CapitainMike

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Capitain Mike
Mediterranean Sea
Cobra 850
1978
8.68m
"Money won't buy you happiness but it will allow you to buy a yacht big enough to pull up along side it"

"Please God be kind to me your sea is so wide and my boat is so small"

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Last Post: Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth. 11-29-2011 01:15 PM
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Last Activity: 09-04-2012
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CapitainMike liked post by smackdaddy On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

Is this standard practice in the industry? In other words, do other manufacturers do the same for these tests? As maine said above, it seems to me that the testing authority is the one that needs...
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:29 PM
Posted On: 10-24-2011, 08:31 AM
CapitainMike liked post by killarney_sailor On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

A tuned anchor? WTF? A reliable test should start with a randomly chosen anchor from a regular chandelry.
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:27 PM
Posted On: 10-23-2011, 09:46 PM
CapitainMike liked post by WDfrmTN On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

What difference does that make?
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:18 PM
Posted On: 05-08-2011, 12:11 AM
CapitainMike liked post by WDfrmTN On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

Exactly! And what I was addressing was the inaccuracy of this particular quote: "Yes, but an Aluminum Anchor it will never be as strong as a well made steel one. It has to do with the qualities of...
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:17 PM
Posted On: 05-07-2011, 09:19 PM
CapitainMike liked post by T34C On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

What grade of Al, and what grade of steel? How about when you start adding other metals into the alloys...?
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:16 PM
Posted On: 05-07-2011, 08:46 PM
CapitainMike liked post by LinekinBayCD On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

I was not talking about strength to weight. In my example I was disregarding weight other than to generalize that a bar of steel would be heavier than a bar of aluminium of the same dimensions. So a...
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 12:15 PM
Posted On: 05-07-2011, 06:37 PM
CapitainMike liked post by john1066 On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

Yes. I decided these forum anchor wars need a reallity check once in a while lest they get completely out of hand - and a picture is worth a thousand words.
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 11:54 AM
Posted On: 05-04-2011, 12:38 PM
CapitainMike liked post by john1066 On thread : Anchor Wars - In Search of the Lost Truth.

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s187/JohnS_019/ar-2.jpg
Liked On: 11-29-2011, 11:52 AM
Posted On: 05-04-2011, 10:54 AM
CapitainMike liked post by smackdaddy On thread : Big Freakin' Sails

F10? Yep, that rates.
Liked On: 08-02-2011, 04:53 AM
Posted On: 07-25-2011, 09:18 PM
CapitainMike liked post by Dean101 On thread : Big Freakin' Sails

I'm still a newbie sailor so my story will probably be a day at the park for most of you. Here goes.... It was a Saturday morning on Kentucky Lake. I had made the 2.5 hr drive right after...
Liked On: 08-02-2011, 04:40 AM
Posted On: 07-22-2011, 09:05 PM

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