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• Wednesday is PHOTO DAY!
  • last sail
    • That's a sad thought.
    • Your stories and photos over time have been nice for this armchair guy. Thanks.
      • I'm beginning to look at the bright side.
        • Wow, how can you give that up?
  • A Lobster just the right size!
    • I hear at that size they are best for soup or stew.
    • That restaurant has really been there since 1683???
      • I doubt it..... But
  • New fuse panel installed
    • always fun watching amps go in, especially with a + sign in front.
    • Nice work Paul. Gives me good ideas for my old boat.
  • A small milestone during the rebuild of my 1936 woody...
    • Nice!
  • Sometimes I just like to make work for myself
    • Question for mast work...
      • Gene, to a web search for "prussic knot"
      • lubrication is a wonderful thing
        • I always use two halyards when going up the mast
          • Thanks guys...
      • Main Halyard sheave.
    • Me too! I'll do mine
  • We were in the launch canyon today.
    • At this point, I was in the head carefully breaking a section of sole with the mast butt.
  • Fishing in the San Blas....
  • New Dyneema rigging
    • curious though DH ... what's that
      • The Quicklink is rated 2600kg (5700 pounds) SWL
    • Nice work Larry. I'm impressed.
      • Thanks Tom
    • That extra diameter windage will slow you down!!
      • Forgot my
      • Scuttlebutt in the Internet says 50% loss of strength after 5 years in the tropics for Dyneema