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AntarcticPilot
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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If the seals fail there's an obvious leak. Basically there are two identical seals back to back with a gap between them, one keeping...
Today at 17:05
AntarcticPilot
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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The 200x series are very straightforward engines, and the only realistic pathways for water to get into the oil are the cylinder head...
Yesterday at 23:37
AntarcticPilot
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Flybridge seating
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The website is insecure because it's dead and the URL has reverted to a hosting provider.
Yesterday at 16:58
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Crinan Canal 2024
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Actually, British Waterways, of which Scottish Canals is the Scottish bit, has a primary duty to provide navigation to vessels as...
Yesterday at 16:19
AntarcticPilot
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Get my engine running again - dealing with the emulsified oil
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Just to encourage you, I'm no mechanical wizard and my wife and I successfully did a top-end service on our VP 2003 a few years ago. As...
Yesterday at 14:11
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Long term boat project and family life, What (not) to do?
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We bought a 40+ y/o boat with a lot of work to do when my partner was pregnant. It has been tough (but well worth it). Here's what I...
Sunday at 22:02
AntarcticPilot
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Long term boat project and family life, What (not) to do?
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Perhaps bear in mind that family emergencies happen, and can seriously disrupt any work plan. Just for example, I recently had to have...
Sunday at 20:01
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Why is the Met Office weather forecast wrong?
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Do you know who is running AI weather models? The only one I know right now is ECMWF. They used 40 years of their own historical data...
Friday at 17:09
AntarcticPilot
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Whipping with loops
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Clever!
Thursday at 19:25
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Whipping with loops
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I know it sounds terrible coming from an old salty seadog .... but I have moved on from mousing with sailmakers twine .... I create...
Thursday at 19:24
AntarcticPilot
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Whipping with loops
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I can imagine several possible ways that would probably work, but I think that the suggestion of simply sewing a loop in is the most...
Thursday at 19:06
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Easier to sew the loops in afterwards using a sailmakers needle and whipping twine.
Thursday at 19:01
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1cm GPS accuracy? Not really on a boat but...
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Yes; the accuracy of GNSS in Hong Kong is extremely variable, as you're often surrounded by steel framed tall buildings.
Thursday at 16:30
AntarcticPilot
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Banjer-style steel schooner - what's not to like?
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Of course, Creole is a schooner:
Wednesday at 22:51
AntarcticPilot
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Banjer-style steel schooner - what's not to like?
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I'd love a schooner on aesthetic grounds! And for a light crew, it is much easier to reduce sail by dropping a whole sail than by...
Wednesday at 19:07
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