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    Hanse motorized rudder: do we like this idea?

    The design, construction and materials of flexible armoured cables has moved on a huge amount in the last 30 years. Particularly if the set up allowed replacement of the exposed flexing part every 10 years (in the same way you replace flexible gas lines, saildrive seals etc) is be surprised if...
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    Hanse motorized rudder: do we like this idea?

    Not really an issue with modern flexible armoured cables. Your car does and probably boot lid have power and control cables running into them. Opened multiple times a day, in all sorts of weather conditions, yet problems are rare. 
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    The resurrection of WLYDO - Uma style.

    Oyster may disagree with you.  Plus what about Hallberg-Rassy, Rustler, Ovni the funny French things with a wheel in the doghouse who's name escape me etc? Yes, all bar possibly HR are low volume builders. But that's because Blue water sailors with money for a new boat are a tiny proportion of...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    No,  I never said we should have caved in to Putin's quite ridiculous demands. But we could possibly have considered his point of view a bit more and handled things differently.  I was just reacting to the childish attitude that some posters seemed to be displaying in this thread that 'Russia...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    He didn't exactly seem happy about Estonia and Latvia. Ukraine may have been the straw that broke the camels back. Plus given the length and location of its borders, the strategic implications of Ukraine joining nato are much more significant.  Plus I suspect that as Estonia and Latvia are that...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    If you own any electronic devices at all, the probability is very high that you own products containing materials and components produced in Russia.
  7. J

    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    I agree with much of what you say. And this is all getting too political for sailing anarchy. So I'll bow out, leaving just one observation. Let's consider if positions were reversed. Mexico decided to firm a defence pact with Russia, and Russia stationed nuclear weapons and military forces in...
  8. J

    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    There is no such thing as a 'US' or 'Malaysian' microwave any more. That's just the country where final assembly took place. They will contain components manufactured in dozens of different countries around the world, including many from China. Very few products won't have something of Chinese...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    And unlike most here, I have spent time in Russia with work. While their ability to develop technology may seriously lag the US (big surprise, just look at GDP and hence the available investment) the two production facilities I visited where comparable to those in Europe. So yes, I believe they...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    And that kind of brainless,  condensing attitude from the west is what caused this war in the first place.  Don't get me wrong, I in no way support Russia and the war they've started, but treating them as if they're idiots in a worthless country achieves nothing good. Didn't the rise of...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    Very there are plenty of Chinese components used. Along with items made by countries on the fence. And who says the US and Europe will always be on the same side, and won't impose embargoes on one another? The world is too multinational these days to cost effectively build products using...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    What nonsense. How does a submarine provide air superiority when operating far from home? How does it escort convoys of ships carrying food and other vital supplies? How does it land a large number of troops and equipment on foreign shores? Let alone the softer strategic roles. Providing a...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    How many US defence products use only components made in the US? I suspect very few, if any. Certainly for UK and EU defence products I suspect none can say they use only UK or EU made components.   Yes, the article highlights the Russians use of US products, but I suspect that's the bias of...
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    Big Ship Sinking.... :( large loss of life

    But equally, the UK couldn't have liberated the Falklands without big surface warships.  Far from obsolete,  they are often the only option if you want to operate far from home. But no doubt they are vulnerable and need effective protection systems. 
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    52.5' LOA motor sailer project

    Why?
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    52.5' LOA motor sailer project

    I fully get that the client didn't want a ketch, so no reason to consider it. Quite right.  But if they would have wanted a ketch, could the mizzen not have come down on the longitudinal centreline of the saloon table? Would have resulted in a relatively large mizzen compared to the main, but...
  17. J

    20+ Footer - Building in Hawaii

    That looks a great boat for people to build and sail with their kids, to get them interested in building boats. I've been looking at a few designs with the idea of doing just this with my kids. This design is just that extra bit 'modern' in its appearance and potentially sportier (at least with...
  18. J

    The Merits of a J9

    If you order a new one, it gets delivered in pieces on a serious of flatbed trucks and assembled on site. So I'd assume the just disassembled it, trucked it around and reassembled?
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    When doing the right thing risks widespread injury

    Just remember that the way you feel about these mega yachts is the same way a lot of the worlds population feel about the toy you sail on. For as long as you spend your money on unnecessary playthings and hobbies, can you really comment? (Don't get me wrong - I also spend my money on things I...
  20. J

    Where are all the Pocket Cruisers?

    Its only a decade since I was an 18 - 35 year old who used to be a buyer and sailor of these boats. I took a 24 footer around the Baltic from the UK a couple of time, and a 22 footer around the British Isles. What's happened, in the UK at least, is the cost of moorings and the cost of mortgages...


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