... Ben, I went to the Capote file but there was no picture just the little rectangle with a red diagonal cross in the top left corner of the page. Is it the...
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Puck III
ben_azo
Sep 1, 2005 9:29 am
Ted , you will find the pics way down in Photos here , I was unable to upload them larger in Files , if you download them you will see them larger . I posted...
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edward_stoneuk
Sep 1, 2005 11:08 am
Ben, That is a neat design and worth a thought or two. It would be great to meet in our boats for a beer or two, but it will be a year or two yet. Regards, ...
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Sugar
seeratlasangel
Sep 1, 2005 2:07 pm
Hi Ben, I really enjoyed viewing all your pics on your yahoo profile link. THANK YOU! Sugar ... come in handy for checking on the...
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brentswain38
Sep 1, 2005 7:09 pm
Just build your own in place. I can do that in a couple of weeks when I get down there. Brent ... figured ... or ... around. ... our...
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brentswain38
Sep 1, 2005 7:11 pm
Having a pilothouse and inside steering drastically reduces the possibility of a man overboard in rough weather. Brent ... enough ... check ... accompanied ......
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brentswain38
Sep 1, 2005 7:15 pm
With good side and rear windows, you can see the entire horizon without changing course, except for an area just ahead of the bow, which you can scan every two...
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brentswain38
Sep 1, 2005 7:24 pm
A door can be as watertight as the lid on a pressure cooker and would not allow a drop of water in if the boat rolled 360 degrees or got stuck on a lee shore...
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seeratlas
Sep 2, 2005 3:35 pm
You know, guys, (and girls :) Since this is a builder/designer/'idea' (and construction :)type of forum, a lot of what we discuss is necessarily armchair,...
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kingsknight4life
kingsknight4...
Sep 2, 2005 4:33 pm
Brent I'm assuming you mean the hatch nt the airhead. Have you built one yet? I figured I could easiy make the hatch out of aluminum like the forward one. ...
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brentswain38
Sep 2, 2005 6:39 pm
I meant the pilothouse hatch. I built the airhead. It's working so far. I found simpler ways to build it, using a cap you drop in when you are not dumping,...
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Bill Jaine
anacapaisland
Sep 3, 2005 12:16 am
Whilst using my 13 amp heavy duty grinder today to cut thru a steel post, it kicked back and caught my not tucked in shirt and put a nice graze up my ...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Sep 3, 2005 2:01 am
I don't plan to build a steel sailboat, but thought I might find information on origamiboats that could be used to develop notions for prefabricated steel...
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edward_stoneuk
Sep 3, 2005 8:41 am
Bill, A similar thing happened to me years ago cleaning burnt paint off a motorcycle tank using a cup wire brush in a 9" grinder. It caught in my loose shirt...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Sep 3, 2005 11:00 am
... Bill, Ted et al. (legal talk, nothing to do with cannibalism) A long time back when salaried guys wore white shirts and ties to let everybody know they...
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prairiemaidca
Sep 3, 2005 6:10 pm
Hi All: I too have had a couple of encounters of the not so nice with my 9"grinder.. Once with a wire brush my loose sweat shirt got caught and it wound the...
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Jon & Wanda(Tink)
tinkerbell98683
Sep 3, 2005 6:41 pm
I see a joke here somewhere about men not reading directions on use of tools but as long as you can laugh latter it is a guy thing. Jon...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Sep 3, 2005 6:52 pm
... A true macho man does not read directions, or ask for them either, because that would indicate that he either does not know what he is doing, or where he...
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brentswain38
Sep 3, 2005 9:22 pm
I had a diaphragm failure on my Guzzler pump while crossing the equator. When I took it apart I found that the manufacturers had gone to great lengths to...
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Alex Christie
northcanoe
Sep 3, 2005 9:22 pm
Heh, Time for my safety goof-ups to be aired, now that this angle grinder mayhem thread is going! In many cases it is the wire wheel which is the deadliest,...
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brentswain38
Sep 3, 2005 9:28 pm
Cutting wheels and discs sometimes explode, throwing shrapnell out in predictable directions.. Its a good idea to avoid being in line with the wheel or disc as...
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Courtney Thomas
ccthomas01
Sep 3, 2005 9:55 pm
Is Guzzler a brand or type....pump ? Thank you, Courtney...
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audeojude
Sep 4, 2005 2:00 am
Even the baby tools like a roto zip can bite.. two weeks ago I was using a cutoff disk in one sitting in the cockpit. made my cut carefully.. succeded in...
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Frank McNeill
frankmcneilll
Sep 4, 2005 6:34 am
... was ... to set ... shin ... I'm ... down ... that it ... blood out ... To avoid the dangers associated with cutting or grinding metal, consider paper boats...
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Lipsey
saillips
Sep 4, 2005 4:29 pm
I too have had my accidents with grinders through the years, none serious, but all scary and eye opening. A very good friend was using a 4" grinder with a...
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seeratlas
Sep 4, 2005 5:09 pm
some people just can't take a joke. long long ago when i was a kind of law enforcement officer, one of the guys had a fake bomb made up. 4 sticks of tnt with a...
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seeratlas
Sep 4, 2005 5:15 pm
I seem to remember something about someone losing his boat because of a guzzler. If I remember correctly he filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that...
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seeratlas
Sep 4, 2005 5:17 pm
Amen, there is a previous thread where some of the more horrific accidents were described. you cannot be too careful about this stuff. seer...
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jericoera
Sep 4, 2005 9:04 pm
I am not certain what everyone else is doing but I saw a paint job on a metal boat that is just approaching its sixth year and it is in A1 shape. I asked the...
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Gary
greenguy2ca
Sep 4, 2005 9:08 pm
Brent ..... just letting you know that leaving the anchorage right beside you in Comox had nothing to do with your "testing" of your "airhead" toilet. Gary ......
