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  • jssailem
    jssailem reacted to Davidasailor26's post in the thread Help - Washdown for anchor locker with Helpful Helpful.
    You could probably put a T on that seacock to share the thru hull. The two pumps should never need to run at the same time. I don’t know...
  • jssailem
    jssailem replied to the thread Furler line selection.
    Try various lines out to identify what will happen. I have tested this on Dyneema. The 12-braid hollow line constricts into a round...
  • jssailem
    jssailem replied to the thread Furler line selection.
    The flattened end on the drum will not cause the jam. It is the sloppy line that occurs when the furling line is free to run when you...
  • jssailem
    jssailem reacted to eherlihy's post in the thread Rigging with Like Like.
    Yes. While the stick was down, however, I did some other maintenance too; removed the top of mast antenna, replaced the...
  • jssailem
    jssailem replied to the thread Funny Friday!!!.
    Monks brewed beer (mead) because it reduced the potential of water-borne diseases prevalent in the Middle Ages (some 1500 years ago)...
  • D
    dlochner replied to the thread Furler line selection.
    Off the top of my head I'm not aware of any hollow core lines other braided polypropylene or Spectra and Dyneema lines. Do you have...
  • Davidasailor26
    You could probably put a T on that seacock to share the thru hull. The two pumps should never need to run at the same time. I don’t know...
  • jssailem
    jssailem reacted to WayneH's post in the thread Funny Friday!!! with Ha Ha.
    If water goes bad, does it become cheap beer?
  • jssailem
    jssailem replied to the thread Furler line selection.
    These are my thoughts about the use of hollow. The use of a hollow line conjectures that the line will flatten against the drum, thus...
  • shemandr
    shemandr replied to the thread Funny Friday!!!.
    If only …
  • D
    dlochner replied to the thread Furler line selection.
    Line strength is based on the core, not the cover. The job of the cover is to protect the core. When the jib is reefed in a strong wind...
  • kappykaplan
    kappykaplan reacted to WayneH's post in the thread Funny Friday!!! with Ha Ha.
    If water goes bad, does it become cheap beer?
  • WayneH
    WayneH replied to the thread Funny Friday!!!.
    If water goes bad, does it become cheap beer?
  • sailor832
    I own a 1996 hunter 42 passage and brought from St augustine to Beaufort Sc on the outside and and through a storm motored and sailed in...
  • eherlihy
    eherlihy replied to the thread Rigging.
    Yes. While the stick was down, however, I did some other maintenance too; removed the top of mast antenna, replaced the...