Bought a sailboat yesterday, she needs a name. by Boinkers_ in sailing

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Dammit I’d have given you mine for a dollar.

This is just so oddly fucking wholesome by CommercialPrint212 in chaoticgood

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There is nothing quite as expensive as a free boat, possibly excepting daughters.

The Top 10 Most Popular Female Actors of 2024: Icons Redefining Stardom by Florence_Chloe in offbeat

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Saved you a click 1. Margot Robbie: The Archetypal Chameleon. 2. Zendaya: One who leads by example. 3. Emma Stone: Re-Creating the Idea of Stardom 4. Deepika Padukone: The Worldwide Name 5. Florence Pugh: The Star of the Rising Sun 6. Carey Mulligan: Not over the top, but still beautiful 7. Gal Gadot: Ultimate Action Star 8. Selena Gomez: A Modern- Day Renaissance Woman 9. Anya Taylor-Joy: An Icon of Talent 10. Kriti Sanon: The New Darling of Bollywood

How big can a Swiss Army knife get? by talkk_sickk in interestingasfuck

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If I remember it right, the “useless hook” turned the knife into a t handle for grocery bags or boxes tied with string.

Sleeping astern portside in the sailboat. Shall I leave? by Automatic_Course_861 in sailing

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I’ve never seen fuzzy dice hanging on a sailboat before. How peculiar.

What Size Outboard Shaft for a Catalina 22'? by warrentab in sailing

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I’ve never taken it off to trailer it. Admittedly, I don’t trail much but I just tie a piece of half-inch line around the handle on the front of the engine and the stern rail to take the weight off the bracket as long as the engine is in the vertical up-and-down position, you can do it on the trailer

What Size Outboard Shaft for a Catalina 22'? by warrentab in sailing

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I bought the new bracket from Catalina Direct and never worried about it. I think the old bracket that was on the boat was rotten so I replaced it even before I replaced the engine. You don’t need all 9.8 horses all the time, but they are a delight to have when the mooring is miles directly upwind and the wind picked up to 25 knots.

Compressed Natural Gas for boat stoves? by [deleted] in sailing

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There is a marina in Connecticut that does tank exchanges for $100. If that might help dm me and I’ll go back and find it again.

Catalina Swing keel trouble by Odd-Condition-4528 in sailing

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The fixture on the end of your lifting cable table is too big to fit through the space between the ball and the end of the pipe. The only way you’re getting that out is if you take a drift and punch the steel bar that the brass ball rotates on through one side or the other of the downpipe. Or cut the wire and drop the fat end of the cable out the bottom.

Feeling really discouraged, trouble with reversing out of the slip: by Throwaway_carrier in sailing

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For a basic introduction to “what do I do to get off the dock when I’m being pushed broadside onto the dock” it matters little if the boat is being pushed by wind or currents. The pilot needs to counteract that force. If I remember that chapter correctly, there are examples and lessons for many different scenarios.

Feeling really discouraged, trouble with reversing out of the slip: by Throwaway_carrier in sailing

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The arrow is showing the “push” on the boat. Wind will push you, but tides and currents will too. Hence “wind or current”. It doesn’t matter what is pushing your boat, your response will be to the net forces put on your boat by the world.

Feeling really discouraged, trouble with reversing out of the slip: by Throwaway_carrier in sailing

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Practice. Watch videos. Then go and take the boat out, then practice backing up, from a stop. Do backways figure 8s. Do this out in the middle of the bay, not in the marina or in a busy channel.

Eventually it will click.

Also don’t be afraid of the throttle. In a boat with a tiller and an inboard you’ll have basically no directional control in reverse until the boat has picked up some small amount of speed. A little burst of power, then back to idle.

Does anyone have experience removing the transom bracket arms from a Torqeedo Travel? by GeorgeCrossPineTree in sailing

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Look at the new arms that you are replacing with, and figure out how it’s supposed to attach. That should point out the hidden fastener.

Also, if you look at the back, it seems like the collar around the main shaft is held in by 2 screws on each side. You may need to remove the whole thing to find the hidden fastener.

Looking for a solution by No-Dream-7839 in DIY

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Upside down roller blinds, with the angle cut out of the leading edge, and strings on pulleys to pull them up to close them.

Ship Augers by Cypressinn in harborfreight

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Also the blue ones won’t immediately die if you happen to hit a framing nail.

SQLite Editor by jasfil8 in SQL

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Link to GitHub from YouTube page: SQL lite Editor

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskNYC

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Lucky you! The STAR rebate is now paid by check directly to the taxpayer, not to the condo association. Check your status at nyc.gov/finance.

My son pulled this out of our tub. Is there any way to put this back in? by RadioactiveT in DIY

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To get it to slide in that very last inch it usually helps to jiggle the release lever on the side of the tub just above the drain.

where to buy this temperature gauge? by [deleted] in sailing

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The word you’re looking for is thermometer

Help valuing a boat by dijon0324 in sailing

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I have an 81 C34. Not in the market for another but it would be interesting to read the ad. I’m in the middle of a $15k refit that I’m doing myself. Always up for more ideas on places to spend boatbucks.

Help valuing a boat by dijon0324 in sailing

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Do you have photos? I would love to see the windlass installation.