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Forum: Introduce Yourself

1 Day Ago

Replies: 4

What are all these ropes and stuff for?

Views: 116

Posted By DonScribner

Re: What are all these ropes and stuff for?

Marc (spelled properly I might add),

Look for an Irwin forum. Plenty of folks there, I'm sure and everyone of them willing to share.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Day Ago

Replies: 36

Tidal change in your area?

Views: 700

Posted By DonScribner

re: Tidal change in your area?

10-13 feet in Maine

Forum: Introduce Yourself

2 Days Ago

Replies: 3

Hello fellow sailing friends!

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Hello fellow sailing friends!

Welcome 'Becca,

The asylum is open to all. Pudding painting at noon.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Days Ago

Replies: 7

Paul E Luke boatyard East Boothbay ME

Views: 244

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Paul E Luke boatyard East Boothbay ME

I have no experience with them, but I do have experience in the marriage/wife arena. "Happy wife, happy life". Make the move. I'm sure the service would be adequate, otherwise it would be under new...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

6 Days Ago

Replies: 12

Step Mast holes stripped

Views: 322

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Step Mast holes stripped

Screws are fastened by the head - may be blunt or pointed (ie. machine screws, cap screws (oft called bolts), wood screws, sheet metal screws, tapping screws, lag screws)

Bolts are fastened with a...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 29

Nice little tub

Views: 1,007

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Nice little tub

Too plain

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 16

A basic ships LogBook

Views: 503

Posted By DonScribner

Re: A basic ships LogBook

Whatever you use, be sure to keep it simple and concise. Some folks have a tendency to add superfluous lines and data requirements that add nothing to the log but take extra time to enter, thereby...

Forum: Introduce Yourself

1 Week Ago

Replies: 19

I am SO new....

Views: 856

Posted By DonScribner

Re: I am SO new....

Run aground! Not a problem! Ha! First time out we hit a buoy! A big, yellow, steel buoy the size of a VW bug! Hidden behind our genoa that we had no right flying, in a 3' shallow we had no business...

Forum: Learning to Sail

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 4

Simple Deck Layout

Views: 300

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Simple Deck Layout

On my 25, I go forward to hoist my main and reef so the mast winch and cleats are used and the halyard is taken care of. The jib sheet goes to either side around the winch and to a cleat. The...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 12

My sons were asking

Views: 603

Posted By DonScribner

Re: My sons were asking

Send them out with PFDs and let them figure it out. They'll be ear in the water soon enough then it's only a gust away. It floats, they'll learn.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 10

silly newbie question

Views: 367

Posted By DonScribner

Re: silly newbie question

Where is the hole in relation to the boot stripe? I have two holes that won't fit any plug. In most conditions, there is no problem. However, when the cockpit is loaded I often take on an inch or...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

2 Weeks Ago

Replies: 12

High and low tide England

Views: 400

Posted By DonScribner

Re: High and low tide England

David,

I don't see much of a tide there.(not being contrary or anything. Here in Maine, 11 to 13 foot tides are a norm. If you're not careful, you'll get set keel-deep in a clam flat. Ask me how...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 3

cracked window

Views: 172

Posted By DonScribner

Re: cracked window

The end of the crack acts like any other corner. It's referred to as a "stress riser". Any stress in the material will culminate at the point of the crack. By drilling a small hole as your...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 5

Room enough to sail

Views: 343

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Room enough to sail

And we wonder why the aliens want our planet!

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 19

david and GOLIATH Collision

Views: 1,048

Posted By DonScribner

Re: david and GOLIATH Collision

Not buying it. If you're in that kind of trouble, you start the motor. Losing a race is better than losing a life or being dismasted or both. No rudder? Big ship? Drop the anchor and grab...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

3 Weeks Ago

Replies: 19

david and GOLIATH Collision

Views: 1,048

Posted By DonScribner

Re: david and GOLIATH Collision

He's an idiot and calling him "Captain" is a misnomer. At 5 boat lengths, he should have been able to tell that there was NO way he could make it. Hard to starboard would have saved his boat and his...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 12

Marine handheld small enough to fit in life jacket?

Views: 362

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Marine handheld small enough to fit in life jacket?

I've seen PFDs with BUILT IN radios . . . Can't say much more than that, though. Cool idea but was probably made in some back alley in China using arsenic based paint.

Forum: Introduce Yourself

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 6

I am a new person!

Views: 188

Posted By DonScribner

Re: I am a new person!

Dog,

Buy a nice small boat and try sailing first. A trailerable in good condition in the 20 foot range will run about 5K on a trailer. Once you sail, find out that you like being on the water...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 24

Overwhelmed sailing novice seeks advice

Views: 1,107

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Overwhelmed sailing novice seeks advice

Geo,

Buy a trailer sailer in the 20 foot range and sail every chance you get. You'll make lots off mistakes, most won't be life threatening. Learn to laugh at your own buffoonery and beat the...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 62

Sailboat without a mast

Views: 4,273

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Sailboat without a mast

Learn to sail. It's more rewarding, more sophisticated, more enjoyable, greener, cooler, quieter, cooler, not smelly, cooler and just plain, cooler.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 35

100 lb of Lead Vs 100 lb of concrete

Views: 1,467

Posted By DonScribner

Re: 100 lb of Lead Vs 100 lb of concrete

The weight of a body in water is equal to the items weight minus the water is displaces. So, if 100 lbs of lead is smaller and displaces 10 lbs of water, its weight is 90 lbs. If a 100 lb block of...

Forum: Learning to Sail

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 7

Free Sailing Lesson

Views: 508

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Free Sailing Lesson

Fine looking lads! And the right age. I started when my youngest boy was 16. He doesn't sail much with us and our oldest has only come once in 5 years. Spend every minute you can on the water with...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 14

What size boom vang

Views: 401

Posted By DonScribner

Re: What size boom vang

Check out Ebay. Plenty there in the $80 range. But if you're short on cash, Lowe's sells low cost pulleys that will take enough load for a vang on a 17'' boat. What will you need, 2:1, maybe 3:1? ...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

4 Weeks Ago

Replies: 20

The number one way to wreck your boat

Views: 1,902

Posted By DonScribner

Re: The number one way to wreck your boat

You're supposed to WASH your boat????

Forum: Learning to Sail

04-15-2013

Replies: 17

Intermediate sailing class or dinghy class?

Views: 594

Posted By DonScribner

Re: Intermediate sailing class or dinghy class?

Dom,

The last thing you want to do now is turn the Mrs. off to sailing and a dinghy just might do that. We bought a large trailer sailer straight out and started sailing. The boat is a little...

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