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Someone a while back suggested there should be age categories for answering Sled’s quizzes. I believe the answer is the 13’ BANSHEE designed by Richard (Dick) Reid. There was a series of builders...

Not BARUNA. BARUNA (a yawl) was painted black. I remember hearing that they painted her silver underneath the black paint in an effort to reflect heat. The sloop in the photo is most likely ORIENT...

Bob,
With the first page open on your iThing, click on where it says All Pages in red near the top of the page and you should be able to see it all.

ok, Sled. This is the only “guess” you haven’t responded to. I did a bit of internet searching and there is an account of a squid purported to have attached itself to a French boat in mid-Atlantic...

#24. — I’m waiting to hear the story of those yak fur jib sheets (#24). Who’d a thought? And WHY?

I understand yak wool actually make nice sweaters.

August 2015, near Raufarhöfn, Iceland
The Arctic Henge, a work in progress.

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A bit of internet search will reveal that Canadian author Farley Mowat (1921-2014) was an outspoken environmentalists in addition to being quite a prolific writer. He was probably best known for his...

That’s a helluva stairway! Not something you’ll see in most boatyards.

In the stern shot, I noticed the fairly large nitrogen gas cylinder. Many years ago, I had a quite nice steel motorsailer as...

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The numbers say a lot about the 2023 SSS Round the Rocks Race: 109 Entries (about a third singlehanded and two-thirds doublehanded); 75 DNF’s and only 3 singlehanded and 13 doublehanded...

DON’T THROW THAT OUT!
WE WOULD LOVE TO RECYCLE YOUR OLD SAILS AND CONVERT THEM INTO OUR ONE OF A KIND RE-SAILS BAGS. SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE LOOKING FOR CLEAN MILDEW FREE DACRON(WHITE) SAIL CLOTH...

More of the story, with a picture of the “dock”, was in the December ‘22 Latitude 38.
https://www.latitude38.com/issues/december-2022/#70

There’s significant historical precedent for SSS Race Chairs inventing new “In the Bay” races (with new names) often incorporating unusual and creative tactical challenges. Thank You! to Ants Uiga...

For the Corinthian Race, I’m aware of all the reasons NOT to have the old and dangerous Southampton platform as a leeward mark, but it sure would be nice to have a leeward mark in this race east of...

Suggestions:
1) Have you attempted to calibrate your speedometer? This is usually done by making repeated runs under power on flat water.
2) Do you pull the transducer between races? There’s a...

Ants,
First, congratulations on your Half-Marathon! Well done. It’s too late for my knees and hips to even consider such endeavors.

I’m very impressed with your gopher count. When I was about 10...

#5 Wedged in the cockpit thru-hull drain. Not too surprising.

OOPS!! Looks like Mr. Critter (Max) already guessed that. So I second his guess based on my own experience.

As a SCUBA diver I recognized Sled’s reference to “a submerged island.” The shallow seamounts (submerged islands) along the California Coast have long held a special interest for SCUBA divers....

The requirement for DSC/GPS equipped VHF radios has already been addressed in the YRA/OYRA equipment requirements for offshore racing. For Bay racing, there’s really no need to add a requirement for...

In the Spring of 1978, when my daughter was three and my son not yet a glimmer, I bought a copy of a cute little “children’s” sailing storybook called “Sailing on Firefly” featuring the adventures of...

~sled, Your profile indicates that you joined the SSS Forum 9-26-2007. At 3:43 pm that day you posted possibly your first post in response to a thread about SSB. That thread is titled Ferrites and is...

Beware of things that appear too easy.

Carliane, To be (more?) clear, the entire statement [“Commercial Traffic has right of way on San Francisco Bay…”] is wrong. I was not just pointing out the misuse of “right of way.” There is no rule...

Thank you for your efforts to improve the formatting and add clarity to the NOR.

Please note that under 7.3.12 “ Educational note: Commercial Traffic has right of way on San Francisco Bay…” is...

Many decades ago, I worked with a very talented and creative architectural model builder. We used quite a variety of materials and a lot of basswood, but also took advantage of cross-over...

Ok, we are all over thinking this: #5 Timber (aka wood)