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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Stroppiness.I do not think that the JB Weld is meant to take a great deal of load. Just ensure that the rings stay in place. Comments about...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.I qualified this in #25 Try & keep up 🫣 :rolleyes: As for yachts hitting things- well there have not- in the grand scheme of things -...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.Once fully submerged the weight of water is irrelevant :rolleyes:
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.The point is that you suggested in #24 that the weight of water in the "sunken" hull would drag it down. The point is that the water -...
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DDaydream believer reacted to NormanS's post in the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled? with
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I shouldn't think that many boats are stuffed full of (heavy) buckets. A bucket of water in the sea weighs nothing. I thought you might... -
DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.Water in water (of same type ie fresh-fresh)weighs nothing until you want to displace it Immerse a bucket of water in a pond & the...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.The point is that one sound hull of a multihull may well support a sunken hull if the hatches remain above water level when the boat is...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Stroppiness.I would start by giving the decks a darned good clean before posting images 🫣
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Stroppiness.What holds the friction rings in place? Is it the "bonding material"? How does that actually work? It seems to me that they may move...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Brass Screw Heads on Raw Water Pump.Normally they are dome head brass, So nothing will grip the head ,Once the slot in the head breaks they are gone. One may as well file...
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DDaydream believer replied to the thread Should vessels that are abandoned mid-voyage be scuttled?.Scuttling would be easy on a boat that size. Just cut the hose on the smallest seacock in each hull. It will be a slow death, but death...
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DDaydream believer reacted to winch2's post in the thread so are you going to sail through the UK winter? with Like.
Just been down to empty the dinghy....The estuary looking majestic in thre bright autumn sunshine.. but that was about the limit of my...
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DDaydream believer reacted to Stemar's post in the thread Good samaritan or interferring busybody with Like.
So you hoist the flag then go splat down the companionway on your way to put the kettle on...😵💫 Just can't win
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DDaydream believer reacted to Poignard's post in the thread Good samaritan or interferring busybody with Like.
I've had that happen in the Solent years ago. I hove-to on the starboard tack to wait for a favourable tide, as I am perfectly entitled...
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DDaydream believer reacted to johnalison's post in the thread Good samaritan or interferring busybody with Like.
We had cyberstalkers after we fitted AIS over ten years ago, friends and family of course, but it would a good while before anyone...