SV Seeker
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Foiling Optimist
Super Anarchist
There's a Kelowna BC based electrician, @karlythesparky, on Instagram. She posts about electrical installations, but is inescapably not a dude, which of course drives the pompous mansplainers around the absolute bend. Anyway, they apparently truly lost it recently when she discussed marettes. Marettes is the Canadian term for wire nuts, which we do use, though probably less than in the past. Apparently the international mansplainers don't know they're called marettes in Canada. She makes me proud to be a British Columbian.
Fah Kiew Tu
Curmudgeon, First Rank
Actually I've been known to use them myself but only shoreside, on 240V power wires, and suitably enclosed in a junction box. There are none on my boat.
Bet Doug didn't use tinned copper wire either.
FKT
opcn
Member
Main reefed way down, crawling along well under 5 knots, leaning over like she is being pushed hard, not even enough wind to whip up whitecaps.
It is a brand name
It's OK - Seeker will be a downwind flyer. No worrying about heeling. Pretty impressive heel with just the reefed main.
Ukuri
Member
All he needs is a few of these, probably a lot really.
I’m well aware. I naively emailed dugg years ago about those, suggesting that they would be quite hazardous while underway.
kent_island_sailor
Super Anarchist
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As much as I enjoy figuring out stuff as much as the next guy, you may be torturing yourself needlessly with the calculations dear opcn. You see, Dugg is nothing but an ignorant bullshitter attempting to grift his way through his retirement on his BSO. His BSO is not fit for purpose.This BSO is not set up, nor will it ever be, for single handed sailing. It does not and cannot sail properly. The motoring ability is severely limited and likely to go into full failure mode if really pushed, as in an emergency situation. Any number of welds and other assemblies are suspect to fatigue failure since they were poorly accomplished by someone who,despite 15 years of learnin', has simply not learnt a damned fucking thing about proper welding.
Dugg is now getting perilously close to his final life learnin' lesson. It will occur either in the large bay he is presently anchored in, if and when a hurricane comes through, or the fateful day he goes beyond the sand dunes south of him and out onto the gulf.
It is a shame this is not a true single handed BSO, for it would matter not a bit the day Dugg takes off alone out into the gulf. Innocent lives will not be tested.
And somplace that is free of vibration and movement. Usually want that place to be protected from water as well.
That is a lot of heel for so little wind. What are the bets for how much wind to roll her over and turn turtle, 10kts or more?
Sail4beer
Starboard!
I think it could blow over in a gale or heavy squall with the sails down and at anchor. The deckhouse will peel off at 90 degrees taking the captain and crew with it before the Coast Guard can be summoned.
opcn
Member
I don't think it's as bad as that. She was out with a most of her main the day she grounded and that was close to 10 kts. My guess is 25 or 30kts for a full blowdown. I think she will heel over and take on water first. Especially if they take her out to anywhere with and swell.
It’s ok, I’m sure those are the high end outdoor ones with a dab of grease in the pot.
I actually use those in my low voltage outdoor lighting.
On a boat? Nah. That's what Dog invented adhesive-line heat shrink butt connectors for.
Leeroy Jenkins
Super Anarchist
I wonder how many western unions he has hiding under electrical tape.
cb32863
New member
Maybe he can put that dinghy(?) on slides and a winch system so he can shift the weight of it to the high side. That would be so ingenious and show once again how amazingly smarter then everyone else he is. How heavy is that thing and how does one get it off there? When she is about to go over you release the straps?
Latadjust
Super Anarchist
Is it an optical illusion or are the battens (or whatever you call them on a junk) on the main inverted?
Olsalt
New member
Somehow the YT Algorithm showed me this video, don't know if you've seen it:
Looks like 14-16kn to me.
Looks like 14-16kn to me.
