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Showing posts with label marlinespike seamanship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marlinespike seamanship. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Low-Buck Projectapalooza

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Over at Dock 6 , Brian has experienced those two best days of boat ownership: The day he sold his boat The day he bought his new boat A...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Wire Cable vs. Stanchions

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Over at Sail Delmarva Drew puts the test equipment he has built to work investigating the ability of various recommended lifeline materials...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

Want Your Ropes to Wear Like Iron? Maxijacket!

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Drew at Sail Delmarva is hard at work again. He has built two machines for torture testing rope, and has discovered a product that we shou...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Who needs turnbuckles?

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Steve and Lulu who live aboard s/v Siempre Sabado don't use turnbuckles on their lifelines - they use lashings... As reported earlier,...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Hookers for Splicing

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Crossover noun \ ˈ kr ȯ s- ˌ ō-vər\ : when skills from a field are applicable in another, unrelated field.  Livia, living aboard s/v Est...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Got Rope?

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Boaters are frugal. Most boaters, that is, and virtually all cruisers. We never throw anything away (which is a discussion for another tim...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Rope Wheel Cover

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Livia and Carol, living aboard s/v Estrellita 5.10b in the south pacific, have replaced the leather on their wheel with lacing...  it took ...
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