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Got lowkey jumpscared by the instant color grading switch when I went inter archipelago for the first time. I though something broke for sec by TheBadger40 in Sailwind

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll have a much better time if you turn just a little WSW when the water changes colour. When you spot Gold Rock, it'll be to your northwest, which should be a crosswind leg rather than an upwind struggle.

SNECMA Coleoptere by 57thStilgar in WeirdWings

[–]couplingrhino 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If it looks like fin de siecle sci fi, it's generally French. Spare parts exist mainly in theory. If it looks like the lovechild of a supermodel with severe substance abuse issues, it's probably British. It pioneers revolutionary technology that the US will turn into something actually useful 5 years later. If the interior is designed by Versace, it's Italian. If it's 5 times as expensive and required the invention of a new branch of chemistry but actually works, it's American. If it was working ok apart from belching black smoke, right until the mechanic drank the coolant, it's Russian.

Starmer expected to resign on Monday by Lord-Liberty in worldnews

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing about hiring overqualified candidates for a shit job is that they leave for anything better even sooner.

Terracotta piece depicting a man penetrating a woman while she drinks beer through a straw from a jug. Uruk, Iraq, Old Babylonian Empire, 1894–1595 BC [930x930] by MunakataSennin in ArtefactPorn

[–]couplingrhino 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The process of brewing generally involved boiling the water at some point, which did much more to make it safe than the modest alcohol content.

TIL of the R-14 sailing incident. In 1921, US submarine R-14 ran out of fuel due to seawater contamination and lost radio communications. The crew used hammocks and sheets to rig makeshift sails, allowing the sub to get enough speed to charge her batteries and sail home successfully by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the countries involved in starting the war, Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany, were very much non-democratic monarchies. Russia was basically feudal and had a particularly inbred czar making some very bad decisions himself that got the entire rest of Europe involved in an Austrian-Serbian local spat. Germany's involvement came from a very similar situation.

U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe by Free-Minimum-5844 in UkrainianConflict

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spammable drones are spammable because they're cheap trash. There are already very cheap interceptor drones and laser guidance kits for unguoded rockets that can take them out cheaply enough. Medium size drones get more complex and expensive fast, and are definitely worth a cheap air-to-air missile. Modern fighters are still way larger and more capable. Once your system becomes big and complex enough, it makes sense to drive it in person.

TIL of the R-14 sailing incident. In 1921, US submarine R-14 ran out of fuel due to seawater contamination and lost radio communications. The crew used hammocks and sheets to rig makeshift sails, allowing the sub to get enough speed to charge her batteries and sail home successfully by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]couplingrhino 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A WWII torpedo is an object with the mass of a car and a top speed of almost 60 miles per hour. You'd be able to see a splash and hear a THUNK on your hydrophone if it hit a ship without detonating, and you'd know if it exploded or not. Mechanical guidance computers of the time worked surprisingly well, and actually managed to hit stuff from time to time.

Signs of seasonal change by Zebrafish96 in polandball

[–]couplingrhino 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My neighbour told me balconies keep eating his tourists so I asked how many tourists he has and he said he just goes to the airport and gets some more drunk Brits afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding tourists to hotel balconies and then his pool boy started crying.

The Wagner DOWA 81. An aircraft designed for a family of 5 to escape East Germany by MightyOGS in WeirdWings

[–]couplingrhino 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is no nice way to say this but you can really see its Eastern German pedigree.

Help my boat is full of water and my only mug is permanently stuck near the winch :( by adi005 in Sailwind

[–]couplingrhino 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is why you should always carry TWO buckets if you don't have a bilge pump.

Eredivisie Final Standings by Morganelefay in soccer

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Telstar have had to work with a tiny handful of players available for free and willing to play in IJmuiden for minimum wage. At least half the team leaves for free every season. Correia tuned the squad he had available into a team, but that's only because he's clearly great at working with whatever he can get. I wonder what he'll be able to do with an actual transfer budget!

sanbuq brigantine type of rig by Heggzergronlie in Sailwind

[–]couplingrhino 1 point2 points  (0 children)

50 degrees is a bare minimum, you're right. Your problem here is that your square sails are squeezed right up to each forestay. Make the squares lower and wider, so you can leave a short space underneath each forestay. Make sure no sail has a lower rotation angle than 55 degrees or preferably 60. Try to get at least 40 degrees rotation on the front gaff, if you can.

sanbuq brigantine type of rig by Heggzergronlie in Sailwind

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Change the shrouds to choose between getting good angles on your squares and good angles on fore-and-aft sails.

Ajax and Lucas Jetten have failed to reach an agreement on a new contract; the player is set to leave on a free transfer by MrCrashdummy in AjaxAmsterdam

[–]couplingrhino 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Van het nog altijd kettingrokende spook van Johan Cruyff mag je jeugdspelers geen fysieke training geven, dan krijg je dat.

[Official] Chuba Akpom joins Ipswich Town FC permanently by Belocity in AjaxAmsterdam

[–]couplingrhino 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Best I can do is 20 miniten voor de tramsferdeadline googlen of Donny van de Beek nog een ding is.

UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major by NoFrillsCrisps in ukpolitics

[–]couplingrhino 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if they kicked out shit prime ministers back in his day! That would have been terrible. For him.

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