really gaining in stiffness, if keeping the rope with the...
Tuesday at 15:59
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Hello, I am making an emergency stay/shroud out of 12strand dyneema, breaking load about 10k daN. On one end it will have a double...
Tuesday at 14:36
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