"Betty"'s latest activity
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BIt looks like there is very little activity. I know there are plenty of Ericsons in Northern California.
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B"Betty" replied to the thread Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard].What size and type of line should the recovery and new messanger be?
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B"Betty" reacted to bgary's post in the thread Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard] with
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Somewhere around here (I'll see if I can dig it up) there's another thread where a halyard got stuck inside the mast. There were a... -
B"Betty" reacted to Gaviate's post in the thread Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard] with Like.
I think due caution is in order here. Probable that all of line piled on itself inside the mast, when it cleared top sheave at beginning...
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B"Betty" reacted to Frank Langer's post in the thread Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard] with Sad.
Thanks for your replies so far. For clarification, the splice pulled apart, leaving just the outside sheath of the line, core missing...
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B"Betty" reacted to Frank Langer's post in the thread Big Problem while sailing yesterday [Main Halyard] with Like.
I had a great sail underway yesterday in 16 knot winds, boat going 6.8 knots, heeled about 20 degrees. All of a sudden the mainsail...
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BAfter rebedding just about everything on my E29. I still had a leak. Discovered it was the rubber gasket are the port lights. I The...
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BUse white chalk, draw lines perpendicular to the suspected water flow paths. After rain or douse boat with water, the chalk line gaps...
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BSo I have an annoying leak on the port side of "Radiance," and I'll be damned if I can locate the source. Water leaks inside above the...
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BAt your boat's age, it is beyond the 30 (plus or minus) year point for re-bedding ALL deck penetrations. Annecdotal evidence suggests...
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B"Betty" reacted to Pete the Cat's post in the thread Advice re: SF Bar / Golden Gate / Offsore near San Francsisco with Like.
I think folks know that the top layers of a large wave go a bit faster than the lower levels. As you get closer to shore, and the wave...
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B"Betty" reacted to G Kiba's post in the thread Advice re: SF Bar / Golden Gate / Offsore near San Francsisco with Sad.
A wake-up call for many Bay Area sailors. https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/looking-back-on-low-speed-chase-tragedy/
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B"Betty" reacted to bgary's post in the thread Advice re: SF Bar / Golden Gate / Offsore near San Francsisco with Sad.
"low speed chase". 2012, IIRC
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B"Betty" reacted to N.A.'s post in the thread Advice re: SF Bar / Golden Gate / Offsore near San Francsisco with Like.
Hello folks- In another thread @Pete the Cat made some extremely helpful comments that I would like to have in a separate thread for...