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LittleSister
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mil1194's post
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Coast Guard Policy on tasking a rescue
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Wow
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We towed in a sailing vessel - about 28/30ft - in very rough conditions and it had lost its engine. We were contacted via VHF asking us...
2 Sep 2024
LittleSister
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Replacing Jabsco with PortaPotti - sealing seacocks
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I agree don't remove the seacocks. To 'seal' them, first choice would be blanking plugs, but if they unavailable, I'd be tempted to...
2 Sep 2024
LittleSister
reacted to
VicS's post
in the thread
Replacing Jabsco with PortaPotti - sealing seacocks
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Haha
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That's one of the peasures of sailing!
2 Sep 2024
LittleSister
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2 v 3 HP.
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So they all do about 5 knots, and I wonder if anyone could actually tell the difference without measuring it. More to the point, does...
2 Sep 2024
LittleSister
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First boat for a tallish sailor
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I think the OP is not used to boats, and therefore doesn't appreciate that one doesn't necessarily actually need full standing headroom...
1 Sep 2024
LittleSister
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ylop's post
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First boat for a tallish sailor
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This is oft quoted advice. Not everything you learn is actually going to be that useful… eg if you are racing round the cans you may...
1 Sep 2024
LittleSister
reacted to
Tranona's post
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First boat for a tallish sailor
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Once you get above 26' and looking at cruising twin keels (think Westerly, Moody, Cobra, Sadler) 6'1" is not generally a problem. For...
1 Sep 2024
LittleSister
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Curtains or no curtains
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Lining the curtains makes all the difference. Drastically reduces the light in the cabin early on those summer mornings, especially if...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
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Stuck in harbour . . .
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Yes, I've read of it happening in the Red Sea and such places, but it hits home when you see them there in all weathers, day after day...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
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Smell of Adhesives
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A mitigation, rather than a solution - maximise ventilation when you're not on the boat. Don't leave the boat sealed up! This will...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
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Stuck in harbour . . .
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It could be worse. When I was working in Great Yarmouth a few years back, there was a ship's crew stuck aboard there over a year, not...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
reacted to
Poignard's post
in the thread
Stuck in harbour . . .
with
Haha
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When I was 2nd Engineer in the m/v Gomba Enterprise we spent a few weeks anchored in Alexandria unable to move until the ship's owners...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
reacted to
Wansworth's post
in the thread
Curtains or no curtains
with
Haha
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I can imagine say in the roaring forties you may wish to close out the awful maelstrom or off the cape you can draw the curtains and...
30 Aug 2024
LittleSister
reacted to
johnalison's post
in the thread
Where to start… first dinghy
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Wow
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Even worse.
29 Aug 2024
LittleSister
posted the thread
Stuck in harbour . . .
in
Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt
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You know how you can get stuck in harbour for some long-seeming days by weather or repairs . . . Round-the-world cruise delay keeps...
29 Aug 2024
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