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      dansaskip replied to the thread Unplanned voyage!!.
      I can hear the old salts muttering in their beards and bemoaning people not knowing how to scull over the transom with a single oar...
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      Can't believe 6 years have gone by... But, with a tiny little pandemic in the middle, I've managed to finish the biggest undertaking of...
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      dansaskip reacted to onesea's post in the thread Old dog new tricks with Like Like.
      For me the problem with this is the detail that is lost as you zoom out. Paper charts often show "relatively" small hazards to...
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      dansaskip reacted to Sandy's post in the thread Old dog new tricks with Like Like.
      Nothing wrong with charts! These new fangled chart plotters cause alarm and distress. As for these young whip-pa snappers with their...
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      dansaskip replied to the thread Engine overhaul schedule.
      Exhaust elbow well worth checking. Depending on make and model they can look fine on outside but do corrode on inside. When did you last...
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      dansaskip replied to the thread Teak grating.
      Why do you think they need some love? Look fine to me just plain slightly weathered teak
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      No, faorly certain it wouldn’t have sunk. But a boat that can rip itself to bits by means of a rope around a prop, that is surely poor...
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      dansaskip reacted to oldmanofthehills's post in the thread Securing the anchor with Like Like.
      Looks a considerably more expensive gadget too. I will stick with my 6mm cord backing up a quick release shackle to a deck u bolt
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      dansaskip reacted to Refueler's post in the thread Dead Yanmar with Like Like.
      I still have the small screwdriver tester with bulb in handle and test lead ... in fact I have a couple ...
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      dansaskip replied to the thread Dead Yanmar.
      Well I certainly have - an essential bit of kit in my electrical bag of tricks, but I am old school. Quicker and simpler to use than a...
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      dansaskip reacted to VicS's post in the thread Dead Yanmar with Like Like.
      A modern digital meter takes so little current that it can give a normal voltage reading through bad connections ...... guaranteed to...
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      dansaskip reacted to vyv_cox's post in the thread Stainless steel diesel fuel tanks? with Like Like.
      Corrosion of the welds occurs by a process called sensitisation, in which carbon in the sheet metal or the filler rods forms chromium...
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      The OP worded the question strangely, but in fact he makes an excellent point. If you fall off the roof of a tall building the recovery...
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      dansaskip reacted to GHA's post in the thread Arcona 460 sinks with Like Like.
      And another. Unsupported spade rudders for crossing oceans is just too scary for me though plenty do it. So much garbage out there to hit.
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      dansaskip replied to the thread Should I - or not?.
      I have one of these beasts mounted in the bow of my boat. Find it great to use, so I’d say yes
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