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At that price I'd solder the core, insulate, solder the screen and seal with self amalgamating tape. After all, we're on the PBO forum... -
LittleSister replied to the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km?.Only by the lay person. The cognoscenti would distinguish between a 'fair mile', a 'goodly mile' and a 'long mile'. The differences...
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No that is for trips by road, when you take a trunk road -
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When I took the family sailing to Ostend, in the new boat, for the first time we had no nav gear such as dividers etc. Neither did we...
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LittleSister reacted to RunAgroundHard's post in the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km? with Haha.
I measure distance in double decker buses. Planning a trip from the Canaries to Barbados is about 426396 double decker buses. It’s is...
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Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from −90° at the south pole to 90° at the north pole, with 0° at the Equator. One degree of...
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LittleSister replied to the thread Corinthian Yacht/Sailing/Boat clubs in the UK?.Any suggestions of alternative ancient Greek city states one might name one's imagined/desired yacht/sailing club after in order to...
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LittleSister replied to the thread Merchant Marine .... like Bomber Command - the forgotten heroes..My father was one of 'em. Joined as a lad something like 1937, invalided out after his ship was bombed and sunk off North Africa 1941...
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Handy to use as a grapnel for temporarily attaching a stern line to the horizontal hoop found on the end of catways in many French...