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Therein lies your best answer. If you have to ask this question, the limiting factor isn’t the boat. -
jmczzz replied to the thread old man sailor.if that sounds like nonsense to you great! You are starting to GET IT. -
jmczzz replied to the thread old man sailor.Now the next challenge is getting liability insurance on a sailboat more than 50 years old. The Capitalist will be a lot harder to beat...
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Ddlochner replied to the thread What causes color variation varnished teak?.The interior of my boat is cherry. A prior owner varnished some of the cherry with an amber tinted varnish with several coats, ugly...
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jmczzz replied to the thread old man sailor.and T Ho; I hope i have all this changed in the right spots if not we can keep on dueling with the spirits of the computer codes and try...
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Don S/V ILLusion replied to the thread How far can a C350 go?.Therein lies your best answer. If you have to ask this question, the limiting factor isn’t the boat. -
jssailem replied to the thread What causes color variation varnished teak?.Some varnish does have additives that can cause a difference in color. More often the teak oils have been exposed to heat, water, UV... -
Ddlochner replied to the thread What causes color variation varnished teak?.Teak has natural color variations and exposure to air and UV can change the color. In your case the culprit is probably the varnish...
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jssailem replied to the thread How far can a C350 go?.The Catalina 350 is a good boat. The answer to your query is not necessarily the boat but the skipper and crew. Let me provide you an...
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SSteve_Catalina replied to the thread How far can a C350 go?.The c350 was produced from 2003 - 2008 then replaced by the c355. A member in c34.org site who lived in Hawaii had friends from...
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Ddlochner replied to the thread A fun project that just came across my desk.Are you certain that is it SS? What's the weight of the shackle compared to known SS shackles? Clearly the pin and the shackle body are...
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JoeWhite replied to the thread How far can a C350 go?.C350 was the recent replacement for C36. They are both coastal cruisers. There is no limit as to how far you can go. You will have to... -
Captain Larry-DH replied to the thread A fun project that just came across my desk.Crevice corrosion or electrolyses. I‘ve seen pitting like that on the flat surface of the stainless disk in my PSS shaft seal. It was... -
shemandr replied to the thread A fun project that just came across my desk.Not yet! What fun would that be? Being underwater most of the time, and presumably deprived of oxygen, I would consider the... -
Ralph Johnstone replied to the thread A fun project that just came across my desk.Do we presume the original shackle to be SS ? Interesting differences in corrosion forms between the two fractures. And that's further...
