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Even bilge keelers bounce on the hard sand for the last ten minutes of tide if there is a swell - not nice! That's all you get as we only stayed there for six weeks the year before last - there were gale force winds for two or three days at a time,, with occasional 9s sometimes the winds were...

Not heard ot - tke your word - TY

Inclined to go with you on this I always tell everybody to stay away from the mainsheet - if they ignore me I tell them in other terms - even then I have seen someone slammed across the boat by the mainsheet - heavy bruising but even then lesson not learned fully

Mahogany - cut 30 years ago - think the flash photography makes it look a lot lighter - it is light though I use 36 grit on a grinder to get the initial and close shape AAhh Studland Bay - seahorse - OK Don't get the Venus?

Started carving a figurehead for another small boat we are building

[ QUOTE ] epoxy resin, rather than polyester, would give a stronger repair [/ QUOTE ] Agree unequivicobaly

No - and now Cagey will start - well actually you should put your wellies on, pick a sharp stick and say this in the Lounge. PBO - boat talk only

[ QUOTE ] Go to the library and get Gougeon Bros on boat construction. It is the bible on wood/epoxy. Done properly it is a great combination. [/ QUOTE ] People here on the weekends are so much nicer that the rab - sorry, some others lingering about during the week. And knowledagble too...

Some info ref building here - if you know how it was built - you will understand maintenance needs http://www.westsystem.com/ss/ Somewhere in here is an article where the Gougeon Brothers go back and assess the building of and longevity of various boats using their Epoxy in the construction...

Re: 25/26\' Bilge Keelers Marcon Tomahawk I agree - almost bought one years ago - have a good feel about them

Re: 25/26\' Bilge Keelers There are a good few Cobra 750 on the market at below your price, which could be bought and, as with anything, you could spend £2.5Kish and have new standing/running rigging and a whole load of stuff to give yourself a fully kitted seaworthy boat. Approach anything...

[ QUOTE ] This should be a good time of year for balloons - taxi back from Xmas party maybe? [/ QUOTE ] Will do! Have a good Christmas!

[ QUOTE ] Again, no surpises. Now go round a corner and watch what happens: the balloon leans into the bend, the string adopting the same angle to the vertical as a cyclist would! [/ QUOTE ] Sorry I am sure your statements are flawed. The balloon would 'lean' out of the corner assuming it...

[ QUOTE ] Now take the ballon and sit in a car. When the car accelerates the ballon moves back, when braking it moves forward. [/ QUOTE ] Surely the balloon moves to the back of the car when you brake due to the air within having inertia and continuing forward, and the balloon reacts by...