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    Re: Deep draft but nice

    Why do they mention that there is a Loran, they might as well have a banner saying nothing has been upgraded for 20 years.
  2. Thread: Harry Bryan Betty

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    Re: Harry Bryan Betty

    No I mean the cutout in the skeg assuming there is one, here is a rather notorious sailing boat, showing it well.
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/bauerdad/Ostkust/IMG_1291-1.jpg
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    Re: A guy offered me 2500.00

    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r241/bauerdad/Ostkust/IMG_1291-1.jpg
  4. Re: "As American as Apple Pie" ... "As ___ as ___."

    As Canadian as insipid coffee, (named after a dead hockey player)
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    Re: A guy offered me 2500.00

    Good luck. I would have countered the 2.5K offer. He was clearly lowballing it's a republican thing.
  6. Thread: Harry Bryan Betty

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    Re: Harry Bryan Betty

    I've driven sailboats with the prop (saildrive) almost amidships and the rudder at the very back of the boar. It makes for appreciation of pre planning. But if the rudder is on the transom atnd the...
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    Re: The PUB light's ON! :D

    Cut me off a chunk of that coffee Bobster. It is already too hot here in Lauderdale. Glad you are OK Seanz
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    Re: Worst Sailing Courses

    Andy, you should explain that the video shows a "gate start" (rabbit start in the US) otherwise you'll have people asking what the motor boat was doing there.
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    Re: Smuggling whiskey on board- what I learned

    Fly Southwest or Jet Blue and you get to check your bag for free. If they catch you smuggling liquids on board a plane they could put you in jail, and justifiably so.
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    Google logo thingy on Maurice Sendak

    Creating these things would be my daughter's perfect job. Todays is really good. Make sure you put it in motion.

    www.google.com
  11. Re: World's first zero-emission battery powered car ferry

    Very nice, I wonder what they do for heat.
  12. Re: Minimum requirements for an offshore trailerable cruising power boat?

    I saw a MacGregor 26 in the Exumas so it's possible. I'd go for a catamaran, twin 15 HP, minimal deck structure. Foldable for trailing.

    You'd have to be most creative in the dinghy department.
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  13. Re: Portable Butane Cooktops -- Are they safe to use below decks?

    Yes keep your eye on it, and store the canisters outside and you'll be fine. CNG is almost impossible to get on the East Coast and impossible in the Bahamas.

    Figure out away ahead of time to...
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    Re: The Rolling Stones and marketing

    Different longsplices, I endured 20 seconds.
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    Re: A few launchings in Rockport Harbor, Maine.

    I unfoortunately agree, and wonder why God in his wisdom put Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts.
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    Re: The PUB light's ON! :D

    You're a bit early for brunch, I just came in to complain it was late. Anyway I can't read all that, give me some crepes and strawberries. or better mixed berries, a melange as us Froggy speakers say.
  17. Thread: Defender Trials

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    Re: Defender Trials

    They're not foiling.
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    Re: A few launchings in Rockport Harbor, Maine.

    Very nice.
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    Re: Dave Hadfield your brother is my hero.

    Welcome home Chris, enjoy your brother Dave.
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    Tibetan nun sings beauifully, Ani Choying

    She was on the BBC this morning, wonderful voice and invested in good deeds.
    http://www.choying.com/



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3yID_Ap4AQ&list=PLCD921C4D4CDBFD60
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    Re: The Rolling Stones and marketing

    Wow knocked my socks off, I think she was more successful in the UK than here, but I've never heard that version.
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    Re: The Rolling Stones and marketing

    From Wikipedia
  23. Re: Seeking plan suggestions for a boat to build in a feature film

    See the bilge thread here http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?164186-Boatbuilding-Movie
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    Re: Boatbuilding Movie

    See the original thread here http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?163848-Seeking-plan-suggestions-for-a-boat-to-build-in-a-feature-film and yes they do make their plea sitting n a bath tub.
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    Re: Driveway to Trailer.....

    Even the swans approve.
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    Re: The Rolling Stones and marketing

    This is my fave, I am glad Robert Johnson sold his soul.

    But the question remains can the Stones fill concert halls at $625 a ticket. TD Gardens in Boston can hold 20.000. That's a gross of 12...
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    The Rolling Stones and marketing

    They are billing this tour as possibly their last. Two tickets would be $1200. I wonder how many final tours they'll have? Enough for Mick and the boys to maintain their lifestyle
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    Re: Mass Killer Fatigue

    How do you know they haven't? There's plenty of people who don't post anymore, from my limited understanding of this subject. I think t is doubtful that they's start a thread "I think I am about to...
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    Re: Stern light for a stern post

    Another vote for the boomkin, the advantage being that if the light is as far back as possible it won't shine on the rudder head or whatever, and you can fabricate a screen, like a sword hilt so the...
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    Re: Happy Birthday to Carioca 1232001.....

    feliz aniversário
  31. Thread: Prism

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    Re: Prism

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png/220px-Dark_Side_of_the_Moon.png
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    Re: High capacity alternator

    I had a mechanic I trust tell me that Balmar alternators are lightly modified car alternators. I can't remember what he recommended. I've had bad luck with Balmar voltage regulators and it seems...
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    Re: Arial Maine tonight

    I have to comment on you finding this interesting and yet you see aerial views every working day.

    Occasionally the flights from Heathrow to Logan would go into a parking orbiit (I'm sure that's...
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    Re: Woodenboat Show, Mystic, 2013

    Really looking forward to meeting you Paul , you realise you are obliged to attend Lefty's on Friday night. You can undo the negative stereotype Dingo left (smile). It's in Guilford.
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    Re: BROTM Thread of the day awards

    The BROTM influence continues to grow.
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    Re: broth adams, hear my cry

    You can be the e e cummings of the bilge <stands well clear>.
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    Re: Tropical Storm Andrea

    Invest 92 forming up for a one two punch.
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    Re: Optimaster 310 -- What a Great Boat

    Ooh that's a nice rendition. I'll post it on MWBOTW to get Carl's attention
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    Re: Unbelievably Kind Boat-Related Gestures

    Not to mention illegal




    I've seen John Egginton sail the Mystic Whaler up the river and through the bridge.
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    Re: A question about acceleration.

    Yep it's somewhat about the gears if you accelerate hard you are going to be in proportionally lower gears and the engine will rotate more times. It also depends on how your fuel injection pump is...
  41. Thread: Constellation

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    Re: Constellation

    These guys owe me a beer or three.

    http://www.charterworld.com/images/framework/274/Constellation%2080m%20-%20Photo%20Credit%20Oceano-680.jpg
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    Re: Happy birthday to Goodbasil.....

    Last activity 5/22 hope he is OK, and having a good birthday.
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    Sticky: Re: Just fore the fun of it:)

    http://perlbal.hi-pi.com/blog-images/179812/gd/1250901772/Moule-mariniere.jpg

    this is just my speed, with a glass of Pastis to start some product of a boulangerie and a beer (formidable SVP).
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    Re: Boat Hauler vs Cyclist. Not pretty.

    The news stories said he did. The cyclist is definitely not an innocent party here.

    Some of the fault lies with the city, that temporary bridge is way too narrow.
  45. Re: What is best route from Maine to Alabama which bypasses NYC?

    Leave the boat in North Berwick I'll keep an eye on it for you and exercise it every now and again
  46. Re: Eight bronze age boats surface at Fens creek in record find

    Anyone guess why they had removable transoms?
  47. Thread: Neptune Society

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    Re: Neptune Society

    I was thinking of a plot it's a grave decision and now it seems to have gone up in smoke. I'm toast.
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    Re: Boat Hauler vs Cyclist. Not pretty.

    Salem witch hunt transferred to bicycles. He was a "moron" for riding a bike over that bridge.
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    Re: Unbelievably Kind Boat-Related Gestures

    People are nice here
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    Re: Police Profiling!!!

    Or bartending in a virtual pub.
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