William_H

I imagine the brummel splice in the centre of a line would have just one tuck through the standing part for each leg for a braided rope...

Funny you should ask. Actually we are all looking forward to winter. But due to global warming it seems like a long way off. 30 max...

Last race for the season last Sunday. Little boat going well under very shy spinnaker. About 12kts of wind. 27 degrees. The other 3 in...

IMHO opinion whatever you have, I use axle grease. ol'will

Looks fine to me. As you have intimated the weak link will be the reinforcing onto the deck. Large area perhaps carried down to the...

The speaker will be described as a 4 ohm speaker. That is the impedance to AC. The DC resistance as measured by a multimeter will be...

One of my each winter to do's is to loosen turn buckles and grease. Then return to original position. ol'will

I would strongly recommend the OP leave water line too high or if he is really determined try just reducing it a little. A/f paints seem...

Clearly OP has top tighten the turnbuckle to enable the locking split pin top be removed. He wants to save the stay with the swaged...

OP is quiter right on a largish boat in cold water away from land. Overboard is death. Now my sailing is different. Water not cold. Boat...

As I understand it the winged keel on Australia 2 was a way of beating the measurement of draft by giving more draft when heeled. Of...

The LJs I have dealt with mostly manual activation one auto. Have a schrader valve (car/bike tube like) molded into the bladder. The...

It would appear the so called w terminal is now also known as secondary D+ . I hope this terminal will give you what you want for tach...

Yes well worth sucking out the bottom of the tank again. Water sludge or bug you want it out anyway. ol'will

The w terminal is usually connected to the centre of the 3 stator windings. Yes before they connect to 6 diodes to produce the DC we...