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Any updates on your restoration project? Still suffering from supply chain issues?

I've been driving past this one at work:

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This has worked for me. The lazyjacks meet the mast at the same height as the throat halyard, you need to have some room between the...

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One of the many fine attributes of the airhead. Add some Stabil, close the petcock, drop the...

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You and Leif beat me too it. The whole "pour fuel on top of the stove to pre-heat it" thing always made me nervous on a stationary rock or picnic table, hard to imagine doing it on a small boat.

My ground tackle is an anchor with boat-length of chain attached to 200' of nylon line. The problem I've had with storing the rode in a bag is that it never dries out, the end result being a funky...

My feet don't like Crocs and are the wrong shape for Vans (short, high arch and extra-wide). Those high arches do a great job of attracting small rocks so sandals are out too. My go-to are classic...

Have you tried sculling yet? The two dinghies I've done the most sculling in are my Feather and Portage Prams, both with a centerline notch. In that weird ambidextrous way we lefties have, I scull...

Have any Russian oligarch mega yachts set sail recently?

I'm using Firefox and getting the dreaded white page too

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What is it about the southern tier of the US?

Higher rates of diabetes in the US than pretty much anywhere else, American...

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Some Montreal Smoked Beef I posted over on the "What's for Dinner" thread a couple of weeks back, a close cousin to pastrami.
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No need to add sugar when corning beef. Skipping the sodium nitrite work OK too though you end up with a less than appealing gray brisket.

That is delightfully swoopy

That was a pretty epic trip, thank you for sharing.

Are you any closer to finding your way onto the water in your new area?

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What about changing the hinge orientation 90 degrees? Build the lid in two pieces that hinge off the two bulkheads running fore and...

I managed to wear out two Roadcrafters (they were good for about 12 years each before the Goretex was just too far gone) and just before the pandemic picked up a waxed cotton Falstaff. Takes about a...

Good points Ted.

I'll add: First off, learning to ride? Take a class, this is not a good place for OJT. If you already ride find a dual-sport class, you'll learn a lot about traction control and...

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Sometimes I miss this one. Those early F650s were quite capable. Very touchy about tires, TKC 80s were the best.

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Back in the day I wore a helmet a lot like this (without the Indian logo)....

I use an older HJC modular helmet with an integral flip down sunscreen. Last time I went out seriously shopping for a helmet I discovered the HJC brand fit my head a lot better than the Shoei did....

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I applaud your willingness to experiment. Looking at the amount of luff sag in not particularly windy looking conditions I wonder if adding a couple of...

The early Bronco came with a Dana 20 transfer case. 2high, 4high, 4low and neutral. There is a block-off plate on mine where the PTO would come out, at one point I was keeping an eye out for one....

I had to go look it up because while I know a lot of folks with new hips and knees I'd never heard of an ankle replacement....

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This is an "off the shelf" kit to move the old column shifter to the floor. One stick for the 3-speed transmission, one for the...

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I guess Poppy is now a Portage Pram 1.0

The OG gunnels are built up layers of...

The bottom and first planks up the sides (on a flat bottom boat like this are they considered garboards or broads?) get a layer of glass. Bruce is wondering about the built-up gunnels and how to deal...

That's interesting, I wonder why they felt the need to add foam.

I think it wants some kind of protection but I'm not sure just a layer of fiberglass is going to do much.

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All the Shark 24 sail plans I've looked at show a big, deck sweeping jib. I think stacking dinghy parts up on the...

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Soup and sandwich night: pork meatball bahn mi and tom kha gai

The plans for my gaff-rigged Eun Mara show a square sectioned mast with well rounded corners. As far as I know in practice they get finished round. I think the Oonagh from Off Center Harbor/Doug...

Our hosts ran an article on putting a pod motor in a rudder last year, #285 the March/April issue

Also:...

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you can even get a tent!

Have you considered an inflatable SUP? Minimalist travel but they doesn't take up much space and are quite inexpensive, especially when compared to a rotomolded kayak.Over at the fishing end of the...

That's a lot of sail! There is a picture of Minna (the first Eun Mara) in an old Watercraft magazine running a spinnaker. A little more complexity than this singlehander wants to add.

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What is going on with that weird knuckle where the stem curves down towards the keel? It jumps out as an oddly...

Those are 6" deck plates. Big enough to shove lunch and/or some shoes through, I wouldn't go smaller.

These folks have a couple of reasonably priced packages: https://www.thunderstruck-ev.com/ take a look at their 5 and 10kw kits.
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I still find...

The "right kind of family values party" strikes again.

Are we talking about real mince (carnivorous) or the pseudo-mince (no meat) variety?

Teaching and singing christian hymns for religious holidays using public funds is OK? What about all the other religions? If the choirmaster put together a program including an assortment of songs...

Take a look at the lyrics, those carols are prayers.

An email from Armstrong:

"The bar on Armstrong Deck Plates can be reversed (remove the e-clip, unscrew the bar, turn it over, screw it back and secure with the e-clip). This will give you a...

I like a bit of both. It's fun to sail around all day then sit in the cockpit to watch the sun go down but I love being able to lay out my bedding on a mattress that isn't going to deflate in the...

Not having read Holland's work I can't comment directly on it. But I do feel comfortable making the observation that through history Christianity has been quite adept at hoovering up and rebranding...

Those are very wet boats

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Can't stand wearing hats. I'll occasionally put on beanie if it is really cold and I do have a Tilley and big brimmed straw hat that live on the boat but they pretty much only come out when I'm...

In England it was illegal for women to perform on stage until 1660. Same for the rest of Europe, even the ancient Greeks barred women from the stage.

It sounds like an interesting project. I dug in pretty deep trying to figure out how to electrify a classic keelboat design I plan on building in the next couple of years. motors and controls are...