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    Radio controlled sailing

    Nice to see RC is alive and well.. I have a 1m in the attic the last 15 years!! Had great fun racing it!
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    Trash Overboard - Can't believe what I'm hearing

    Tastes like chicken, keep on lickin.. Tastes like trout throw the fuck out...
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    Trash Overboard - Can't believe what I'm hearing

    Depends on where you live, your arrogance suggests you are american :)   Regulations are not the same outside your little country.
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    Trash Overboard - Can't believe what I'm hearing

    Agreed. As you seem to have a scientific slant on this, what proportion of fecal coliforms  do you think humans contribute to the lakes - as apposed to cows, bears, beavers fish etc..?
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    Trash Overboard - Can't believe what I'm hearing

    Not wanting to be an ass about this, but if you can't legally shit over the side (or via a pipe through the heads), what happens if someone is seasick and needs to puke? Very little difference in terms of the constituent material that goes into the sea.
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    Funny Comments while Racing

    'Nother fave of mine  was hearing the skipper, displeased with the kite disposition, shouting to the guy on the sheet: "WTF, you couldn't trim a hedge!!" :D
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    Trash Overboard - Can't believe what I'm hearing

    Don't put anything overboard unless you've eaten it first...
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    Funny Comments while Racing

    It's a long standing fact that a hangover makes you sail better.  One morning we were particularly green after more beer than sleep. I was on headsail trim and legs-in in the cockpit as there was a lot of traffic.. Main trim hands me his sheet, turns aft and with a perfectly straight face says...
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    EU VAT Question

    These might be helpful. https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/sites/taxation/files/rules_for_private_boats-faq_en.pdf https://myisa.sailing.ie/en-ie/cruising/boatowners/vat.aspx
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    Mainsheet jam cleat question.

    That's the one, much appreciated.
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    Mainsheet jam cleat question.

    I'm trying to find a source for a mainsheet jammer. It has a normal jam cleat that you pull up to uncleat by removing the sheet from the jaws, but it also has a function wherby if you pull down on the sheet, the jaws also open with the sheet still in them. Anyone know the name or supplier for...
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    Pulsing in rudder/tiller

    Is it a 'pulse'? What time period? or is it a 'hum'? Latter can be solved easily. Grind a chamfer on one side of the trailing edge of the rudder.
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    Nexus NX2 wind transducer: how analyse defect and disassemble

    Replaced ours earlier this year with the one you are talking about. Worked fine. The NMEA also loops between the NX2, chart plotter and the VHF, I just added it in and it is happily communicating.
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    Sailx status?

    All joking aside, it was a great site. will be sadly missed.
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    Sailx status?

    Can I have some of what you were smokin when you posted pls... :D
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    What's your boat beer?

    I want what you just drank!! :D:D
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    PFD Upgrade Time

    I'm actually in Europe, not US. It's the same here.
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    PFD Upgrade Time

    A lady on the boat asked the pro we had on board a week or so ago (circumstantial, she could have asked the question of anyone) about his opinion on the difference between foam and inflatable. His answer was, and I agree with it, that with an inflatable the chances of surviving an unconscious...
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    What's your boat beer?

    No. Just no. That's like bacon flavored cardboard!!! 
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    What's your boat beer?

    Beer? pfft, you are all pussys. Rum all the way. :D


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