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peterAustralia
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If you wish to elaborate more then please do so,,,
opcn
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He has done nothing to correct the tender nature of the boat, all they have done is deny the problem. The narrow beam of the boat compared to its displacement does contribute to being tender, but there is also a lot of weight above the centerline, with more than 1000 lbs of sail and batten, heavy steel utility poles for masts, an oversized pilothouse, a heavy crane off of a tow truck, and extensive large steel bulwarks ringing the deck.
He has never done stability calculations and they stopped doing stability testing once they corrected the list they discovered on launch by adding lead bars to the small auxiliary fuel tank over one of the keels and to the bottom of what would normally be a chain locker if the chain weren't stored on the spool of a winch above deck.
She is way overweight, so adding any weight is a deeply disadvantageous trade-off.
He has never done stability calculations and they stopped doing stability testing once they corrected the list they discovered on launch by adding lead bars to the small auxiliary fuel tank over one of the keels and to the bottom of what would normally be a chain locker if the chain weren't stored on the spool of a winch above deck.
She is way overweight, so adding any weight is a deeply disadvantageous trade-off.
Autonomous
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Dugg think.
The pros are narcissists, fuck them.
It's way overweight and way beyond adding ballast.
He refuses to listen to constructive criticism. His diesel propulsion system is scabbed together and rather than properly rebuild it he adds a transfer case from an old 4wd pickup!
The pros are narcissists, fuck them.
You give him too much credit. The boat and systems, the whole thing, has not been engineered. Loads, load paths, structure, weight, etc. are left to chance.
It's way overweight and way beyond adding ballast.
He refuses to listen to constructive criticism. His diesel propulsion system is scabbed together and rather than properly rebuild it he adds a transfer case from an old 4wd pickup!
peterAustralia
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to mr clean
dont be a cock
just because u have spent dozens of hours in this thread,,, does not mean everyone is obliged to, very sorry that your parents did not care for you whilst you were growing up, and you are still not over that
dont be a cock
just because u have spent dozens of hours in this thread,,, does not mean everyone is obliged to, very sorry that your parents did not care for you whilst you were growing up, and you are still not over that
TritonKestrel
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God damn this thread ain't fun anymore, this isn't even the entertaining boat infighting anymore. Thread's about a big ego building a crappy boat, don't need a phd in boats to see it. wish we could get back to doug bashing like the ol days... he needs to fake another brain injury
Well, he does like to learn on his own... the hard way.
Diarmuid
Super Anarchist
Noobie:
It's a promising start!
- shows up
- doesn't read topic
- has hot takes
- insults mod
It's a promising start!
fukupananvil
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Gentlemen, gentlemen please,
I think we're missing a new and exciting direction for this friggin'boring-ass thread.
Let us embrace this new distraction for our collective priceless attentions
opcn
Member
I'm sure that using a shiv that's 2.5x the line diameter won't ruin the line and contribute to catastrophic failures. That's just big pulley FUD to try and manipulate the weak minded into buying big expensive pulleys.
167149
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what the fuck would you do with it after salvage ???
opcn
Member
Salvage would mostly be about clearing the channel so it doesn't claim more victims. It is 70 tonnes of mostly steel and lead so there is some scrap value there.
A simple, fixed (multiple) angle sextant.
As a bonus, by design it has sort of clever integrated image stabilization.
With brix, the workflow is a bit different, but in practice you can achieve equal or even a bit more precise fix than with traditional sextants.
Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
Change of topic? I'm only commenting here on the 316 to carbon steel welding, not anything to do with what DOUG has done on his BSO.
I reiterate, welding 316 to carbon steel is a routine practice, it's done all the time, if you use the correct filler there really isn't a problem. I've got heaps of bits done like that on my own boat, I did them and I'm totally confident in their structural integrity.
Did DOUG do it correctly? Dunno. Probably not.
Would I go anywhere on that thing of his? Fuck no.
FKT
dfw_sailor
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Grasshopper, be warned you will get to the point where the videos become very tiresome, Dug does his best to not show the true sailing characteristics of the BSO.
But someone will watch and point out any nuggets here.
