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Forum: Gear & Maintenance

3 Hours Ago

Replies: 4

Martec folder destroyed by neighbor's electrical problem

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Martec folder destroyed by neighbor's electrical problem

Thought so. I keep my boat unplugged and used a solar panel to trickle charge the batteries for fear of just this sort of a problem (not to mention the more general danger of having an unattended...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

4 Hours Ago

Replies: 4

Martec folder destroyed by neighbor's electrical problem

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Martec folder destroyed by neighbor's electrical problem

Was your client's boat also plugged into shore power, or was it "ungrounded"?

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

8 Hours Ago

Replies: 8

Climbing mast using Prussik

Views: 182

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Climbing mast using Prussik

Ropes? Who needs ropes?

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Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

11 Hours Ago

Replies: 9

WooHoo...

Views: 200

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: WooHoo...

Just wait 'til a boat-load of college students throw an all-night bash to celebrate the end of the semester, on somebody's dad's boat, in the slip right next to you. ;)

Forum: Boat Buyers & Sellers Forum

2 Days Ago

Replies: 5

Survey findings... What to do?

Views: 173

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Survey findings... What to do?

Looks like a pretty trivial list for 28 y.o. boat.

Forum: Racing

2 Days Ago

Replies: 30

dnf because of county police boat?

Views: 1,275

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: dnf because of county police boat?

It sounds more like "improper speed close to another vessel", rather than "improper speed" per se. It also sounds a bit like the cops thought there was going to be a collision, got a little pissed,...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

2 Days Ago

Replies: 28

Slow water output at exhaust

Views: 612

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Slow water output at exhaust

Yes. That's another problem I've run into. In the case of my boat the difference was very apparent, so there was no way I could have installed the wrong impeller. But, it's easy to imagine the...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

3 Days Ago

Replies: 25

Making Your Boat Unsinkable

Views: 835

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Making Your Boat Unsinkable

James Baldwin modified his Pearson Triton to make it as "unsinkable" as possible.

LINK (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20563) and LINK...

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

3 Days Ago

Replies: 28

Slow water output at exhaust

Views: 612

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Slow water output at exhaust

That's the problem I had a couple of years ago with my 2gm20. The opening where the water gets injected into the exhaust was completely clogged with scale and carbon (there was also a lot of carbon...

Forum: Oceania

4 Days Ago

Replies: 13

Tasmania - She even has a Wombat Cove!

Views: 847

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Tasmania - She even has a Wombat Cove!

Tasmania? Isn't that where Bugs Bunny found this guy?

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Forum: Gear & Maintenance

4 Days Ago

Replies: 20

Solid Fuel Stove Fuel

Views: 531

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Solid Fuel Stove Fuel

Not all solid fuel stove are made to burn coal. It burns awfully hot, and can pretty much destroy a stove not built to handle such. Not to mention that the resultant problems that over-heating the...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

5 Days Ago

Replies: 187

My Horror Story

Views: 7,017

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: My Horror Story

Not being able to buck a 1.5 kt current is a bit suspicious. Even with a fouled bottom and prop I would expect an 8 hp engine to be able to do 3 or 4 kts.

Forum: Gear & Maintenance

5 Days Ago

Replies: 13

Installed and tested second automatic bilge pump

Views: 420

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Installed and tested second automatic bilge pump

Yes. It should be secured. Think about what happens when the boat heels, and/or you are going upwind into a steep chop.

Ideally, everything in the boat should stay in place if a knockdown/capsize....

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

5 Days Ago

Replies: 187

My Horror Story

Views: 7,017

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: My Horror Story

As Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." It also makes for great stories down the road.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

6 Days Ago

Replies: 19

Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Views: 601

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Coleman stove in the cockpit?

And some of us think for ourselves.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

6 Days Ago

Replies: 19

Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Views: 601

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Coleman stove in the cockpit?

The difference is that I can still cook dinner with my alcohol stove. If it does take any longer to cook than does a propane stove, and that us open to debate, it isn't enough of a difference to...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 19

Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Views: 601

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Coleman stove in the cockpit?

All the effort everyone with a gas stove puts into making them "safe" (your word, not mine). Why not just use a much safer fuel in the first place. Because, no matter how many safety gizmos you add...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 73

Steak, OMG! pan seared!

Views: 1,816

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Steak, OMG! pan seared!

Everything always tastes better after a day on the water.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 9

Stove food

Views: 230

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Stove food

Surf around SN a little. The relative merits of different stoves have been debated ad nauseam. The bottom line is that propane is slightly more convenient, but non-pressured alcohol stoves are much...

Forum: SailNet Website Technical Support

1 Week Ago

Replies: 51

Sailnet Chat Silenced -- Day 2

Views: 851

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Sailnet Chat Silenced -- Day 2

Personally, I'm glad it's gone. At least I no longer have to keep turning it off when it randomly reactivates itself.

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 9

Stove food

Views: 230

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Stove food

Is the alcohol stove pressurized or non-pressurized? If it's the latter, it's far safer than propane/LPG. If it's the former, replace it with a non-pressrized alcohol stove; the cost of the stove...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 73

Steak, OMG! pan seared!

Views: 1,816

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Steak, OMG! pan seared!

BTW-

For all those who think that non-pressurized alcohol stoves can't generate enough heat to cook, I use the recipe I posted above to pan-sear steaks on the boat on a regular basis. On a warm...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 73

Steak, OMG! pan seared!

Views: 1,816

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Steak, OMG! pan seared!

Denise,

Welcome to the club!

My favorite pan-seared steak recipe:
2 smallish ribeye steaks
1 large onion, peeled and sliced
3 or 4 garlic cloves, chopped
Fresh lemon juice -- one lemon's...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 19

Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Views: 601

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Coleman stove in the cockpit?

I've had a couple of them leak on me over the years. Once, about 20 years ago, when I was camping on Mount Lassen (luckily we had a spare). Latest one was a couple of years ago; I bought a new...

Forum: General Discussion (sailing related)

1 Week Ago

Replies: 19

Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Views: 601

Posted By SlowButSteady

Re: Coleman stove in the cockpit?

Keep an eye on eBay, Craig's List, et cetera. I picked up a two-burner Origo stove on eBay last year (to replace the one-burner model I had) for $100. It just needed a little elbow grease and some...

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