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    03-31-2023, 03:00 PM
    Thanks, guys. It took me longer to figure out what I should make than to actually make it.
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    03-31-2023, 10:23 AM
    Fixes, Mods & Upgrades I’ve always had problems with this kind of hatch – getting them tight enough by hand, and then, undoing them by hand once...
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    03-29-2023, 06:51 PM
    Man, I can't unsee those . . .
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    03-21-2023, 09:56 AM
    I think there is a sheer legs diagram in one of the Admiralty seamanship manuals I was issued when I joined the navy a zillion years ago. it was...
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    03-19-2023, 06:40 PM
    Hi Jeff, I thought of that, but there really isn't much load on the oars. The mast only weighs about 40 lbs. 30, or even 20 years ago, I would...
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    03-19-2023, 11:01 AM
    Good point. I've already started to do something similar. There are so many lines on the main mast that when I decided to change out the halyards...
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    03-19-2023, 09:50 AM
    I suppose I should make a checklist, kind of like a pilot's pre-flight list. However, I am trying to avoid outsourcing my entire memory to...
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    03-19-2023, 09:46 AM
    Thanks guys. The idea for using the oars was actually a suggestion from Tad Roberts when I was whining to him about my mast-raising difficulties at...
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    03-18-2023, 06:45 PM
    Fixes, Mods & Upgrades Today was the first decent, sunny, warmish, moderate-wind day that we’ve had this spring, so I figured it was a good...
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    03-18-2023, 10:44 AM
    A surprise ending, to this part of the story, at least, but fitting, perhaps. I am not a religious person at all, but what immediately came to...
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    03-17-2023, 06:09 PM
    Fixes, Mods & Upgrades These are a couple of gadget shelves I just finished building and installing. One each port and starboard, and some slats...
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    03-15-2023, 10:58 AM
    Eric, I'm really surprised by that. I have used the wrap-it-in-towels, soak-it-with-boiling-water and cover-it-with-heavy-poly-to-keep-the-heat-in...
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    03-13-2023, 12:21 PM
    Jeff, I used peel ply for the taped joints but not the hull sheathing. It was an attempt to further smooth the edges of the tapes to reduce the...
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    03-13-2023, 12:10 PM
    Interesting and helpful visualization, even for those of us who have visited HMS Victory, although still somewhat simplified in places. The...
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    03-12-2023, 12:07 PM
    AJZimm replied to a thread Portage Pram in Building / Repair
    Steve and Bruce, I see I was too hasty in reading Bruce's post about asking for advice. If I'm reading things correctly now, then "The bottom...
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    03-12-2023, 10:44 AM
    AJZimm replied to a thread Portage Pram in Building / Repair
    Bruce, I don't own one so take my advice for what it's worth. I suspect the boat doesn't need any glass to give it more strength, but that bottom...
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    03-11-2023, 12:21 PM
    Thanks for the thoughtfully curated tour of the festival. Must have been hard to figure out which pictures to leave out!
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    03-09-2023, 11:36 AM
    Re: biaxial cloth along chines. I followed Russell Brown’s practice of cutting the strips out of regular cloth, a little wider that you would...
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    03-02-2023, 12:18 PM
    We'll see how well it stays stuck to the leather over time. It's certainly very stuck at the moment. Plan B if it comes unstuck is to take the straps...
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