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05-19-2013, 07:25 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread rudder-blade building options in Building / Repair

Has not happened yet. Use stable timber and you should be OK.

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05-19-2013, 06:04 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Baked beans in The Bilge

I am surprised that you pretend not to know.

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05-19-2013, 05:51 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Building 72' schooner in Viet Nam in Building / Repair

Hi Luke. I am looking at this from being used to English trading schooners, the only time that the rig was used here apart from pilot schooners (and...

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05-18-2013, 07:54 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Baked beans in The Bilge

Nah. But they are a suitable accompaniment to Toad in t' Hole, and scotch pies are inedible without the top filled with beans.

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05-18-2013, 07:09 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Baked beans in The Bilge

Five minutes :D They even come in ring pull cans, so no searching for the can opener.

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05-18-2013, 06:52 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Baked beans in The Bilge

I treat them as the basis for something better :D I thicken the sauce with a bit of butter and add bacon or corned beef. Served on toast with a dash...

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05-18-2013, 05:31 PM

Peerie Maa started a thread Political Compass in The Bilge

From another thread: Which reminded me that we tried this: http://www.politicalcompass.org/index some time ago. Maybe we should do it again. ...

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05-18-2013, 05:06 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe in The Bilge

Nope, apart from the fiscal bit, that is definitely left of centre. Remember that thread with the left-right terst, we should try that again.

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05-18-2013, 04:06 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread 1974 stauter built 19' skiff in Building / Repair

Welcome to the forum. Please post pictures of the boat and the "bad" bits so that we can advise you better. Upload the pictures to a photo hosting...

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05-18-2013, 01:31 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread What the Benghazi emails reveal in The Bilge

So now you have them, what are you expecting will happen next?

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05-18-2013, 01:28 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a poll Clinker or Strip Planking Construction? in Designs / Plans

Clinker. Nothing to call on looks, but easier to repair.

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05-18-2013, 01:15 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread What the Benghazi emails reveal in The Bilge

Colonel Elmer J Chiken**** III and CIA operative Waldo Kudzuvine. There, happy now?

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05-18-2013, 10:15 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread for the love of a dog: conflict of interests? in The Bilge

I thought it was a reference to Cheers.

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05-18-2013, 09:23 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread new saddle... a bit blurry in The Bilge

Yup, that's a saddle.

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05-18-2013, 07:58 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Uh oh.... in The Bilge

Needed a couple of fins and a cooling fan. ;)

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05-18-2013, 07:05 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Wood dowels for boatbuilding in Building / Repair

^ + several. A good friend who worked as a wooden boat surveyor (a rara avis in the UK) talked of "making sticks with holes", meaning repeated...

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05-18-2013, 06:42 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Wood dowels for boatbuilding in Building / Repair

Fill the thin part of the screw hole with a small dowel glued in, then fill the counter bore for the screw head with a bung as Ian says. That way...

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05-18-2013, 06:35 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Wooden spar dimensions? in Building / Repair

This...

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05-18-2013, 06:25 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Building 72' schooner in Viet Nam in Building / Repair

Interesting collection of stay between the topsails, with a potential for chafe where you can't do much to fix it. The only thing about the sails...

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05-18-2013, 05:07 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Daggerboard case whoops in Building / Repair

I dunno why everyone wants to make a bigger mess by driving the fastener out. What detriment does leaving it in give you after it is cut back and...

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05-18-2013, 05:05 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread rudder-blade building options in Building / Repair

This cries out for a cleat across the tip. Both for stiffness and to protect the end grain. In ply used as a beam half of the veneers are cross...

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05-18-2013, 04:59 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Faering iron coatings in Building / Repair

Scotch galvanising has the iron work hot from the anvil dipped into the tar, so the tar burns into the iron. I am not suggesting painting with hot...

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05-17-2013, 05:09 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread mad in The Bilge

Isn't that what I said?

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05-17-2013, 04:49 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Cold moulded Whitehall ? in Designs / Plans

Whitehalls were normally carvel with a lapstrake shear. Build cold moulded with an additional ford and aft lam to create the shear strake.

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05-17-2013, 03:35 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Cold moulded Whitehall ? in Designs / Plans

Welcome to the forum. Don't see why not. There is some hollow aft, which you could straighten if you want to by lifting the rebate at the transom.

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05-17-2013, 02:04 PM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread New Orleans shooting in The Bilge

of course its the guns, I'm surprised that you needed clarification. As to dishonesty, what other purpose is there to all of the small hand guns...

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05-17-2013, 11:52 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Pram boat bed for older child or adult in Designs / Plans

Should not need plans. You only need two transoms and a midship mould. You could almost make it up as you go along once you have sketched out the...

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05-17-2013, 11:45 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Daggerboard case whoops in Building / Repair

Bicycle spokes are better. Pound the end flat on an anvil, and then sharpen as a spade drill. They are good for drilling pilot holes when...

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05-17-2013, 09:54 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread The Dambusters 70 years ago today in The Bilge

Close, but smaller. There was not that much room in the bomb aimers bubble. The back sight was held against the cheek so that you could see both...

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05-17-2013, 08:37 AM

Peerie Maa replied to a thread Forget legislating: Congress exists for the sake of symbolism in The Bilge

Absolutely no fear of that happening. The US House of Representatives have no influence at all out side the US. Our health care systems are...

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