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Name and shame
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To be fair unless the wind has a reasonable strength then boats can sometimes swing in odd ways. I was musing this from ashore over a...
Sunday at 10:05
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Electrical Work Costs??
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This is going from bad to worse. Now they haven't done what you asked for and attempted to charge for it anyway. Then only remember that...
Sunday at 09:26
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That makes no sense at all. You don't add the cost of parts together, then the labour and then add 30% for profit and overheads, if you...
Sunday at 09:14
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Bernard Moitessier's Joshua
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Moored in La Rochelle, for this week's Fete Maritime (and the Fete de la Musique, midsummer celebrations, tomorrow night) Spotted...
Saturday at 10:40
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Measuring new standing rigging from scratch?
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Gs products very cheap for that size of wire, can order custom shrouds from website. Guessing 3 or 4mm. Extra toggles might work...
Wednesday at 17:23
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For such a small mast could you put it up with temporary ropes as rigging, and then adjust these to determine sizes?
Wednesday at 17:16
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RTI this Saturday
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Pan pan or Mayday ?? When giving a safety briefing before going out I will always tell crew that a MOB is an immediate mayday unless...
Wednesday at 15:35
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ridgy
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RTI this Saturday
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Deleted. Not sure.
17 Jun 2024
R
ridgy
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RTI this Saturday
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Replete with full main. I haven't read a co26 recently but I imagine it would contain the phrase "needs a bit of wind to get it going".
17 Jun 2024
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Dilemma- Small Yanmar diesel
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Hi Double Ender You have 6 choices. (Maybe more that I haven't covered) 1, Don't buy the boat. 2. Buy the boat and new engine. 3. Buy...
15 Jun 2024
R
ridgy
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Dilemma- Small Yanmar diesel
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Is the owner fixing it before sale or are you proposing to buy it as is, presumably with a very steep discount?
14 Jun 2024
R
ridgy
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Dyneema Gates ( lifeline , life line , guard rail )
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Who in their right mind has dyneema guardrails, what problem are you solving? 4mm 1x19 cheap as anything and end fittings likewise...
11 Jun 2024
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ridgy
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Plagued with sea sickness
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If rollers.coming in then poor choice of anchorage. What was the forecast?
9 Jun 2024
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ridgy
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Unsupported row around UK
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Happy days next week, lots of northerlies. Should make a lot of progress.
7 Jun 2024
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Best way to join Positive battery cables
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Glad that one works, Stemar. I don't trust myself to really get that proper "closed up like a block of metal" effect without the...
7 Jun 2024
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