My little piece of peace

[hoytedow]

Use Rain-X to help with visibility.

Use a proper design and skimp on Rain-X.

[hoytedow]

"Use a proper design" advice is good but may be too late for some. They may have already committed their resources on a bad design.

[Fanie]

The slanted windows have a windage advantage, doesn't have to be a bad design. In cold areas I can think you need all the heat you can get.

[hoytedow]

Fanie, I didn't mean YOU have a bad design. I mean Rain-X is a fix for those who DO have a bad design.

True.

for both

[masalai]

Ten images, are they worth any rep points or do they mean I will not get Negative rep for a little while???

[masalai]

I had to put some text in - what can I do??? - - Last month, and one in Sept, 4 "newbies" gave me rep, and I do not know who to thank (no name entered) - and I can tell they were "newbies" as NO POINTS recorded - so could have been negative - so I also don't know if I did wrong or for what???? FDIK (******-dif-I-know)... But I don't really care because I am really pleased with the boat.... It will do for the rest of my life and maybe the after-life in a "viking funeral"....

[Frosty]

Those Viking funerals are a bit iffy with health and safety. I know a guy that wrote it into his will, he insisted that the wife be deck hand handling the fenders.

[masalai]

If he wanted her to be his roast dinner on the journey??? - - but who can deter you when you declare to yourself "Now is the Time", sail out with a full load of "acceleratants" and a box of matches singing '...When I am 99, change hands...'

[Manie B]

Mas my points system wont work

so here goes

Zillion points to Mas AND THE DREAM TEAM

and i will look for nice crew for the dream team next week and post under that stoooopid thread started by some idiot looking for sponsors

[Frosty]

Hey lets get serious, this steering station is no joke, where are you going to sail this thing. the rain and the wind is nothing, the sun will bloody kill you in a day.
I have 2 stations on my boat, I suppose you would think that I drive up top in the sun and down below when its raining,--100% wrong.

The sun will destroy your instruments.

If your day sailing around Aussie then it wont be a prob.

You need a good comfortable seat preferably one you can lie down on and still see forward, you need shade.

Don't forget you gotta be able to see under the sails.

Open sea passages can be made hard or easy by the cockpit.

[boat fan]

Originally Posted by Frosty

If your day sailing around Aussie then it wont be a prob.

.

Been out under OZ sun lately Frosty ?

40 Degrees C here today ( Sunday ).....39 yesterday .....was 38 on Friday...

Your`e right ...sun does more damage here than anything else.......

[Frosty]

Where are you Darwin?, I froze my nuts off in Sydney in Dec 2002, big bush fire year and it was freezing, --well to me it was.

Darling Harbour boat show ---bloody freezing. 2001

I saw Ausies that should have been at work walking across the road in swimming gear with surfboards tied to their ankles, me and the missus was sitting in the car with the windows up trying to keep warm.

One day was so cold I went back to the Hotel I just could'nt work on the boat.

[boat fan]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Where are you Darwin?, I froze my nuts off in Sydney in Dec 2002, big bush fire year and it was freezing, --well to me it was.

Darling Harbour boat show ---bloody freezing. 2001

I saw Ausies that should have been at work walking across the road in swimming gear with surfboards tied to their ankles, me and the missus was sitting in the car with the windows up trying to keep warm.

One day was so cold I went back to the Hotel I just could'nt work on the boat.

2002 , That was before global warming Frosty

I`m cooking in Adelaide , but Melbourne has forecast of 41 C early next week , unheard of for them !!!!