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    Roberto replied to the thread 1980s French boats.
    Hello, have owned a Sun Legende 41 for about 20 years, during this period we made two family/singlehanded Atlantic circuits of 3 and 1...
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    The belt inside the ram is cheap insurance. And carbon brushes for the motor, an old thread was resurrected recently. I had also the...
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    Roberto reacted to 14K478's post in the thread Big bad seas with Like Like.
    The Ben Line ship was the “Bencruachan”: This was after the temporary repair; she sailed back to Britain like this. The NOL boxboat...
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    Roberto replied to the thread When exactly is a spring tide?.
    Interesting question :) out of curiosity I have drawn the graph of four primary tidal stations, Dover (semidiurnal), Galveston TX...
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    Roberto replied to the thread When exactly is a spring tide?.
    There cannot be a global spring tide across the world. There are a few different types of tides, the two extremes are semidiurnal (where...
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    Roberto reacted to Boathook's post in the thread My View. Let's See Yours with Like Like.
    The view I presently have, is of buildings, grey skies and a patch of grass. It tipped down with rain last night and is still trying to...
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    Roberto reacted to Boathook's post in the thread Navigation with Like Like.
    I had radar before AIS, and last year was in Poole bay in thick fog. radar is a standalone Furuno one whilst the AIS is shown on the...
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    Roberto replied to the thread When exactly is a spring tide?.
    Spring/Neaps are related to amplitude, not levels of single HW or LW. A time series of amplitudes is not a continuous line, giving a...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Gear box oil change interval?.
    Just to clarify, I have never seen red ATF becoming black like engine oil, but definitely remaining transparent red and incorporating...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Weather advancements.
    AI experimental weather products
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    Thinks wot I have learnt. Never use your foot on a throttle control. OK until one day it isn't. Typically when raining. Never put your...
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    Roberto replied to the thread When exactly is a spring tide?.
    Example Sept 4 and 5 there are three tides with exactly the same ampltude: which would be your "official" spring?
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    Roberto replied to the thread When exactly is a spring tide?.
    Where would you draw the upper/lower envelope? Outside the highest HWs and the lowest LWs? Least square errors interpolation between all...
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    Roberto replied to the thread Gear box oil change interval?.
    I change the reduction gear oil (ATF) when it begins to shows black floating particles, which may be after 200 or 500 hours, depending...
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    This is how local taxi drivers steer the taxi when the taxi steering wheel get stolen
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