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    06-05-2023, 07:07 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Double Ender(Oughtred Eflyn) Rudder hardware in Building / Repair
    Long enough, not often, is the key. One days sail per week will not be an issue. Buried in damp wood 24/7 for yeas is an issue. Use bronze screws.
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    06-05-2023, 06:59 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    The Indian subcontinent was notable for religions that respected and pushed science forward. Both in astronomy and deeper thinking about the origins...
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    06-05-2023, 05:12 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Human beans are all different, that "conflict" will affect every one differently. Reaction will go from the extreme at one end, giving up their...
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    06-05-2023, 05:03 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    On another thread, long, long ago, I posted: Knowledge cannot be relied on, it keeps on changing, Ignorance, however, is rock solid dependable. :D
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    06-05-2023, 04:40 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Just so. There is evidence that a need for a religion is genetic. I am perfectly happy that scientists (and engineers who apply science) have a...
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    06-04-2023, 06:03 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    I think that says more about you than about me. Thanks for your concern, I wish you peace.
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    06-04-2023, 05:39 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    So you are putting words in his mouth? That is as bad as quoting out of context. It is ironical that your accusation of what Dawkins believes is...
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    06-04-2023, 05:14 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Best Amateur Design Software in Designs / Plans
    Having worked as a Naval Architect before computing was so well-developed, I know that it is far easier to learn how to use the latest software than...
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    06-04-2023, 04:22 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Double Ender(Oughtred Eflyn) Rudder hardware in Building / Repair
    Any fab shops near you that can fabricate stainless, or braze bronze? Ask for quotes for the welding and finish them yourself.
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    06-04-2023, 04:16 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Yes, https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=brain+scan+recording+the+thought+process
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    06-04-2023, 04:09 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Best Amateur Design Software in Designs / Plans
    But has nothing to do with the question in the OP Developed shapes of plywood panels, Stability, hydrostatics etc. I know that without...
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    06-04-2023, 01:10 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Bilge Restoration in Building / Repair
    No epoxy is a glue, not a coating. If it is a crack in the ply, it needs to be fixed. Does it penetrate all the way through, is there any evidence...
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    06-04-2023, 12:44 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Got a link for that quote? Did Dawkins use those actual words? If it truly cannot be measured, or the science says that measurement is...
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    06-04-2023, 12:18 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Best Amateur Design Software in Designs / Plans
    That is what computer software does, without the labour and with the ability to visualize the surface in 3D and rotate it so that you can visualize...
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    06-04-2023, 08:15 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    Pretty well what I said https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-days-parachuting-dummies-and-inflatable-tanks
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    06-04-2023, 08:09 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    I'm trained as an Engineer. We rely on and apply the results of Science in our efforts to design stuff that does not fail and kill people. I'm with...
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    06-04-2023, 07:38 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    That does not look credible. Leaks like that remind me of the deceptions that conned the German generals before the Normandy Landings.
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    06-04-2023, 07:26 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Have you ever been hit by a deer? in The Bilge
    Not personally, but I do remember a rant sent to a college by a youn relative that had immigrated to the American snowy north. She collided with a...
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    06-04-2023, 07:11 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    There are two strands to Dawkins: Understanding genetics and evolution. That is pure science His opinions on the harm that religion is used to...
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    06-04-2023, 06:47 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Ukraine in The Bilge
    An extent rebuttal. Unfortunately, you are addressing someone whose mind is as tight closed as a duck's cloaca in winter.
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    06-04-2023, 06:27 AM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Best Amateur Design Software in Designs / Plans
    Nothing unique. However, hand lofting usually uses conic projection and a bit of iteration and what you usually get is a runabout like your top...
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    06-03-2023, 05:00 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Viking Ship in People & Places
    No, There is a new much larger replica, currently in the US
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    06-03-2023, 04:43 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Bilge Restoration in Building / Repair
    Spongy = rot. How spongy, over how big an area?
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    06-03-2023, 04:39 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Love is hormones, they are molecular. Love is genetic, that is science.
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    06-03-2023, 04:36 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Sausage casing, black pudding, feather pillows, feed the rest to the dogs. Next?
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    06-03-2023, 04:32 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Non-apology in The Bilge
    I think that this is an attack thread that would have resulted in banned camp. . OR, just walk away and let it drop.
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    06-03-2023, 03:59 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Bilge Restoration in Building / Repair
    Welcome to the forum. We need more information if we are to help you. Where is the leak? Along the keel or elsewhere? Photos of then leaking...
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    06-03-2023, 01:49 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    Do not put meat products into compost, it attracts rats. Tan the hide for leather goods, make buttons from the horns and boil the hooves, waste...
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    06-03-2023, 01:06 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Discuss in The Bilge
    If you kill an animal for food, do not dishonour it by wasting any of it.
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    06-03-2023, 12:58 PM
    Peerie Maa replied to a thread Best Amateur Design Software in Designs / Plans
    That blog suggests that your understanding of "developable" does not include one or two wide strakes of plywood. This has developable surfaces ...
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May 30, 1950 (73)
About Peerie Maa
Biography:
Care for a shrimp trawler (built 1915), and a 50+ year old Shetland whilly boat.
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Walney, near Cumbria UK
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Small wooden rowing and sail boats (up to 35 foot) & scale model making
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Retired from work as a Naval Architect in shipyard design office
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Nick
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Miller
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