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    Ooooo. Tempting. School doesn't start until the...

    Ooooo. Tempting. School doesn't start until the 16th. Now, how can I pull this off? Hm.
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    Still Singlehanding

    I don't do SSS stuff any more, but I'm still singlehanding. I'm extremely busy with school, so I haven't been over to see Alpha for a couple of months....MONTHS. Crazy! I have had a repair...
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    Oh man.....I wish I could go to this. I've got...

    Oh man.....I wish I could go to this. I've got another commitment this Sunday.

    I'd LOVE to see your baby.
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    Yaaaayyy!!! Hey, she floats right side up!!!

    Yaaaayyy!!! Hey, she floats right side up!!!
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    While I'd love to see that Hawkfarm go to a good...

    While I'd love to see that Hawkfarm go to a good home and someone with SHTP aspirations, you will have to factor in getting it up to Washington, too. Again, I'd LOVE to see that Hawkfarm go to a...
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    All of the posters have found new homes, with the...

    All of the posters have found new homes, with the set of three, 1990, 1992 and 1994 going to Linda and Dan Newland.
  7. Thread: New Boat 4 Sled

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    I remember getting close to island, a few miles...

    I remember getting close to island, a few miles off and...

    ...the smell. I remember the smell of a tropical island, even though I was upwind. The lead boats will be getting that scent in about...
  8. Thanks, Pat. It's always a little weird to post...

    Thanks, Pat. It's always a little weird to post something here and have it get no reaction, whatsoever. It makes me think that other people can't see the post, but then there are XYZ number of...
  9. 2002 Singlehanded Transpac Video - finally on YouTube

    I've had this on VHS tape sitting in my study for 20 years. Seeing as I'm now retired and re-vamping the layout of that room, it was high time to finally digitize the stuff I have stored so I can...
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    Alfred, Lord Sleddog! It sure seems like you...

    Alfred, Lord Sleddog!

    It sure seems like you are having a grand old time discovering a new one design, with this 110.
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    SHTP memorabilia for free

    I have one of the Jim DeWitt SHTP posters from 1994 that needs to go. I have two of them, this one is simply framed in a poster frame, nothing fancy.
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    I believe that's Dan Newlands...
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    That sure looks like a match for the Fresno boat....

    That sure looks like a match for the Fresno boat. It would be very cool if the Fresno boat wound up at the Spaulding Boat Works. I'm putting in some effort to try to make that happen.
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    Thanks gentlemen! I knew that someone would...

    Thanks gentlemen! I knew that someone would figure this out!

    EDIT NEXT DAY: I contacted the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center and let them know about it. That might be a perfect project for them.
    I...
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    OK, collective mind...help me out here. ...

    OK, collective mind...help me out here.

    There's a boat for $200 bucks out in Fresno. Here are two photos of it.

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    Back in 1938, the Nunes Brothers designed the Mercury, which I'm...
  15. One thing I did before my first Farallones race...

    One thing I did before my first Farallones race was get out a chart and a pair of parallel rules. I mean.... PAPER chart, OK? And real, actual parallel rulers. No kidding. I figured out what...
  16. I'd say...read the equipment requirements for...

    I'd say...read the equipment requirements for racing outside the Gate.

    Spend a lot of money to buy all that stuff. Figure out how to stow it.

    Remember that if A.) the mast doesn't fall down,...
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    Can't do a square top on Alpha, with her...

    Can't do a square top on Alpha, with her backstay. Besides, it'd look really out of place. Dropping the head 5 feet....that's a lot. I could have Joe or Synthia trim off the foot to the first reef...
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    I'm eyeballing this photo of Dura Mater, from...

    I'm eyeballing this photo of Dura Mater, from years past...
    https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4666&d=1565923931

    and holding up a metric ruler to the screen of my laptop...
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    It might work on Alpha, cut down to the first...

    It might work on Alpha, cut down to the first reef point. Alpha's main hoist is about 25' 8". Foot should be around 10 and change. Hm... Going to the first reef point might make it a big short on...
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    Old Farallones race SSS sweatshirts

    I have two old SSS Singlehanded Farallones sweatshirts from 2005 and 2008. if you were around back then, you can have 'em. I hate to throw them out, they're obviously not new but they're in great...
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    Sold...
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    I had big issues as well, but I note that the...

    I had big issues as well, but I note that the person who bought my Pelagic installed the software updates and apparently has been using the unit just fine for almost two years.

    Whatever the case,...
  23. Self tailing winches - free to any regular SSS'er

    I was given these for my last boat and never got around to mounting them. Good luck finding spare parts, but they turn and go clicky-click now, with a disassembly and cleaning I'm sure they'll be...
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    It's worth considering that drogues work by...

    It's worth considering that drogues work by slowing the boat down. A LOT.

    I was on board Surprise! when Bob J tested drogues at the 2020 self-steering seminar. Bob is a good sailor, he's got a...
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    My thinking on e-rudders is strongly influenced...

    My thinking on e-rudders is strongly influenced by being on the 2008 race, where Ruben Gabriel lost his mast about 800 miles out from Hawaii. I want to have solutions on the boat...options...I'm not...
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