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• Photo Day? Team USA!
  • October on Camp Island.
    • Hells Half Acre Island.
  • Model Paddlewheeler
    • Wow! Impressive modeling and photography.
  • Heading up the Royal River for haulout
    • After more than a decade of procrastination I decided to tackle the rudder project
      • I removed my prop shaft
        • That's how I finally got it, David
          • Glad it worked out!
            • I'd like to do that as well. That was well done.
      • What do you think it needs Paul?
        • It needs a new rudder
          • Would you rebuild the wood or make a mold and go fiberglass??
            • I'm thinking of duplicating the shape in plywood, sealing it well in epoxy resin and sheathing it in fiberglass.
              • sounds like a good plan
              • FWIW...
                • Thanks, Leroy. I appreciate the tip.
          • Smart man to get on it!
          • I see. It looks like all the torque is taken by the third plank out.
  • Harvest Moon, well, a couple of days earlier...
    • Uhhh..your running lights are on.
      • Gotcha! Is a streetlight.
  • Who says cats and dogs don't get along?
    • cute pic Dave...
  • Alright!!
  • The best Pic ever taken of Banshee underway
    • Nice.
      • almost perfect
        • Oh that's harsh
        • With a big overlapping genoa you're going to get a bubble in the main
        • back winded main
          • On a reach it almost always helps to open up the leech slot
            • Meant "sheeting angle"
    • A bit of outhaul tension...