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RIGGING SURVEY
The other major things turned out to be a crack in the fitting on a mizzen spreader end. The second one was a crack on one side of a U-swedge fitting that is on the wire running through my main rolle...
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FORCED DECISIONS
Back when I ran across another Durbeck who was a cruiser, he asked about my chain plates. I keep then clean and polished, but have one that the bottom bolt seeps rust that I clean off every 6 months....
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ROPE ANTENNA
Running up the antenna. This was easy. As mentioned before, I had added a block and line to the aft end of the mast top plate. The antenna comes with attachment points and shackles for each end. A...
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INSTATION OF RADIO CONTROLER AND SPEEKER
Finely something easy. All I had to do is cut a square and rectangular hole in a 1” bulkhead. This meant figuring where I wanted to put the holes, get the wife/interior consultant ok and start cut...
SAILING AGAIN
Saturday and the poor people of Galveston and Houston are suffering as only one who has been through a hurricane can appreciate. Waiting in line become a way of life. It is a good time to meet new p...
IKE, TAKE A HIKE
Yea, that’s another hurricane. Going to Texas Saturday early A.M. Hate it when they come at night. Your senses can not get enough info to give you good knowledge. That lack of what is really goi...
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TRANSCEIVER INSTALATION
We may have a week or two off from hurricanes, so let me get back to the installation of the SSB. I had hoped to hang the transceiver on the bottom of a shelf in the storage area of the chart table ar...
LABOR DAY WEEKEND
OK already with all this stuff about Gus. We did go out to Navarre on Saturday and returned Sunday. Our sails are not only off the masts, but off the boat. Putting them up is a 3+ hour ordeal which...
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WATER ON PIER
GUSTAV II
It is 10:30 and is just making landfall in Louisiana. We have had winds in the 40 knot range, lots of tornado warnings, none touched down. A fair amount of rain, but between bans, the sun come out a...
GUSTAV
So much for our nice 3 day weekend. The latest has it going just west of the mouth of the Mississippi River. We are about 25% of the circle away. It is suppose to be beautiful Sat and Sun and go do...
FAY
Saturday I woke early, Formula 1 qualifying was on and had to watch it. Got the computer up to see if Fay was moving and turned on the weather radio to listen to the latest. Fay was still coming and...
WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO
TS Fay keeps churning off the east coast of Florida. There is a high pressure area north of the Carolinas that is to send her west. Most of the computer models have it inland and passing over Pensa...
GROUNDING STRAP
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GROUNDING STRAP
As mentioned before, the grounding strap is a 3 inch wide piece of very thin copper. To get down to the grounding plates, I had to go through the Pantry and down its bulkhead through a shelf and thro...
FLIES
You really did not want pictures on this subject. One of God’s little creatures that help clean up the earth…, I guess. I never counted myself as part of the refuse. One of those rare things hap...
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DSC ANTENNA AND SSB ANTENNA WIRE
The antenna wire goes through an opening in the cap rail. The tuner should be as close to the antenna as possible because the wire from the top of the tuner to the antenna is in fact part of the ante...
A BONE IN HER TEETH
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