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Hadlock posted:Expect to put $3000 into it before you put it in the water. Expect to replace the swivel bolt on the keel $200??), and all new standing rigging ($1200? $1800?). Also it's hard to tell but if that's vinyl covered lifelines, expect to replace those. Look into dyneema lifelines, but make your own decision if they're for you Briefly, what are the advantages/disadvantages of dyneema lifelines? I'm lazily daydreaming about a potential future boat in a couple years.
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 04:06 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 21:13 |
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Awesome, thanks! I actually ordered a small spool of 1/8" (4mm-ish) dyneema and some fids the other day, because it looked like it'd be fun to make some soft shackles and try some splices.
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# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 23:34 |
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Karma Comedian posted:I'm in love with a CT56 in my marina If it's legal in your state, love is love. Hadlock posted:Also a brummel lock splice takes about 12 seconds to do and is nearly impossible to gently caress up: This is kinda fun. It'll get better when I get a proper 1/8" fid (somehow I managed this in 1/8" line with a 1/4" fid)
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# ¿ Mar 8, 2021 22:22 |
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I took an ASA 101 basic keelboating course over the weekend on a little J/24 in New York Harbor. It was a lot of fun, and more physical than I thought it'd be! 10/10, will continue sailing!
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# ¿ May 5, 2021 18:26 |
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Press the [bb] button, and then Insert Imgur. Then select Upload Image
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2021 14:47 |
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Ah, sorry. I can't help you there
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2021 14:49 |
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I think that'll let you include an image as an attachment, but I think the forum limits you to one image.tesilential posted:Dang, the awful app won’t let me post pics. Wanted to upload some boat camping shots from December. Dump a bunch of photos to imgur and !
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2021 20:30 |
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BadSamaritan posted:I signed up for sailing lessons later this summer on a local lake and am pretty excited. I guess my question is how to take the next step from there towards larger boats/ocean water. Like… how do you learn the navigation/planning/maintenance aspect? I’m in the Boston area, so I’m sure there are resources, I just don’t know where to begin. Until you're sailing so far out that you can't see land, sailboats are pretty get-in-and-go. Definitely understand COLREGS (at least as pertains to sailboats) before you solo sail in Boston harbor. If you're very classroom oriented, look into a sailing school that offers ASA 101 (basic keelboating, i.e. how the sailboat goes) and 103 (coastal cruising, i.e. how to sail a bigger boat and read a chart and all that good stuff). I guess, just begin by getting on a boat. Or watch a bunch of videos on youtube and every time you hear a term you don't know, look it up. Edit: I'm a huge nerd and pouring over charts helps me imagine doing something. Check this chart viewer out: https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/ENCOnline/enconline.html. If you zoom way way in on Boston, you'll get a ton of detail that I imagine you'll find interesting. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Jun 18, 2021 |
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BadSamaritan posted:Thanks, these are helpful! I used to do a lot of river and coastal kayaking with my family but I get a bit nervous with bigger boats and being further from the shore. Boston Harbor and up by Salem/Gloucester are pretty busy and I really don’t want to be That Boat. I've been sailing this year in New York Harbor, and that's gotta be roughly as busy as Boston. I keep my head on a swivel and keep an eye on ships before they become problems. As a sailing vessel, the only ships you need to give way to are ships that are ships with restricted ability to maneuver -- usually that means big ships that have to stay in channels. They don't move too quickly and you see them from miles off. Ferries and power boats are usually pretty good about giving sail boats room, especially as long as you're not doing anything surprising around them. Just stick to a straight line and they'll go around you. There's a whole set of rules for how two sailboats determine which one has right of way. Jet skis are the only things on the water that really surprise you, and ultimately the law of tonnage is on your side with them.
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# ¿ Jun 18, 2021 13:39 |
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Hell yeah I'm stoked for you!
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# ¿ Jul 7, 2021 17:53 |
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From what I can tell, you typically have to join a local boat club for that. I think there's not a ton of money in paying the slip fees to bareboat charter a dinky thing when you could charge 10x to charter out a much nicer boat. That said, I found a company in Panama City, FL (where my wife's family is from) that will bareboat charter a Catalina 25 to people with ASA 103, so I might try to do that later this year if we go down there.
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# ¿ Jul 7, 2021 19:50 |
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Yaaay, welcome to sailing!
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# ¿ Aug 4, 2021 17:53 |
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Seconding formal classes if your brain works that way. I went out for a practice sail last night on one of Atlantic Yachting's J/24s for probably one of the last times this year. They put the boats away in October. The temperature was great and the winds were really nice. Manhattan Yacht Club was inexplicably having a race at dusk, and we blundered through the pack of racing boats at least once. We made it back to the dock a couple of minutes after sunset. Only a little sketchy for a boat with no working lights.
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# ¿ Sep 17, 2021 16:08 |
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Took my last sail this season on one of Atlantic Yachting's J/24s We Can't wait until next season!
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2021 19:28 |
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What's up, boaters? Did you do something you're proud of this year? Maybe you started sailing or competed in your first race. Get it burned into your rap sheet forever by posting in the 2021 Achievement Sixxer thread!
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# ¿ Dec 28, 2021 15:42 |
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Man_of_Teflon posted:posting to agree on nonprofit sailing clubs. Dude, I wish I had gotten into sailing before I left Chicago. Lake Michigan owns bones. If I visit, I'll have to see if you're available.
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# ¿ May 17, 2022 17:46 |
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Back on my bullshit and it feels so good! Atlantic Yachting does practice sails every Wednesday after work. We fought our way up the Hudson a little ways, and then went upwind into the upper harbor where Manhattan Yacht Club was putting on a race. It was just me, the instructor, and the instructor's girlfriend, so we got to take out the nice J/80 instead of one of the J/24s.
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# ¿ May 19, 2022 03:21 |
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Look out Puget Sound! Seattle Sailing Club says I can rent a sailboat whenever I want!
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# ¿ Aug 30, 2022 03:48 |
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# ¿ Apr 17, 2024 21:13 |
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Up to you; it might suck trying to schedule ASA101 at the beginning of the season, but I understand what you mean about wanting to reinforce what you learned. On the other hand, everybody sucks at the beginning of the season. I'm impulsive and I'd likely take the class as soon as I could schedule it, but I don't think it matters much either way.
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# ¿ Sep 13, 2022 04:42 |