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- Sun May 22, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Flipper Scow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14762
Re: Flipper Scow
I'll bring it to Staunton Harold so you can have a play... And Hunts too....
- Sun May 22, 2016 7:10 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Flipper Scow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14762
Re: Flipper Scow
Very nearly finished:
Just a few ropes to sort out, and the toestraps...
Just a few ropes to sort out, and the toestraps...
- Tue May 17, 2016 9:48 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Moth wing attachment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5458
Re: Moth wing attachment
No.. it just doesn't like big pics....
You can mail me the pic: realnutteruk at gmail dot com
You can mail me the pic: realnutteruk at gmail dot com
- Sun May 15, 2016 9:26 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Moth wing attachment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5458
Moth wing attachment
Can any mothies please tell me how their wings are clamped to the hull? I just bought a set off ebay, and there are no holes at their inner ends.... they're also not parallel at their inner ends, so couldn't just slot into a pair of holes... Any close up pictures of your arrangements would be very w...
Re: Toestraps
Ummmm..... They're going to be taught when in use, surely?
- Thu May 12, 2016 11:09 am
- Forum: Boats and bits wanted
- Topic: Wanted, main sheet traveller, jib tracks and main blocks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7720
Re: Wanted, main sheet traveller, jib tracks and main blocks
Any of these any good to you?
- Wed May 11, 2016 11:09 pm
- Forum: Boat Chat
- Topic: Merlin, tacking the top batten
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13070
Re: Merlin, tacking the top batten
Try centre sheeting... gives you the possibility of grabbing the sheet at the boom, and cracking the sail across...
- Wed May 11, 2016 11:05 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Roadford 2016
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19642
Re: Roadford 2016
As long as they understand me when I ask for a beer, they can say scone, scone or scone for all I care...
- Wed May 11, 2016 8:09 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Toestrap ideas please...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7318
Re: Toestrap ideas please...
Hmmm.. fine if you know where there's a hard point to screw into...
I'm thinking about stiffening the straps with wire... net curtain wire for example....
I'm thinking about stiffening the straps with wire... net curtain wire for example....
- Wed May 11, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Toestrap ideas please...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7318
Toestrap ideas please...
My Flipper Scow is a bit weird*... It has a spine down the full length of the cockpit from which the toestraps hang... Like this: http://img.porssilehdet.fi/raw/1514000/1514089_2.jpg Apologies for the big pic! I'd like to make them stand away from the spine so I can get my toes under them easily, wi...
- Wed May 11, 2016 12:23 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Staunton Harold in June
- Replies: 44
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Re: Staunton Harold in June
I'm certainly going to be there... Will be in the Minisail champs, and will have another boat for people to play with...
I expect to be bringing a tent...
I expect to be bringing a tent...
- Sun May 08, 2016 6:07 am
- Forum: Banter
- Topic: Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 18211
Re: Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached ?
If you don't want to sign up to a hosting service, then imgsafe.org will host pics on an ad-hoc basis... I don't know how long they keep them for, though...
- Sun May 08, 2016 5:59 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Flipper Scow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14762
Re: Flipper Scow
The same.... that's how it was built....
- Sat May 07, 2016 7:37 pm
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Flipper Scow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14762
Re: Flipper Scow
Yep.... I'll pick out the corpses before the third coat tomorrow... and polish out any that stick to that....
- Sat May 07, 2016 11:52 am
- Forum: Boat maintenance, repair and restoration
- Topic: Flipper Scow
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14762
Re: Flipper Scow
First coat of paint on the underside... I'm loving the colour, but so is every flying insect in the county!