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The original Wild Oats has done quite well under her current stewardship as Wild Rose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc5eV3UdzD8 <-- Gotta click it cause CYCATV doesn't like embedding https://rbsailing.blogspot.com/2014/12/wild-rose-farr-43-2014-sydney-hobart.html

Divider for a giant, boat shaped, ice cube tray.

That's not 4, that's 2.

Wow, what a retarded complaint. You want a cheap battery, go to Pep Boys or Wally World, and fuck off. You want a battery that will be reliable and power important shit on your boat like nav lights, VHFs, and bilge pumps? Listen to what we have to say and fuckin learn something. I mean, I hate the fact I spend $300 bucks on a batteries, the oldest of which that has lasted 12 years SO FAR. Shame on me.

Firefly knows what's up.

...Or maybe check with this guy:

FIFY

http://blog.parker.com/aerospace-technology-powers-oracle-team-usa-in-the-35th-americas-cup --Matt

FW, Sent you a PM. --Matt

Because we need square top jibs too.

HW, Can you detail why you aren't a fan of brummels? --Matt

I like to design and build weird shit for esoteric problems that may or may not exist only in my head. But seriously, I saw the setup that mooring provider was using after it wrapped around the back of my keel less then 24 hours after my boat went into the water and thought: I think I can make this better, simpler, and more efficient. --Matt

Riggers, Rope Gurus, Splicing Geeks, I'm looking for some comments and criticisms on mooring bridle/pendant hybrid I'm working on. Yes, that is one piece of line. That allows me to not be limited to a length due to bury requirements. No, not all the splices have been sewn, I don't like the biggest thread I have in my supplies right now. The buried section will have extra flotation in order to keep things from wrapping on the ball. I'm in a spot where I see a far amount of wind against current. The current "Y" bridle using 3 separate lines make the whole thing is so long that the ball will wind up aft of my keel (high aspect) and that's bad. I'm working off a setup my mooring provider came up with, but he has never worked with Tenex TEC before. I do all the rigging work on my boat and am helping him to come up with possibly a better mouse trap. --Matt Boat - 30' & ~7000 lbs Materials - 5/8" Tenex TEC; HD Suncor 316 SS Fed Spec thimble

It's a very bad idea to buy a project anything unless you can confidently say "I can fix or finish this". I've done it with one boat and now in the process with another. That boat... Run, quickly. --Matt