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Of course you could bring the kids to church, and raise em as nominally religious so that you can get them into the better schools.....

When the men in dresses run most of the schools in your...

An 18v hand hend circular saw with a clamped on guide, not easy, but possible.
Not sure I'd actually recommend it...

http://davesboat.blogspot.com/2010/04/obligatory-birds-mouth-test.html...

I have personally seen BS 1088 stamped on 6mm ply was pure garbage. Any clown can stamp 1088 on a piece of wood.

This "BS"-1088 sheet I'd bought ended up as shelving for paint tins. 3 layers, the...

What? no mole grips? / vice grips?

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Jay, my wife gave me a similar choice, albeit less directly.

She refuses to eat most of the processed garbage* which passes for "food".
We eat together.
So I had very little choice but to give...

Cavan is here http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/County_Cavan.png/475px-County_Cavan.png

It's supposed to have a lake for each day of the year....

These were listed above, albeit for much longer trips.
But they were listed alongside things like rehydration sachets.

Again, I'm not a doctor, but it seems that anyone packing these should make...

Some of the things listed above may be quite dangerous in the hands of someone without training.... think allergies to antibiotics for example. Or start moving someone around who has a bad break?
...

Now that is pretty cool.

It's amazing how much a memory means.

D

As I know my father, dinghy sailing will never happen. If I ever had something in the 40'+ range, he could possibly be persuaded aboard.

D

My wife's family is from Cavan, and my parents have retired there too. So, on Friday we drove to Cavan, with the boat in tow. While my wife and the children visited her parents, I met my parents at...

Good to have you around ti tell us about it Jay.

And a heads up, don't ignore chest pains, even minor and transient ones.

My father in law only went to the Doc because my wife, who is a nurse,...

Between having a Friend who is a butcher, a Wife who is a nurse (knows about basic nutrition), and having spent a summer working in a fast "food" place when I was in school, I can honestly say I...

Off Scotland, doesn't the water get DEEP real fast.

Anchor, Chain, Lots of Nylon.

You don't want to carry enough chain for 5:1 scope or 7:1 scope in deep anchorages.

Can I PLEASE have an invitation to the Capsize testing?

"moving heavy things"
jan adkins

About a tenner. Very short.

Shows how they did it without modern machines.

Great little book.

I see a business in this,

we send you photos of us sailing in our boats,
and you send back sketches for a reasonable fee of course.

Teeshirts, etc to follow

Risk comparison ?

What are they spraying?
What is the risk of that causing problems?
Is it "new" ie noone can tell you what problems may arise after 10 years of spraying?

Also,
How does the...

If you want us to feel really sorry for you, you will need to post more pics.

Lots more pics.

(PS, Sweeeeeeet)

I "fixed" my merchin, ground the serrations down, made it easier to sharpen, much better now.

Out of curiosity I got one of the riggers ceramic knives from the post above (thanks woxbox)

The...

Read Frank Dye, "Ocean Crossing Wayfarer"

But yes, you're right, it's not.

I have a Myrchin P300 knife. It's really quite nice. But the serrations are very aggressive.
This means that

It catches in the rope if you try to cut rope.
I can't sharpen it very well...

Engine, no engine, I'd worry more about the Capn than the engine.

Give me a Cautious Experienced Capn and I don't care if (s)he has an engine or not. If (s)he makes a judgement that it's most...

Possibly, but while I could not compare my Home Built Glen L 14 to say a Herreshoff 12 1/2, I enjoyed building it, and now I enjoy sailing it.

I'm sure that there is the same satisfaction from...

At the end of the day, some people get great joy and fun out of building their own imperfect sails. The simple fact of having made it yourself, and having it work, however imperfectly, has a huge...

I'm never sure if I'm more impressed by you skill, or you patience.

But I'm always impressed by the results.

D

Understand that all this is predicated on hearing only 1/3 of the story....

Given that, I'm with Peter. In the end it's got to be her call.

From her point of view, I'd imagine that if there...

What about the article in the news a while back about someone who had their hand dragged into a winch (yes user error) and the person who tried to assist, who also lost fingers?

Or a couple of...

Which rocks, cause some day, you may only have one shot.

Many thanks guys, "automatic" knives go down real badly with the police here. At best the attitude would be "tell it to the Judge".

I'm more thinking of a rescue type knife, if you need to hit the...

I have a Simple Leatherman with a straight blade which is EASY to sharpen, and it can cut through 8mm double braid poly like it was just not there. But it's not an "emergency" knife, since it is...

This is how I did it, a router and a plywood guide. Messy, noisey, but fairly foolproof.

This is the rudder, the CB was more of the same. And some lead pouring for the sink weight in the second...

How about we have a pint or two of Sambuca in glasses instead?

Does it go up & down easy, or does the "warp" make it stick?

Apart from that, If you are attuned enough to the boat to notice the difference, then can I book sailing lessons with you? ;-)

I always thought this would be ideal, but I'd finished cutting my planks before I saw it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDwEt9SWjY

If you plan on cutting curves on a table saw, then I...

Actually, to be precise, I'm not building it any more, I'm sailing it.

A Glen l 14.

But now I'm planning a Welsford Pathfinder for the future. It's going to be a few years before I start, but...

Wow, I guess the wood is getting some revenge for all the sawdust you've created over the years :eek:

See if the doc thinks that you've been "sensitized" in some way now... ie will a second such...

In a very real and simple way, if you have a situation where you pay a guy $5 in one country to make something, and sell it to a guy in another country for $100 the first guy can't buy anything from...

With tire weights, you have road muck, asbestos from the brake pads, and many modern weights are not lead due to environmental regs.

What's left over after you melt the lead is _NASTY_

Just be...

Some scumbag stole a Parachute from me once. From the boot of my car, so likely just a scumbag. Very little market for 2nd hand canopies from "unknown" sources. (Think about it, would you trust your...

If Jesus is so forgiving, send em to Jesus and let him forgive them in person ?

(It's not a serious suggestion in case anyone thinks I'm advocating bumping some off for stealing an oar)

Apart...

One hand in front of a sharp chisel while working on Oak.

Luckily it just made the tiniest nick as the chisel slipped and shot forward. I didn't even feel it, just saw the drop of blood.

A...

Now that's one way to enforce a "no wake zone"

Don't use nylon rope for lifting. It stretches, A lot, which is bad, cause _IF_ it does break, it's going to snap back like Indiana Jones Whip on Steroids and it will "mess you up" if you happen to...

Oh yes,

What ever you build, Epoxy and glass for the bottom, ideally up to the water line.

That way when you scrape in on a stone beach, it won't matter so much.

D

6 years for a 14' sloop.

But
I did have a full time job,
did a maths & stats degree part time,
built out doors,
and my wife and I now have 3 children, we had none when I started.

(I...

Some things that I wish I had known before I started.

Don't underestimate the importance of setup time on a small boat. Sloops have tall masts, which are more effort to build, set up, and store....

I went with a variation on this in the end.
Thanks Guys.
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It's amazing what you can do with a ground anchor* (think gigantic corkscrew), a whole lot of rope, an A-Frame, and a figure of 8 descender, and a few double blocks. Oh yes, and a few packs of rubber...

Strictly speaking, I'm not building any more, I'm sailing.

Albeit, there will always be thing to fix, tweak, modify etc...