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My best sail ever was about 2200 nm out of Mazatlan, when we finally found the southern hemishere trade winds. For three days Julia thundered along on...Leave a comment:
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If the bottom is going to be light colored and live on a trailer, you might be right. I was picturing your boat living in the water during the season...Leave a comment:
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I'm not familiar with the design, but you're just bolting a slug of lead to some wood right? I wouldn't think anything high tech is ...You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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An above ground swimming pool is a fun idea for short term storage. It certainly has high volume. Plastic tanks are the norm here as well, but I'm just...Leave a comment:
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Oak is the wrong material for such application. It moves a lot with moisture changes, and doesn't hold glue well. The backbone will need to be a lamination...Leave a comment:
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While a properly sized screw can be just as strong as a bolt, the shear area of the wood in the threads is always going to be less than the shear area...Leave a comment:
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I hope no alien civilization ever considers our species as merely in the way of their economic development. Glad they are doing something for the whales,...Leave a comment:
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I'm a fan of roofing tar, the stuff that sets up but stays a little flexible forever. It seems like something the gribbles wouldn't like to eat. I also...Leave a comment:
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We will have a normal septic system. Luckily we have good soil and are approved for a standard gravity system. I got an extra permit to allow me to install...Leave a comment:
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Just a few more to bring us up to date.
One of the biggest projects has been bringing in electrical power. We looked very seriously at a...Leave a comment:
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clenched nails? As in bent over in the lapstrake dinghy sense?...Leave a comment:
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Yeah, well wind that switches direction constantly, a lack of all-direction anchorages, and thick heavy weed over a smooth granite bottom. Almost lost...Leave a comment:
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Is that cheap looking apartment kitchen inside that multi million dollar yacht? wtf?Leave a comment:
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The well drillers came when the ground was dry enough to support their rigs. They drilled for days, we got all the way down to sea level and found just...Leave a comment:
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After the mill was built we moved it up to the island property and started selecting some trees to harvest.
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Hi everyone, thanks for the kind words. Its been a while, so I thought I'd give a breif update.
When we got back to the US, we set up camp...Leave a comment:
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Fun! Be careful out there, its a serious bit of water. I will say that just about the most difficult anchoring in the pacific is in the Furneaux group...Leave a comment:
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