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DThe whole red light at night has been pretty well debunked. It is far better to use low intensity white light. dj
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Hayden Watson replied to the thread Raising a new main halyard.The problem is the direction of the line IF you have a class 1 or 2 splice on the end that you connect to the sail. What you could do... -
jssailem replied to the thread Raising a new main halyard.I am spitballing here, but could you pull two halyards with reeving eyes by putting a 1ft length of messenger between them? I assume... -
Hayden Watson replied to the thread Raising a new main halyard.It is not to be confused with an eye splice because it is not designed to be a high load slice. It is plenty strong enough for pulling...
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jssailem replied to the thread Light solutions for head.@Project_Mayhem do the light strips you are using have white and red or just white?
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They should try that on the fence around my apiary. 3.7 joules per ZAP! -Will
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jssailem replied to the thread Raising a new main halyard.I will try it on the next two halyards I am replacing. Do you leave the eyesplice in the line, or do you cut it at the whipping? Any...
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My buddy weighed 225+ and I was 150 soaking wet so he always winched me up when one of our boats required. I used a harness because of...
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Hayden Watson replied to the thread Raising a new main halyard.Yes, the idea is that the burred cover buts into the cut back end of the core. Then you put in tie stiches to lock it all into place...
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Hayden Watson replied to the thread How to tie a reef line to boom with a track?.You would not want the cheek block directly under the clew cringle. If you are using a jiffy reefing cheek block where the dead end is...
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fred1diver replied to the thread Light solutions for head.Sounds good, quick question, what type of channel are you referring to? The lights strips we have at home do come with a dimmer and a 12... -
I installed a 1ft strip of 12v LED tape in a channel with a motion activated switch. It's reasonably bright LED tape but since it's only...
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The ability to switch from white to red is significant for boats on passage. Nothing ruins the watch's eyesight more than having to use... -
I'm going to try to snake an old inspection camera under the sole where I have a sliver of an access point when I pull up the hatch that...
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Captain Larry-DH reacted to jssailem's post in the thread LUCKGRIB and developing ideas in Weather Forecasting for Passage making. with
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If you have followed our weather observations, you will have seen my comments about LuckGrib as a tool to plan your sailing. It is an...
