The Cape Dory Board

It's not that comfortable, but anywhere aft they can be managed. If you're traveling with them, the period is usually not painful. Going against... well, I lasted an hour or two (or maybe it just seemed that long) before deciding I really didn't need to go that way. It could be done, but it wouldn't...

<grin> Haven't gotten to that stage of the plans yet. My guess is it would be a real pain in the tuckus. I would think it would have to be a semi-rigid, non-collapsible hose, probably something of the kind used for heads, forced into shape using hose clamps. It has to be hose, to fit onto the existi...

I guess the point of my question got lost in translation. The p-trap is like the one on the sink in your house, where the pipe does a little s-on-its-side shape. The reason why it's there in your house is it will trap a bit of water in the pipe, which blocks the methane (stinky gas) rising up from t...

I have a 25D in British Columbia, with a few thousands of nm cruising in the region. The boat ghosts well with an asymmetrical and main from just above beam down; with a clean bottom I have no problem getting 2-3 with just barely detectable to light ripples of wind (so, 2-5 kts of wind.) With the 13...

We're recently back from a longish summer cruise where I did some experiments with the ice box. One of the things we tried was using dry ice, which was a huge success. 50# block lasted a week, and for the first 3 days everything in the icebox was frozen solid - a bit of a problem actually, but not a...

Well, I happen to have the data available if you'd like to examine it. Unless you can find some way for the Georgia Strait to have a 2-3 kt current for an hour, I don't think current can explain it. I *can* say that Sand Heads weather station recorded 30+ kt of wind, gusts 40, and I had a double ree...

I understand the arguments regarding displacement speeds, however we all know that racing boats tend to exceed these rather dramatically. What many people don't realize is that this is nothing new. L.F. Herreshoff suggested 1.36 or even as high as 1.38 for particularly narrow L/B racing hulls. His o...

Excellent replies! I've contacted the Masco folks to see if they have stock, and can ship to Canada. I've also attempted to contact the Alltech Diesel folks, but it is a long holiday weekend here and no one is in the shop. I'll definitely get in touch with them on Tuesday when everything opens up ag...

I was going to link to abimarine.com, but their web servers seem to be ... doing weird stuff. The idea of a highfield lever is a way to use a lever to apply tension to something, usually a line or a wire. The important measure is how long a throw is provided by the lever - that is, how much slack wi...

The alternator for my 1GM decided to give it up most of the way up Vancouver Island. It's been marvelous, and is clearly the original equipment, so I don't grudge it at all. Locating a replacement, however, has proven extremely difficult and expensive. The cheapest I've found so far is a reman for $...

My 25D sat just lower than the gelcoat bootstripe, with a regular growth on the rim above the bottom paint. That's with basic gear aboard, not full cruising complement. I decided to bottom paint to the top of the boot stripe, which gives me several inches to load. However, you need to realize that s...

A request which is nearly impossible to fulfill: high quality blue water boat for less than $1000 per foot (well, $606-1000 per foot.) Brewer's Jason by Miller Yachts; though I have no clue what they might be going for these days. When I looked 5 years ago there was one for, iirc, $39k, which is clo...

You might be more concerned with the method of achieving the 92 octane. There's more than one 'brand' of fuel using alcohol to bring the octane up. You could make complaints, but the economics of the situation is you can either pay for weights and measures enforcement (taxes), or you can pay for qua...

:: Not a problem; I realized what it was. And thank you all for your hard work on the board!

The name tipped me off... maybe it was my inveterate punsterness, but my brain read his username as Prolificus, a really good nickname for a 'bot to use when spamming.

User Profilicus spammed me with a nasty link in a PM entitled "Forum Administration". I don't know of any other way to contact the forum admins.