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How do I get the rudder out?

I mean, without a grinder

Simple- minded Bill

Hey OJ Could you explain the Indented Vee for the rear cross member? I'm having trouble visualizing it. My Ensign Triad has a straight rail from fore of the keel to 12" past the rudder (it was speced for a Sea Sprite 23') and I need to drop the rudder. I've worked out a way to do this, of cours...

Sail quality can have a dramatic effect on healing. A boat with old blown out sails will heal like crazy before it starts to move, and will over-react to every puff. New sails will result in a stiffer, more responsive boat that tracks better. Less stress on the boat, too. So how were the sails on th...

About 5 seconds until the bottom surfaced. I'm figuring speed of sound in water for the pulse (1 mile/sec.?)
Anyone have any idea? I'm curious.
Any USN DDS experience here?

Bill

http://www.boatus.com/goodoldboat/Marine_exhaust.htm Powlas & Gerr are both great highly knowledgable technical writers, and the illustrations are first class. If you have to start to reconstruct with new parts that require more modifications then you planned, at least you will know what you are...

Parts: http://wavelength30.tripod.com/BMW%20D7 ... Manual.pdf

D7 Engine Manual: http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/7292/bmwd7.htm

Up for a little humor? http://www.ibuysailboats.com/index.html

Bill

They include the hull lines drawing and cross sections. Keel, cockpit floor (8.5') and waterline dead parallel. Open cuddy cabin floor inclines slightly rearward towards drain holes. Mast rearward rake measures about 1.5 degrees (that's 8 "; P dimension of 25' 5") aft with mast shoe at mid...

by Dan Spurr. Just discontinued in softcover, it's similar to the Casey book, but better written and more clearly illustrated. Spurr also writes about many other things germane to selection a boat like ours, and takes a holistic approach to what a owner should consider. If I have any criticism of th...

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contained within:
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Anyone can panic. I felt for them, and hope for luck in the future.

Bill

I'm for filling in the bilge, and I'm in good company. It's not about the expense and effort, it's about safety. Consider that a deep bilge would allow more time to fix a leak before economic damage (ruined furniture, sinking at the slip, confusion over wether your guests are getting your limited su...

If you find it easy to do, you might try replacing the strip-down-the-middle baltek with a slightly thinner version then the rest. Or if you don't want to hassle the procurement, use the proper thickness for the antiskid areas and a router to trim the center stripe. My Ty water migration experience ...

Just what the wind range is for "a blow."

Beaufort, knots, mph, whatever.

Bill

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If not, the principal seems useful. Any fishing tower place should be able to whip up a few from scrap stainless or aluminum.

Bill

a 3 db decrease in signal strength means the power is 1/2 of its' previous value. 50' of Rg-58 will cut your 25 watt signal to 12.5 watts. This is informative: http://www.geocities.com/rf-man/db.html Given the overall mast weight, and the amount of junk that crusers pile on up there (radar, wind ind...

same thing Came from a different culture, and took my girlfriend there to show my simpatico. Waiters annoyed me; I already had my own opinion. I just did not get . Now, 37 years later, I think I miss it. Almost. Want to hear about my cholesterol? And just for your information, I don't care what my s...