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Christian Williams
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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Maybe I'm spoiled by Tides sail track, where it's easy to tension the entire luff using a halyard winch. Pulling on the luff in two...
Yesterday at 9:58 PM
ConchyDug
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Victron Lynx Distributors - are they worth it?
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I looked at them but decided their footprint was too large for what they are... a fuse holder. They do indicate when the fuse is blown...
Yesterday at 9:39 PM
RCsailfast
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Shaft anodes
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I am really leaning to replace the magnesium with an aluminum one so they aren’t fighting each other like Frank said. The aluminum one...
Yesterday at 9:11 PM
Vtonian
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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The rationale I heard was, pulling up to remove wrinkles or flatten the sail pulls against friction and gravity, which can be seen in...
Yesterday at 9:01 PM
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Mike_W.
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Shaft anodes
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We have been using magnesium because we are in fresh water. If it pine-cones then it is doing what it is intended to do. If it doesn't...
Yesterday at 8:10 PM
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Pete the Cat
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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Not sure what you mean. I use the cunningham for the reef luff control and, yes, it also allows you to modify the draft of the main as...
Yesterday at 7:54 PM
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Pete the Cat
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The usual advice is to not mix anodes, ie. use the same anodes everywhere to keep them from dissolving each other. I think aluminum...
Yesterday at 7:46 PM
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Frank Langer
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Shaft anodes
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The usual advice is to not mix anodes, ie. use the same anodes everywhere to keep them from dissolving each other. I think aluminum...
Yesterday at 6:33 PM
Christian Williams
replied to the thread
Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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My Dyneema core halyard looks like this, it has a braid pattern. Acts like any other line in a cam cleat. But yeah, my raw Spectra...
Yesterday at 5:32 PM
Vtonian
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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As I was ordering these, I ran across a comment that cam cleats won't hold dyneema. I'm thinking as this is just a temporary grasp and...
Yesterday at 5:25 PM
RCsailfast
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Shaft anodes
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When we got our boat it had a 2blade fixed prop and we were using magnesium anodes on the shaft. After upgrading to the feathering prop...
Yesterday at 5:23 PM
Loren Beach
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Sea trial for 1990 Ericson 34-2 next week
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Yes, check the drain in the bottom of the propane locker. (Propane heavier than air) Then take the tanks off the boat until you get...
Yesterday at 5:16 PM
Vtonian
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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Yes, it did occur to me that at the very least I should lubricate what's there. Probably hasn't been done in years.
Yesterday at 5:15 PM
Vtonian
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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Napkin engineering but I'm thinking the horns hold both downward and lateral strain on the cringle/horn connection, whereas a 3ft long...
Yesterday at 5:13 PM
southofvictor
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Hove to Speed and Direction [and Reef Considerations]
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Christian’s mast cam cleat has been a game changer since I installed it. All that’s needed to keep the ring on the horn is tension the...
Yesterday at 4:56 PM
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