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Dufour Arpge
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First French"mass" production boat which contributed to open leisure sailing to a wider audience during the 60s-70s. IIRC the most...
20 Jul 2024
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Soft shackle
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I find dog bones useful where space is limited, for example between the mainsail headboard and halyard pulley, or mainsail foot outhaul...
20 Jul 2024
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Soft shackle
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Chinese UHMWP is not as bad as you think. And much better than you think. That is if you want to accept the evidence.
20 Jul 2024
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Exceptional VHF reception this weekend
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Old thread but same phenomenon as of yesterday, AIS targets received from near Lorient OpenCpn shows 530 targets, several with ranges...
20 Jul 2024
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Orca attack
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Lucky escape, for Stargazer, then. We came round, from Loctudy to Brest, on Tuesday 16th. Passing Le Guilvinec, on the beat out to...
18 Jul 2024
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Orca attack
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Jul 16th 2024, South Brittany Au large du Guilvinec, deux jeunes orques endommagent un voilier
17 Jul 2024
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if i was to start boating what would be your advise on the best qualification to do first?
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A psychiatric evaluation.
17 Jul 2024
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Brest beware
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Think I’ve accidentally ‘discovered’ a bit of a gem, @LittleSister . Since Le Chateau was built, have stayed there. But Moulin seems...
17 Jul 2024
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How to re-attach a nylon main sail shackle?
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That’s not my experience with over a decade of use. They did break when I dumped the halyard and the speed of the sail dropping and...
17 Jul 2024
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How to re-attach a nylon main sail shackle?
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Use some sort of adjustable pliers, or also by hand pushing with one thumb over the other. I have them on my cockpit side clothes, they...
16 Jul 2024
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HX870E behaviour when squelch turned down low?
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Just tried with mine: continuous hiss.
15 Jul 2024
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Failing anchor chain
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A couple more examples; IIRC they were all from a batch of chain sold in Martinique, French Caribbean. The top image seems to show a...
15 Jul 2024
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Which ball bearings for in mast furling.
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If white it's delrin, torlon are goldish colour
14 Jul 2024
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Hammar rearming kits
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Over here they are sold as specifically not fungible; I do not know the technical reason, so I buy the red or yellow tab ones according...
13 Jul 2024
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Sparcraft Ocean Vang c.1998
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Did the job - quite easy. The vang is essentially made up of 2 sections. One is a larger aluminium tube with a pvc pipe insert...
13 Jul 2024
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