Forum: SparTalk
03-27-2015, 01:46 AM
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Hi All,
Oh, good. This old...
Hi All,
Oh, good. This old chestnut.....again.
What all you data seekers need to realise is that Dyneema braid should be thought of as a structure, not a material and that all the data about UHMPE...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-15-2014, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,139
C.P.
I have just looked in the Blue Wave...
C.P.
I have just looked in the Blue Wave catalogue.
(bluewave@bluewave.dk www.bluewave.dk +4573221414)
Part number 190010 for 10 mm wire has a thickness of 11 mm.
Part number 190012X...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-14-2014, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 3,139
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Forum: SparTalk
06-25-2014, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,275
John,
Bite the bullet, grasp the nettle, take a...
John,
Bite the bullet, grasp the nettle, take a deep breath and buy the cheapest ( which is a relative term with Felcos ) pair of Felco C16s you can find.
They will do everything you want and will...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-09-2014, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,369
John,
looks like a standard "Drop one end...
John,
looks like a standard "Drop one end of the mast off the wall racks" kind of dent and bend to me.
The same thing happens when you are trying to turn the mast over without care on a set of...
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Forum: SparTalk
05-17-2014, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: SparTalk
05-16-2014, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,279
Rope uncoiling and disco dancing.
Tanner,
This is where you should watch Saturday Night Fever ( preferably on BetaMax )
In the Disco scene John, "leave scientology alone", Travolta's character, Tony Manero, executes a dance move...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-30-2014, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,573
Tanner,
1. Rigger humour.
2.So the twists...
Tanner,
1. Rigger humour.
2.So the twists remain in the purchase when open?
3.But there may still be a foul and unfair lead to one of the sheaves in one of the blocks, this is all it takes to...
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Forum: SparTalk
04-29-2014, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,573
Tanner,
Why do you think it is called a junk...
Tanner,
Why do you think it is called a junk rig.
Does the whole purchase twist when the yard is down and there is no load on it?
If the twists went in from the first then you may have a foul...
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Forum: SparTalk
03-02-2014, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,709
Dyneema rigging for Schooner
Steve,
I must admit, I did not know what a Colvin junk rigged schooner was, so, after actually doing some research into the vessel, I reckon that Dyneema rigging will serve ( no pun intended ) you...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-16-2014, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
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Forum: SparTalk
02-15-2014, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
Frank,
I agree completely with Brion.
Far to...
Frank,
I agree completely with Brion.
Far to many spongey areas and myriad cracks waiting to fly merrily apart despite much polishing - this, I think, is where the bleeding rust was comiing...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-11-2014, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
Frank,
Yes heat the terminals, but not a...
Frank,
Yes heat the terminals, but not a lot!
You do not want much of the heat to soak into the rod end.
I usually start to heat the threaded end up near the socket first so the heat path is...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-04-2014, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
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Forum: SparTalk
02-02-2014, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
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Forum: SparTalk
02-02-2014, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
Mate,
Yes it's time!
Good luck with the change...
Mate,
Yes it's time!
Good luck with the change over. Temporary stays and halyards out to strong points on the sheer will suffice if you really don't want to take the mast out.
Make sure you ask a...
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Forum: SparTalk
02-02-2014, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,817
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Forum: SparTalk
10-28-2013, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 12,068
Listen to Brion.
Dear Paramita,
Listen to Brion, you are getting free advice worth it's weight in gold...or non-broken masts.
If you wanted to create and examine a stress raiser in the laboratory, you could do no...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-19-2013, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,626
Oh good! I got a "Harrumph"
Dear Brion, and Christian
Please, please, please make sure you contact me re. your trip down here.
There is free accomodation and as much beer as you can get down your neck ready and waiting!
To...
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Forum: SparTalk
08-13-2013, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,626
Chain Plate Roundabout
Dear All,
I have been reading this and other related chainplate material threads with interest.
I am not a metallugist and I have no academic qualifications in the fields of corrosion or fatigue...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-06-2013, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,422
Rust on Sta Loks
Dear Richard,
Having re-read your post and after Brion's reply, I have thought some more on your rig.
The rust may be tool residue at the end of the thread where it should blend smoothly into the...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-04-2013, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 4,422
Sta-loks and a trip across half the Pacific.
Dear Richard,
I think that all the pieces of the puzzle are in your question, it is a simple sum.
Fifteen year old rigging with a bit of rust
+ A voyage half way across the...
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Forum: SparTalk
06-04-2013, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 1
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Run to Brion's loft.
Dear Jak,
Any carbon steel component in a yacht's rigging which is 35 years old is getting past it's use-by date. ( Anything made from most other materials too! )
I am tempted to say that the...
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Forum: SparTalk
01-29-2013, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 3,970
Dear JimG,
There was a reason that Barbarossa...
Dear JimG,
There was a reason that Barbarossa were bought by Harken when they wanted a winch in their product line-up, and why Harken don't want to get involved with any other Barbarossa products...
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Forum: SparTalk
07-12-2012, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 9,388
Sheepshank uses.
Dear All,
The most romantic utilisation of a sheepshank that I have heard ( and I am not sure that it is true, It may just have been a wind-up of the impressionable apprentice ) was it's use as a...
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