Thanks Steve, the little I know about boating I have learned here. "One Tonner" sounded reminiscent of the so called English cafe racer...
This will be my last attempt before calling the moderator: yes, you dashed with a rant against "religion". Three phrases, same target. Useless...
pistnbroke, I refuse to believe that you are calling me an ignorant. Religiosity or atheism are choices, to which everyone is entitled (at least...
Sitting, waiting for the government Thanks to the big help I found here, I have everything figured out for the moment of decision: begin...
One Tonner Nice boat. "IOR Onetonner"... I looked it up. Wikipedia says it corresponds usually to 40'=1Ton. The original poster however...
AKocgy is talented with words and made a good description of the problem, but pictures would have cut the words by thousands - beside, I love boat...
This is the roadmap I was looking for. Thank you, PAR. You have just made a grandfather very, very happy!
From my readings I know that "2G" or "2 Grand (or Grant?)" means two thousand dollars. Perhaps you US friends can tell me if the general Ulysses...
I wonder if Yaasaay ever imagined that his question would produce such an interesting thread! DCochey, "K" is greek for "one thousand". Perhaps...
Wow PAR, this is very generous from you – thanks! Although I used the “karkuretor” mentioned to arrive at the stave thickness (the 3” OD was pure...
"10 types of people..." If I ask "does "10" mean "2" in binary", will my ignorance be showing? :)
hindu numbers Yaasaay, Hoytedoy is right in the clarification he offered for the origin of the so-called "arabic numbers" - arabs did not invent...
Thank you PAR for your comments, I respect them a lot. As a last attempt at this, suppose I used 1/2" thick pine for the staves, and then did...
Troy, here's another funny thing about our minds: if you were raised and schooled in a country and then move to another, with a different...
The plans for the Werzsko dinghy I am building...