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boomerangben
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I think these sort of issues have only become apparent since some people allow the electronic tail wag the human dog....
Yesterday at 21:34
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How much white plastic have you about you that a pencil or chronograph can scribble on?
Wednesday at 14:46
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Or totally confusing to every other seafaring nation..... Why not simply practice? I suppose these days everyone wants a gadget to do...
Wednesday at 14:44
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Those compact Li Ion "jump starter" batteries are handy for charging up stuff - and provide a spare torch. You can even attach a small...
Wednesday at 14:43
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I agree, none of the means of passing a position is without risk of a miscommunication. I’ve ended up 120nm out when using a lat and...
Wednesday at 10:57
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The whole radio thing is interesting. I have a hand held plus a spare battery but no electrics on board so a weeks voyage in isolated...
Wednesday at 10:17
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As there's no requirement for a pleasure vessel to have a VHF installed, how do they enforce that?
Wednesday at 09:47
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My feeling is, I'd probably be fine on a scope of 3:1 with the wind off the shore. Much preferable to being on the lee shore whatever...
Monday at 20:12
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I agree. Anchoring is everything to do soil structure, which might explain the variance in anchor test results and forumite opinions...
Monday at 11:32
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This is an interesting topic, and I am going to start a new thread for it. When I started sailing, as a new engineer, I understood the...
Monday at 11:23
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I was invited on board the Enterprise to identify if I could help then with exactly this problem. Spock showed me around and I...
Sunday at 18:42
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That got me thinking…. Does the Starship Enterprise have a Vulcan anchor?
Saturday at 19:43
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An anchor buries because of design, specifically the tension on the rode forces the fluke to bury. However as the anchor buries it also...
20 Sep 2024
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I have been working on the concept that shear strength increases with the square of depth - but maybe that's too simple and it varies...
20 Sep 2024
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I will show the results from a small Guardian G-5 as an example. This is the slightly simplified version of the Fortress anchor. It is...
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