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    Navy Ferrocement manual

    Yes, I haven't looked at it yet but I know I'll download it, so not just 'thanks', but many thanks; this is sincerely appreciated!
    Post by: sailsnail, Mar 17, 2006 in forum: Boatbuilding
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    Blue Gum as boatbuilding wood

    Que tal Guillermo, Blue Gum is a common name for many different species of Eucalyptus and as has been said many of them will be suitable. I...
    Post by: sailsnail, Mar 5, 2006 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    Maritime superstition and lore.........

    I had a nonchalant, ho-hum approach to all this 'sea-pagan' superstition. Then, on my second trip up the Amazon, I had spent a month with a band...
    Post by: sailsnail, Aug 24, 2005 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    Dealing with pirates

    I can confirm that! |>
    Post by: sailsnail, Dec 15, 2004 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    Energetic Subs and Dolphins

    Submarines have been built out of ferrocement and that would be my first choice (but maybe that's just because I have a ferro boat). I have...
    Post by: sailsnail, Nov 18, 2004 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    East Cape

    http://directory.boatdesign.net/detail/3834.htm Bykom pilletjies, Wynand! |>
    Post by: sailsnail, Nov 4, 2004 in forum: Metal Boat Building
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    Pirates?

    Yes, I've had 'trouble' about 50 miles off French Guiana, twice while at anchor in Venezuela (thieves more than pirates but they can trash your...
    Post by: sailsnail, Jun 21, 2004 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    Hello and need help finding...

    http://www.extremeboat.co.uk/linksmain.htm Maybe? |>
    Post by: sailsnail, Jun 15, 2004 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    How close to the wind can a boat sail?

    You don't need tank tests, just figure how all those cruisers made it back from New Zealand! Or look out your window at any Sunday morning...
    Post by: sailsnail, Jun 10, 2004 in forum: Sailboats
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    best method for removing fiberglass itch!

    For prevention I use a milking salve (yes, the kind they use on cows teats). And the only thing I have found to relieve the itch is running...
    Post by: sailsnail, Jun 7, 2004 in forum: Fiberglass and Composite Boat Building
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    real old timers

    I googled Stuart Fiedel, and John Milner Associates, and frankly I'd rather suggest you look for research. I have worked as an ecologist for 22...
    Post by: sailsnail, Apr 30, 2004 in forum: Sailboats
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    real old timers

    I wouldn't write off sail technology so quickly. "Viracocha", a project boat expidition undertaken to study the feasability of trans-continental...
    Post by: sailsnail, Apr 27, 2004 in forum: Sailboats
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    Hypalon

    http://www.canyonvoyages.com/retail.html http://www.owfinc.com/ owfinc will mail samples and whatever you order. Hobby= grips for handles on...
    Post by: sailsnail, Apr 25, 2004 in forum: Materials
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    Antiguan Holiday

    Banks there will accept them all although US$ are most common foreign currency. |>
    Post by: sailsnail, Apr 25, 2004 in forum: All Things Boats & Boating
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    reef design

    I had a 35' sloop with two reefs in the mainsail.... and it worked so well in the dock. But halfway between Bonaire and RD, in a 60k breeze, on a...
    Post by: sailsnail, Mar 15, 2004 in forum: Sailboats