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    ylop replied to the thread "Practical " Boat Owner?...
    You are talking about this as though you’ve just invented it. Towing a small turbine to generate power has been around for decades. A...
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    And what you started arguing with me about was my question: “would you rent a boat to a stranger with no proof of vague competence?”...
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    Their website seems to contradict itself by saying “It is obviously essential for the skipper to have appropriate sailing qualifications...
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    But you do have knowledge or both teaching dinghy sailing and operating a RIB - unless you are claiming you didn't actually go on the...
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    When did you last bareboat charter? I looked about 8 yrs ago and there were a few places on the med doing flotilla charters for people...
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    ylop replied to the thread "Practical " Boat Owner?...
    Absolutely, the ultimate question for efficiency is: Does: Chemical (fuel) --> Kinetic energy (prop) with the necessary range of...
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    ylop replied to the thread "Practical " Boat Owner?...
    I think it was an idea that had merit, although it often felt to me that it had taken over the magazine - by the end I was feeling, "are...
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    ylop reacted to dunedin's post in the thread "Practical " Boat Owner?.. with Like Like.
    And even more to grumble - without any positive suggestions
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    I think those sort of questions might be difficult to cover for all sorts of patients. Are you outside of radio / phone range where CG...
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    ylop replied to the thread Anybody else not, qualified?.
    The numbers seem more optimistic than I recall but the message is definitely the same. But, they have expensive consumable parts -...
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    ylop replied to the thread Day Skipper - book recommendations?.
    I’m not sure what level of theory they expect and probe for on an ICC but given you can get one for power boating with just a PB2 I...
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