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    Keep Your Pros on the Dock

    There is so much whining in this sport, you'd think it was based in Napa. I didn't realize that when they made us read Harrison Bergeron in junior high school, they were trying to prepare us for sailing.
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    Lie detector test

    Bring a deck of tarot cards. Pull and interpret a card for each question.
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    Most Overpriced Boat in the Classys

    I would rather have a J/9 than a Capri 22, but the J9 is a bit more than 3x the Capri. The Hobie 33 for $21k is the boat I’d buy if I had to make a decision this week. The A35 or J/105, if I have time to save a few pennies first.
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    European energy prices

    Hopefully by this time next week the man responsible for this terrible act, Olaf bin Laden, will have been found and chucked out of a helicopter and into the ocean.
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    European energy prices

    Interesting: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63044747 Also interesting:
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    software upgrade update

    Every hour is midnight somewhere. And also 0600.
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    God Save the Queen (From the Front Page)

    Don't forget that he was such a good lifelong Democrat that Biden never even considered using the anti-terrorism powers granted to him by the PATRIOT act to safely lodge the guy in Guantanamo, or perhaps a black site in Egypt, while they try to suss out what everyone was up to on that January day.
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    God Save the Queen (From the Front Page)

    As a Royal Subject, we understand you are posting under duress. Blink twice if you need help!
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    i found a telephone capable to withstand sailors...:

    Apple doesn’t want to eliminate tracking, they want the ads business for themselves.   Otherwise I largely agree with you. There is plenty to dislike about Apple, but their products just work, replacement is easy almost anywhere in the world and the new ARM chips blow the doors off of Intel...
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    Defender Marine - Hacked. Watch your Credit Cards

    Hope it wasn’t the same guys who bought SA.
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    Seascape 27

    If you google for Express 27 stanchions you will see they worked to get an exemption. Likely impossible with a new design since there isn’t 40 years of precedent.
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    Seascape 27

    Also, the Express 27 class allows 12” / 30cm stanchions, vs 24” for everyone else. Olson 25s have 24” stanchions except for the pushpit which is 12” or so.
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    Seascape 27

    I should probably add that I’m primarily interested in racing, where low lifelines can be beneficial. If I get a B/SS 27 then it will probably be in cruising mode most of the time and then the taller lifelines would be preferred.
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    Seascape 27

    Comfort, agility. Particularly when you have 5 people onboard. I had full height lifelines on my Olson 25, but only ever had three people aboard. What I really like is dyneema lifelines. MUCH grippier with bare hands or gloves than SS. The extra thickness helps with grip and hiking...
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    i found a telephone capable to withstand sailors...:

    From Apple:  These iPhone models are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions: iPhone 13 iPhone 13 mini iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone 12 iPhone 12 mini iPhone 12 Pro...
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    Seascape 27

    How high are the “low” lifelines? I love the low lifelines on Bay Area Express 27s.
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    Statlink now available for mobile use... At 500$ a month

    Low power mode and roaming enabled:
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    Saildrones to War

    If I had my way, everyone who has held Federal office since Q3 2001 should be sentenced for facilitating war crimes. But I'll settle for harm reduction. I'm optimistic because the lifetime value of a customer is greater when they are alive than dead, and most people are greedy.
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    Saildrones to War

    Alphabet - an advertising company that loves to hire scientists - is worth more than 10x Boeing. It’s nice when conventional wisdom is wrong. That said, I’d rather see drones than human piloted vehicles in military situations.


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