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Forum: Gear & Maintenance 02-01-2013
Replies: 17
Views: 3,335
Posted By sneuman
Re: Used Aries Wind Vane -- Should I go for it?

Everything I see has Aries recommending 6mm marine ply for the paddle.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-28-2012
Replies: 24
Views: 1,080
Posted By sneuman
Re: Favorite Barometers

Aha, calibration! That's the ticket. Never knew that.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-28-2012
Replies: 24
Views: 1,080
Posted By sneuman
Re: Favorite Barometers

I've been thinking of getting a new set, matching chronometer and barometer. Aside from the expense, the other thing that's putting me off is that each time I go into a WM and look at them, no two...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 12-26-2012
Replies: 52
Views: 2,054
Posted By sneuman
Re: Rough cost to convert tiller to wheel

What's wrong with a tiller? It's really the simplest and best system. If it works for your boat, I'd keep it.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 12-24-2012
Replies: 48
Views: 1,933
Posted By sneuman
Re: what to do in annapolis

Bacon's (weekdays) - best "used boat parts place"
also, Fairwinds Marina on the Magothy R. - tons of boat bits, but a pretty disorganized.
x2 on Naval Academy Museum.

Oyster shooters at...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 12-13-2012
Replies: 36
Views: 1,986
Posted By sneuman
Re: Why pay to sail in a rally?

The Delmarva is not difficult - it involves a modicum of coastal cruising and a bit of offshore (which is, actually, the easier part). You need to watch yourself in a few spots - get the current...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 12-04-2012
Replies: 42
Views: 1,723
Posted By sneuman
Re: Follow the ARC

It's interesting that a cursory glance of the leaderboard is showing all monos out front. The multis are pulling up the middle.
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-04-2012
Replies: 15
Views: 1,328
Posted By sneuman
Re: transmission problem?

I have heard talk of this at the local "table of knowledge" but I think the answer probably lies in whether the transmission is properly maintained and lubricated. If it is, it certainly makes sense...
Forum: Gear & Maintenance 12-04-2012
Replies: 15
Views: 1,328
Posted By sneuman
Re: transmission problem?

Weird. The engine I posted about is LOOONG gone (the OP was in 2005). The boat and the engine are no doubt being used by some fisherman in Da Nang, Vietnam.
Forum: Chesapeake Bay 11-30-2012
Replies: 37
Views: 1,487
Posted By sneuman
Re: A Chesapeake Christmas

I'm in.
Forum: Crew Wanted 10-23-2012
Replies: 0
Views: 368
Posted By sneuman
Experienced crew for Marion-Bermuda Race return delivery

Three middle-aged guys, all offshore experienced, willing to crew by ourselves or as part of a larger crew. We want to do the Bermuda run, but have jobs that keep us from getting enough time off to...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-22-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

We'll Win The Cup - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kIZz5tND79A)
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-19-2012
Replies: 103
Views: 6,908
Posted By sneuman
Re: Buying a 30-40 year old boat - your opinions

I'm talking primarily about the high-end stuff. If you lived in or near Annapolis, you'd see it.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-19-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

A good old false equivalency is always welcome to shut down the debate.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-19-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

I'm afraid I am going to have to disappoint you. Falling 70 feet to the water (quite possibly through the rigging) during a pitchpole is not safe. I think everyone at Oracle is aware of that. They...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-19-2012
Replies: 103
Views: 6,908
Posted By sneuman
Re: Buying a 30-40 year old boat - your opinions

Fair enough. I'm not a surveyor and I was reaching for an analogy. I don't actually know much about Whitbys. My point is simply that the way many production boats are marketed today, with so many...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-19-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

No doubt, stuff breaks on the "bleeding edge" - and every time this discussion comes up, someone trots out that same video. The difference, of course, is that that was a structural issue, not a...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

I'd say as much as the sailing is the technological innovation. In one design, you lose that.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

Less skill? Never said that and didn't even imply it. Technology getting in the way of a sailboat race? Absolutely.

Of course tacking duels are absolutely where the excitement is, though it's...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

Smack - I might concede that the AC45s would be better, but that's one design racing. Part of the thrill of the AC has always been the latest design revolution within the rule parameters. I can see...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

Faster boats might be more interesting to watch if it were possible to capture the reality of that speed on camera - it's not. So, you're left with two boats whose apparent wind is so severe that...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

Who said anything about canting keels? I think you turn your back on 150 years of tradition when you eliminate the human element. Hell, why have sails at all? Make it a power boat race.
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-18-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

Many other points against having gone to cats, IMHO. Firstly, the necessity to move away from crew power and toward powered winches, etc., is a big time violation of the spirit of this race. Yeah, I...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-17-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
Re: Team Oracle Boat Capsizes

There are now two options, as I see it: a) Keep the promise made to sail the finals in a range of weather, which means risking serious injury or death (what is it like to tumble stern-to-bow through...
Forum: General Discussion (sailing related) 10-17-2012
Replies: 67
Views: 3,807
Posted By sneuman
AC72 capsizes ...

Those AC catamarans are looking more and more like the dodgy option many of us thought they were all along. Eventually, some crew member, falling 72' from stern to bow (and through the rigging)...
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