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    Dark Waters

    Everything is always driven by cost, but three fatalities seems extreme. In the US, they would have been sued out of existence. In my totally uninformed opinion, those boats should have 3 crew, a captain, and officer in charge of each watch. It seems that after this death, they were mandated...
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    Dark Waters

    Yes. It would be interesting to know if the condition (re. broken systems, etc.) of those boats (at both the start and end of a leg) is similar to those of a boat doing something like the Ocean Race. Put another way, would a professional RTW sailor, coming aboard a Clipper 70, think that the...
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    80 and 105 availability

    Never even heard of this one before. Why did it not succeed? How does it compare to the 109?
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    A big project!

    As a subscriber for at least the last 3 years, it is interesting to think about what he'd do next. Will he, as was his original plan, sail off into the sunset and anonymity, turning off that flow of youtube funds? Will his channel morph into yet another "WE almost RAN AGROUND and SUNK"...
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    Catalina Smile, need repair?

    My Catalina 30 has a set of parallel "cracks" along the top of the keel, at the keel-hull joint. They begin at the aft edge of the keel. I'm pretty sure they have been there as long as I've owned the boat (4 years). Where the lower crack meet the aft edge of the keel, there is a 1/2 inch...
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    First Sailboat

    Plenty of places to rent boats on the cape. Start by taking some lessons, renting boats as often as possible, and sailing and racing with others.
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    Rules question - defining the start line after the start.

    Ha, literally the 4th sentence in the document - never read that before ever. Thanks.
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    Rules question - defining the start line after the start.

    I have a question about abandonment. Imagine the situation where the OP's fleet was the 3rd started, and the two other fleets were still racing: how can the RC abandon the OP's race and not the others? The RRS state that to abandon the race, the RC must fly flag "N"; the description under...
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    Rules question - defining the start line after the start.

    If you think about that for a second, that is absurd. How would you, or the RC, be able to know where the mark was originally?
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    Rudder Mystery.. what boat??

    I think it was "Ida Sailor", but we're definitely talking about the same thing. Sample size of 1, of course, but I used mine for many years in a high(ish) wind area and it never broke nor showed any signs of deformation. For the O'Day 222, at least, it was a significant improvement on the OEM...
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    Rudder Mystery.. what boat??

    That most definitely looks like a Rudder Craft, which used to be sold under the name Ida Sailor. They make them semi-custom, for many different boat models: when I bought one for an O'Day 222, I needed to take various measurements related to pintel spacing. The rudder was much better built...
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    Advice for beginner boat?

    A small hijack... What's the maximum weight dinghy that a single person could reasonably manage on a dolly, for an extended distance (say 1000 feet)? I currently have Mirror for this particular use case, but it's reached the end of its life.
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    Sailboat gets caught under bridge in NYC

    It looks like he was moving north, though. In that first picture, I think the camera is facing RI, and the current took him from L to R.
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    Sailboat gets caught under bridge in NYC

    Clearance is 40 feet when down, and 99 feet when up. You need to give notice at least two hours prior to the requested opening.
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    Sailboat gets caught under bridge in NYC

    Happens about once a year. If you look at a chart it is obvious that there is a bridge there (which, when closed only has a 40 foot clearance) - but if you're from the area, you likely don't know about this bridge (as it isn't visible really from anywhere) and over confidently assume you...
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    Advice for beginner boat?

    The usual readers of this forum are dinghy racers, and usually respond to questions like this with "race boats". If you're looking to race, find out what is raced locally and get one of those. But if you aren't looking to race, or to sail a boat which was primarily designed for that, there...
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    Marblehead/Swampscott in August

    I'm going to be in the area for the whole of August and looking for some racing opportunities. Would be great if I could find a consistent weeknight ride for that time, but a spot here or there would work too. I couldn't commit to a regular weekend role but also open for a random spot. About...
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    Anyone else having issues paying crew in Crypto or NFTs?

    Doesn't that depend if the gasket has a left-handed or right-handed gronicle?
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    Anyone else having issues paying crew in Crypto or NFTs?

    What's up with all these new members who don't understand sarcasm? If you guys pay me 1000 Sar-Cash-Em buxs, I'll teach you all about it.
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    Canal de Midi report

    If you have Amazon Prime, watch episode two : https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B099FHKM74/. The show follows an elderly British couple as they travel through the canals of England and continental Europe. I find it captivating.


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