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Today, 17:37

Kukri replied to a thread Solid kicker/boom strut? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Thanks Michael.

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Today, 16:53

Kukri replied to a thread Solid kicker/boom strut? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

We reef at the mast and are short handed! I have been planning a stainless tube rigid gallows ahead of the companion hatch (well, over the hatch...

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Today, 15:12

Kukri replied to a thread Attainable Adventure Cruising website...anyone use it? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Best value for money in sailing.

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Today, 15:06

Kukri replied to a thread Oooooooooooooooops in Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt

https://splash247.com/apl-boxship-hits-antwerp-crane/ 325 collisions between ships and container cranes in the past ten years...

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Today, 14:54

Kukri replied to a thread Solid kicker/boom strut? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

It isn't that the topping lift might break as that a shackle pin could undo itself, etc. A gallows holds the boom and sail firmly, prevents chafe...

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Today, 14:40

dolabriform replied to a thread Viewing a boat with Osmosis in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Thanks John, I think your spidey sense might be quite good! I'll post some pictures once everything is done and dusted.

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Today, 14:28

Kukri started a thread Solid kicker/boom strut? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

The red monster came without either a rigid boom strut or a rigid gallows. With a 510 sq ft mainsail and boom to match I am not happy about the...

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Today, 13:11

Kukri replied to a thread Lino Cabin Sole? in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Very traditional; been used for at least the last hundred years. There's a mention in Maurice Griffiths' "The Magic of the Swatchways"

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Today, 12:57

Kukri replied to a thread Oooooooooooooooops in Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt

The Equipment Numeral - which determines the size and number of mooring warps, mooring winches, anchors, chain cables and windlasses - hadn't been...

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Today, 12:12

Kukri replied to a thread Viewing a boat with Osmosis in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Brokers often state that a boat "shows signs of osmosis" in order to avoid buyers coming back and asking for £10K off. I bought mine with this...

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Today, 11:56

Kukri replied to a thread What did/didn't Work this season in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

+1. I would never have made one up but having inherited one I had to use it and I would not now be without it.

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Today, 11:17

Kukri replied to a thread Oooooooooooooooops in Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt

I can bore for Britain on container port gantry demolitions. Including the Felixstowe one where there was much more than met the eye going on and the...

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Today, 10:46

Kukri replied to a thread What did/didn't Work this season in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

Nope; I just unhook the short length of bungee from the outboard end, unclip the inboard end and chuck the lot in the locker. Being webbing, it...

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Yesterday, 22:58

Kukri replied to a thread “Where it can best be seen...” in Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt

Almost got “taken out” by a Thames barge under sail, running up river out of the fairway, presumably to cheat the ebb tide. They didn’t expect to see...

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Yesterday, 22:40

PeterWright replied to a thread Notices to Mariners Weeks 51 in East Coast Forum

Thanks Roger and a Merry Christmas to you. Glad to see they have returned to dredging at Wells, I was starting to worry that they might have given up...

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Yesterday, 22:32

Kukri replied to a thread What did/didn't Work this season in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

The one which came with the boat is heavy webbing; the only bit of shock cord tensions the “backbone”.

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Yesterday, 20:48

Kukri replied to a thread East coast marinas in Practical Boat Owner's Reader to Reader

That assumption matches with my own experience.

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