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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    Likewise I would not trust it either, but: to my big astonishment I must say I have seen it extensively and satisfactorily used by many...
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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    I want one :)
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    Roberto reacted to Fr J Hackett's post in the thread Cleaning heads pipes! with Like Like.
    It's not the salt water or rather it's the piss combined with the saltwater stop one or the other standing in the pipes equals no...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Cleaning heads pipes!.
    Also, the treatment is usually done with the boat afloat, the through hull/seacock will be underwater which would give immediate...
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    Roberto reacted to Fr J Hackett's post in the thread Cleaning heads pipes! with Like Like.
    Brick cleaner was traditionally used to clean up the mess left by sloppy bricklayers ie mortar which is a carbonate base and will react...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Cleaning heads pipes!.
    When you use HCl, put it in the bowl, give a few pump strokes then leave it there, go out and look at the underside of the hull where...
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    Roberto reacted to Fr J Hackett's post in the thread Cleaning heads pipes! with Haha Haha.
    Good to know for those that suffer from constipation, drink two litres of Diet Coke and wait a week certainly better than drinking...
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    Roberto replied to the thread What do you think of this one?.
    Maybe Dehler found their 31' scantlings too generous :)
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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    Hydrobubble (?)
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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    "Flook" anchor maybe (?), rings a bell about this underwater gliding thing :D one second late to noelex
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    Roberto replied to the thread Dense Air.
    Just for fun, I once made some very rough calculations about the difference in force upon my mainsail with two different vertical...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Dense Air.
    It's mostly a different vertical profile of wind speed / vertical gradient in the surface layer (the lowest layer, usually a few tens...
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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    I used it to grab from the sea bottom objects the kids had thrown overboard while in port, once even a mainsail I had left on the...
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    Roberto replied to the thread What's the worst anchor?.
    This is a good contender :)
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    Roberto replied to the thread What do you think of this one?.
    Some Owners' manuals have the legal specification "not to be dried against a wall". Some haven't, but after having seen the keel...
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