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H-Huges London Sextant. Help for dating
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A nice instrument and interesting box, all the later ones I have seen had square boxes. Just a gentle word of caution. If you are...
20 Aug 2024
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Barient 24 winch. How does one dismantle it.
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It turns out that the winch had a circlip in a groove to prise out for access to the top disc and the whole pot. Much easier than I feared
20 Aug 2024
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Not really what I'd hall habitable though. Probably better to just move somewhere less extreme.
20 Aug 2024
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Is climate destabilisation making cruising increasingly too risky?
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During MN firefighting training we were working in temps of around 100C, using full BA sets. Admittedly only for around an hour and then...
20 Aug 2024
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Small Ships Register - Check Your Listing
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Or did their political masters think it cheaper to outsource the software design and build? Probably to a good political donor.
20 Aug 2024
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Victoria 30, Twister, Frances Victoria 26 or 800 or Vertue 2 for coastal & near-continental cruising.
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I looked at one with a view to buying, probably the 27. It had teak decks and the underside of the foredeck was textured with the points...
20 Aug 2024
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Re reading Majic of the Swatchways by M Griffiths
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I assume you have also read Tillman's books. I think their type of cruising, one coastal the other extreme ocean, required a mindset...
20 Aug 2024
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Well now you've said the magic words. Neeves will be along to explain anchor sizes shortly...
20 Aug 2024
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The chickens are coming home to roost. IPCC reports have always been clear that increased heating of the atmosphere would lead to...
20 Aug 2024
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Barient 24 winch. How does one dismantle it.
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In which case apologies, I may be confusing my past winch memories having had a variety of makes/models on different boats, but never...
19 Aug 2024
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Slightly over the top anchor chain
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I have watched my 10mm chain leading forward at such a shallow angle that I was wondering how little catenary there was. Obviously...
19 Aug 2024
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The rode is only straight is the very simplest case of still water and absolutely constant wind direction. And then it takes more than a...
19 Aug 2024
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Is climate destabilisation making cruising increasingly too risky?
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But El Nino events have become far more frequent: "The frequency of extreme El Niños doubles from about one event every 20 years (101...
19 Aug 2024
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Barient 24 winch. How does one dismantle it.
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Slot for a flat head screwdriver on mine.
19 Aug 2024
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Barient 24 winch. How does one dismantle it.
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The rubber ring is not original. Think they are called "Winchers" or something like that. Added to make the winch sort of self tailing...
19 Aug 2024
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