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The only way is to make a mock up, string it together, walk around it , sit under it , check the egonomics of it especially with regard to the tiller...

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05-22-2013, 07:00 PM

John B replied to a thread A Boat for the Tasman in People & Places

Whats your vector Victor. The type I like is whats referred to as californian style around here. It has 'squarer' hoops and more clears around...

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05-21-2013, 11:33 PM

John B replied to a thread Ran aground on my maiden voyage in Misc. Boat Related

We hit a couple of sandbars and steeple chased a rock when we were first sailing our keeler back in the 80's. So long ago that first sandbar has GONE...

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05-21-2013, 10:45 PM

John B replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

Yeah , wear hoops, shins safe.

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05-21-2013, 10:09 PM

John B replied to a thread Happy Birthday to Ed Harrow..... in The Bilge

Happy birthday Ed, good to see your light on.:ycool:

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05-21-2013, 08:44 PM

John B replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

That girl certainly is looking after her shins. just sayin.

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05-21-2013, 08:40 PM

John B replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

More big words for me today. What with Garret down in the bilge telling me I was the most book learned person he knows , or sumpin like that, now I...

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05-21-2013, 07:09 PM

John B replied to a thread Just fore the fun of it:) in Building / Repair

I am in awe of your electrical accomplishments Mr Lemoncello. Like Rick I once attempted to communicate with a marine electrician, but when he...

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05-21-2013, 06:45 PM

John B replied to a thread turned in my clunker in The Bilge

\ easy I would think, NZ is the nurburgring with opposing traffic after all. There's a straight road in the middle of the North island and a few...

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05-21-2013, 06:27 PM

John B replied to a thread turned in my clunker in The Bilge

The brand doesn't have that connotation here, or Au that I'm aware of. What they do historically have is the reputation for the most stolen car in...

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05-21-2013, 06:16 PM

John B replied to a thread Gareth's life as a yacht captain revealed in Misc. Boat Related

Who knew? Which one is Gareth, the one with the beard?

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05-21-2013, 06:09 PM

John B replied to a thread A supplicant comes before the BROTM in The Bilge

Heh heh. Wait, erudition, I'll be back when I've looked it up. ( there's a book somewhere ,westers, babster ,summat like that)

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05-21-2013, 06:06 PM

John B replied to a thread A supplicant comes before the BROTM in The Bilge

good point.

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05-21-2013, 05:58 PM

John B replied to a thread turned in my clunker in The Bilge

John Bell and I worked out that despite mine being a 2012 GT and his a 13 outback , that they're fundamentally the same body shells and fitouts apart...

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05-21-2013, 05:40 PM

John B replied to a thread Do you wear a watch? in The Bilge

I eventually bought a casio protrek, after years of either no or cheap watches.. There was a period I had some fancy dress watch race prize win so I...

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05-21-2013, 04:24 AM

John B replied to a thread A Boat for the Tasman in People & Places

What most boats have here is an extra horizontal grab rail on the aft hoop of the dodger.Usually up 75mm or so. If the dodger hoops are flexing...

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05-20-2013, 09:30 PM

John B replied to a thread Naff car names in The Bilge

My Ford Pop did the ton.

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05-20-2013, 07:44 PM

John B replied to a thread Naff car names in The Bilge

That is what was also said, in terms of 'what next'.

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05-20-2013, 07:02 PM

John B replied to a thread Ran aground on my maiden voyage in Misc. Boat Related

Sometimes you can still get the tack in after you've hit... get the jib backed and pointing you at deep water.

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05-20-2013, 06:45 PM

John B replied to a thread Naff car names in The Bilge

I never did know whether the Starion one was real or urban legend, but either way its a great story. Then there's the famous Pajero and Nova names...

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05-20-2013, 05:23 PM

John B started a thread Naff car names in The Bilge

At dinner with some old friends a couple of weeks ago the guys were discussing how Ferrari had lost the plot with their new F40/ F50 / Enzo flagship...

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05-20-2013, 05:11 PM

John B replied to a thread Automotive eye-candy in The Bilge

I mentioned it in another thread a week or so ago, but you could have knocked me down with a feather when I realised the roof that was all I could...

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05-20-2013, 05:07 PM

John B replied to a thread A supplicant comes before the BROTM in The Bilge

Yer going to get in deep do do with the great one for spelling stupid wrong. jest like I'm gonna get in trouble for yer , and ... aw hell.

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