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Currently reducing some pomegranate juice to make a syrup, the boat smells sweet and it is so so distracting :neofox_googly_drool:
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@rek just watched "Downfall: The case against Boeing", great breakdown of everything Boeing has done to wash off its wroingdoings since the merger. the 737 max was an attempt to quickly rehash the existing 737 design to compete with a recent airbus release: retrofitting a 40 year old design with a new engine. the boeing whistleblower josh barnett was found dead a couple weeks back. boeing got away scott free after paying 2bn USD in fines. the then ceo walked away with 62m USD.  That's really cool! Can it be sung, too? Do the notes sound good, or are they kinda random? "To avoid a collision on the water with another boat, look at the other boat and the land behind it. Pick out a tall fixed object on the land behind the boat. From one spot on your boat, watch the other boat's movement relative to that fixed object. If after a minute or two of watching, the other boat does not move relative to that fixed object, you can conclude you're on a collision course with that boat." From Defensive Boating, by Ken Taylor (Excerpted from Small Boat Journal-July, 1990)
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@rek Interesting. I learned it with "from a spot on the boat, locate the other boat relative to *a fixed detail on _your_ boat* "> no change = collision course. @rek @joachim C’est le principal truc dont je me souviens de mon permis bateau :) Ça marche aussi en regardant l’angle par rapport à *son propre bateau*: si l’autre est à un azimut qui ne change pas (par exemple, “à 2h”) alors qu’on est en mouvement, c’est qu’on est sur une trajectoire de collision. Autre détail amusant: ça marche aussi en voiture ou à vélo. I'm still browsing through the Yamaha 33 sailboat manual I found recently, and holy crap, I just read that the icebox has a capacity of 170 L (45 US Gal)!! That's the SAME amount as our main fresh water tank XD! Why'd they make it so damn big :neofox_baa: (Right now we don't use it as a fridge, it's just a chasm that houses all of our pickled goods and some condiments, but it really is just a terrible space). Some clippings from an old Yamaha sailboat promotional brochure. Dev & I replaced all of the wiring aboard our Y33 last winter, and I've got to say... the 'integral electrical conduits' they're raving about *sounds* great, but in reality we couldn't use ANY of them to pass the new wiring XD... Not sure any of the builders expected the boat to live to be 42 years old.
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 @rek tight conducts to pass wires sound great on paper. They should have phrased it like "Our cost-cutting duct taping of house-grade wire in tight conduits will ensure that you have to cut othe walls open when repairs need to be made" Updated the knot section on our wiki to include photos of each knot, previously there was only a list of names. A gripping sailor's hitch, another good friction knot. It's used to tie one rope to another, or a rope to a pole, when the pull is lengthwise along the object.  @rek ha when I started sailing I had no idea how you were supposed to pull up the anchor. No windlass on the boat so I just sat down and pulled hard. I only have 30ft of chain so maybe it's easier. The last few feet can be tough. I guess most people probably have a windlass :)
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ignore the little knot i used to close the loop ^^;;, just made a quick knot to showcase the main friction hitch (a better knot ought to be used to make a loop, like a double fisherman's knot)   Not new, but still quite like it. We like to give each other silly nicknames when speaking on the radio. In this case, bread names :neofox_peek_bread: "Rye, Rye, Rye, this is Spelt!" 
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Dev & I watched the Race to Alaska movie yesterday, about racers that journey up Canada's Inside Passage to Alaska, a 1207 km(750 miles) ride through strong tidal currents, traffic-infested waters, and overall very difficult sea/wind conditions. A very good watch. We saw the R2AK depart from the Victoria Harbour in 2016(second year for the R2AK), we were amazed at all the crazy pedal-powered contraptions the racers had built to propel their boats (victoria harbour doesnt permit sailing, and the race forbids the use of engines). @rek It's so good, right? I saw it at the virtual Wooden Boat Festival when it debuted. |
