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Andrew Craig-Bennett
Old enough to know better
Last Activity: 09-22-2023, 12:01 PM
Joined: 08-24-1999
Location: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK
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“Textbook” English boatbuilding. The inner planking is 1/16”...Last edited by Andrew Craig-Bennett; 09-22-2023, 11:25 AM.Leave a comment:
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Yes, that’s the idea. Considering that the only glue in the boat is the failing urea formaldehyde in the mast (to be split and re-glued) and some epoxy...Leave a comment:
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I have a Cunning Plan: I will give the bilge area except where the carbon will go (half a dozen ribs) a few coats of Epifanes, do the carbon trick and...Leave a comment:
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Is this too quick and dirty?
What you see here is a 1946 Uffa Fox built International Fourteen dinghy. As you see I am part way through stripping the inside prior to revarnishing.... -
I’ve done an awful lot of long distance tiller steering. Wheel is better! But there are (at least) three uses of a trim tab:
1. Hooked up to a...Leave a comment:
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Trim tabs are good. If you have a solid and substantial trim tab running the length of the rudder, as Leo will have, there is another trick that you can...Leave a comment:
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I’m reading that Sweden is looking hard at how many Gripens it can supply to Ukraine. The plan is apparently to send some that are in service and to...Leave a comment:
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I’m proud to say that I belong to an Organisation that is affiliated to an Undesirable Organisation! Specifically I am, and have been for donkey’s...Leave a comment:
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Ian is an Old Bold Singlehander. They do things differently and get away with it because they know their boat so well. I know this because I was one....Last edited by Andrew Craig-Bennett; 09-01-2023, 03:35 PM.Leave a comment:
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“Galatea”, International 14 K478, was designed and built by Uffa Fox Ltd in 1946 and the only glue in her hull is where I epoxied a teak...Last edited by Andrew Craig-Bennett; 09-01-2023, 12:34 PM.Leave a comment:
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I own a large lump of plastic, but my ticket of entry here is this:
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I like HR Davies. His comments on life in China today seem to me to be based on his day to day experience of life in Shanghai and insofar as I am able...Leave a comment:
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This^.
Well said....Leave a comment:
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#7.Leave a comment:
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Prizoghin’s plane, an Embraer, was shot down near Moscow. Two ground to air missiles interfered with its flight plan with extreme prejudice. Ten dead....Leave a comment:
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Good stuff!
Looking forward to the next instalment.Leave a comment:
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