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  • Ward H
    Ward H reacted to Foswick's post in the thread Dumb Question with Like Like.
    I was just sort of trying to be funny. But, what you say is only technically and marginally true. There is generally an inflated...
  • Davidasailor26
    Davidasailor26 replied to the thread Anchor size.
    We have a 1000 watt windlass with a 45 pound anchor. We have 40 feet of chain but usually anchor in 7 feet or less, so the windows only...
  • Ward H
    Ward H reacted to lehighsail's post in the thread Dumb Question with Like Like.
    FOSWICK I've never done anything in the head that made me concerned about a wood floor grate being unsanitary. During a flush or...
  • Ward H
    Ward H reacted to lehighsail's post in the thread Dumb Question with Like Like.
    Why have a wooden floor mat in the head? Doesn't it make it much harder to keep clean and sanitary?
  • Ward H
    Ward H reacted to Foswick's post in the thread Dumb Question with Like Like.
    It looks like that is a grate designed to keep you off the floor and allow drainage under the feet. Our boat is designed this way with a...
  • Stu Jackson
    Stu Jackson replied to the thread Anchor size.
    You must size it as an anchoring SYSTEM, not just the weight of the anchor. "Hold a 34 foot boat" is meaningless unless you include the...
  • Davidasailor26
    Davidasailor26 replied to the thread Anchor size.
    The weight of the anchor you need depends on the type of anchor. 22 pounds sounds pretty low for a 34’ boat. That might be true for...
  • Bob S
    Bob S reacted to CrispyCringle's post in the thread Changing attitudes with Like Like.
    I think the problem is, at least in part, that everything at the large shows is setup to extract as much cash from the visitors as...
  • Bob S
    Bob S replied to the thread Changing attitudes.
    We, the wife and I, attended the Newport Boat Show this year on a whim. I’m semi-retired working Tuesday – Thursday giving me a 4 day...
  • G
    gfrazzle replied to the thread Anchor size.
    20KG (44#) vs 22#
  • Bob S
    Bob S reacted to Foswick's post in the thread Changing attitudes with Like Like.
    I don't know anything about boat shows. I've never been to one. But, there has been a palpable shift in the broader culture and it has...
  • JoeWhite
    JoeWhite replied to the thread Anchor size.
    Robert it is Bruce 20Kg, view the image at the link below...
  • Alan Gomes
    Alan Gomes replied to the thread Rescue of solo sailor in the UK.
    Wow! Impressive! Thank God for how it turned out.
  • JoeWhite
    JoeWhite replied to the thread Anchor size.
    That is what I have on my catalina 36, that anchor size is for 44 ft sail boat and I am OK with it. I have been in 38 knot wind at...
  • Bob S
    Bob S reacted to colemj's post in the thread Changing attitudes with Like Like.
    I thought it was dribble. Maybe relative only to the state of the boat shows themselves (who cares?), but his attempt to color...
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