Tips, Tricks, Traps and Ideas
| The Acronyms of Sail Race Scoring | ||
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Ever wondered what all those abbreviations and acronyms mean? So did we so we did a bit of research. Read more about Abbreviations and Acronyms⟶ |
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| Tips for the crew member | ||
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Apart from actually knowing something about sailing there a some attributes that set a good crew member apart from the others. I would hazard at a guess that the majority of people who crew on yachts are not the rock stars we see on the maxis at the head of a Sydney Hobart or a Fastnet but are crewing on a friend’s or associate’s yacht in social or club racing. Read more ⟶ |
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| Coiling Lines | ||
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One of the skills that really sets a competent crew member apart from a passenger is the ability to coils lines. A properly coiled line is easy to deploy, easy to stow and allows uncoiling without tangles and kinks, it also looks good! Read more ⟶ |
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| What is in your pocket | ||
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It can be as simple as what is in your pocket that can improve your respect as a crew member from a skipper or owner Carry these items every time you sail. Read more ⟶ |
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| PFD Self Service | ||
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Different jurisdictions have different rules concerning Personal Flotation Device self servicing, to satisfy your curiosity as to how it is done Read more ⟶ |
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| Ronstan Clear Start watch self resetting | ||
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Why your Ronstan Clear Start watch keeps resetting itself or restarting when you press one of the buttons. Read more ⟶ |
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| Soft Shackles | ||
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Soft shackles are a great alternative to knots or metal shackles, they are strong, light weight, easy to operate and in the mind of many safer. This is how to make not the standard soft shackle but in our opinion a better one. Read more ⟶ |
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| Solar for trickle charging | ||
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Solar is a great way to keep electricity supply at operating levels, the amount of solar collection is dependent on each individual’s power requirements, ours is at the lower level. This is how we installed a flexible trickle charging system. Read more ⟶ |
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| Scandvik Cup and Cover Modification |
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Anyone who owns a boat, or maybe even a RV that has Scandvik shower cups in their pride and joy will also know the frustration when the cover parts company with to cup, here is an easy modification to alleviate that frustration. Read more ⟶ |
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| Volvo Penta D1-30 – 130S Sail Drive | ||
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From time to time we have issues with our auxiliary power plant, fortunately they are generally quickly resolved. Here are some of those issues, how they were resolved together with a few observations. | |
| Volvo D1-30 raw water flow problem | ||
| We recently solved a problem with the cooling system on G-whizz, the symptoms were very low quantity of water from the exhaust and steam from the exhaust at anything above idle when in gear, this is how it got solved. Read more ⟶ |
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| Volvo D1-30 hard starting fixed | ||
| After a race on G-whizz we had trouble starting the iron spinnaker, it would fire after lots of cranking then die with the slightest bit of throttle, the problem was surprisingly simple, in cause and rectification. Read more ⟶ |
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| Volvo D1-30 won’t rev under load | ||
| A friend raised a problem with their D1-30 that would not rev, we had had a similar problem with ours that made the diagnosis easy and for them to get their problem solved. Read more ⟶ |
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