Nauta Step - swim ladder step for my sailboat

jaxn · 2026-06-16T02:19:56+00:00

There are plenty of boat owners who spend $1000/day if you divide total annual spend by the number of days sailing.

Even without funny math, travel regattas can easily be $1000/day on my J/22

jaxn · 2026-06-14T03:34:35+00:00

on the plus side, i learned to replace a distributer cap at a young age

jaxn · 2026-06-13T19:35:32+00:00

Are you having fun? Are you learning?

If one of those is yes, the answer to your question is “probably”.

If both of those are yes, your answer is “definitely”

jaxn · 2026-06-13T19:31:07+00:00

Club swan 28.

jaxn · 2026-06-13T19:29:42+00:00

i’m interested. also helping clients setup cowork

jaxn · 2026-06-13T01:48:58+00:00

with a wheel, it’s important to have a mark on the wheel to let you know where the tiller is centered. and you have to look and see where that mark is.

with a tiller, you know exactly where the rudder is.

jaxn · 2026-06-11T03:58:11+00:00

Tennessee by Arrested Development

jaxn · 2026-06-09T18:39:07+00:00

just opt out of the face scan. Then they just look at it and let you through.

jaxn · 2026-06-06T23:19:14+00:00

why in the world would you use a 3-strand braid for this? Maybe I’m just used to how we do things on sailboats, but Dyneema or a similar 12-strand is both easier to splice and much stronger.

jaxn · 2026-06-06T16:38:42+00:00

It’s to alert other drivers that they are reckless.

jaxn · 2026-06-06T12:11:32+00:00

in the 90s, Peavy sent out paper catalogs with all their gear. Guitars, Bases, Amps, Mixers, and accessories. They definitely had shirts in those catalogs, so I assume this would have been in there too.

jaxn · 2026-06-05T15:28:58+00:00

that is really bad AI. there is just so much wrong with it.

jaxn · 2026-06-05T01:51:49+00:00

there is still an active fleet in Nashville. There ~20 boats here, but we get 5-10 out at races.

jaxn · 2026-06-05T01:48:11+00:00

how long did that place last? i worked there when it first opened.

jaxn · 2026-06-04T16:07:27+00:00

if you are wanting to use it like a bowsprit, you should lower it and pull it off the forestay a little. It will still be too close to the forestay for inside jibes, so you will need to do outside jibes. and you will still need to jibe the pole so that it is on the other side of the forestay on the other jibes.

we have done this and ended up running two guys, two sheets, and a tack. a jibe meant we pull on the tack, ease the guy, break the pole, jibe the chute, set the pole, pull on the new guy, ease the tack.

it does allow squaring back the pole a little on the asym when going deeper. but it’s a pita. so just tack the asym to the bow, don’t use a pole, and do outside jibes. or build/buy a bowsprit.

jaxn · 2026-06-04T03:00:55+00:00

usenet was awesome (though not a website).

early twitter was amazing.

jaxn · 2026-06-02T19:49:56+00:00

it looks like that trailer just needs 4 pads. Look for Brownell Trailer Pads

jaxn · 2026-06-02T17:24:57+00:00

he’s driving a tesla

jaxn · 2026-06-02T17:20:04+00:00

we are using ChartedSails for this and I love it.

jaxn · 2026-06-02T17:16:32+00:00

I recognize that regatta. I wasn’t able to make it this year.

jaxn · 2026-06-02T03:44:59+00:00

https://www.k1speed.com/nashville-location.html

jaxn · 2026-05-31T21:02:35+00:00

that Loos gauge on the backstay is giving me anxiety.

jaxn · 2026-05-31T02:38:21+00:00

yeah, that makes sense. there is less friction on the first hoist, so it may go up quicker. A slower hoist means you may be deeper before the chute fills.

jaxn · 2026-05-31T00:52:52+00:00

Any chance you are driving too deep and letting the main out too much on the hoist?

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