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01-19-21, 12:54 PM
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01-19-21, 12:54 PM
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Vane steering is still relatively common on long-distance cruising boats because of the power requirements and failure potential of autopilots. From everything I've read, it works well, but I've never seen it in operation except on YouTube. On the other hand, any reasonably well designed boat (model or full scale) can be trimmed, under steady conditions, such that it requires very little steering input on most points of sail and there are solo ocean sailors who will simply bungie the tiller or wheel in position and go to sleep. The idea is to balance the tendency of the boat to head upwind against a few degrees of rudder in the opposite direction. No rocket science involved.
The vane mentioned in that article is pretty much the same as the original vane self-steering systems used in full size boats. Mo is old enough that he may remember those. Some cruisers still use them; however, electronic auto-pilots have really taken over.
I'll bet he has "free sailed" his current boat as well as others. I've sailed mine for as much as 30-45 minutes without having to touch the tiller.
Edit: What Mo said.
I'll bet he has "free sailed" his current boat as well as others. I've sailed mine for as much as 30-45 minutes without having to touch the tiller.
Edit: What Mo said.
01-19-21, 12:58 PM
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01-19-21, 01:06 PM
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01-19-21, 01:17 PM
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Wild. I know the ocean is big and the boat is small but I'd be constantly worried there was something out there in the way. I guess you've got to sleep sometime, though.
I always enjoyed trimming out airplanes. Nothing I've ever flown was straight enough to fly totally hands off but they were at least close enough that you only needed a single finger on the yoke to compensate.
I always enjoyed trimming out airplanes. Nothing I've ever flown was straight enough to fly totally hands off but they were at least close enough that you only needed a single finger on the yoke to compensate.
Airplane wings and boat sails work in virtually the exact same way. It's almost all about lift and stall. Some of the best sailors I've known are also pilots.
01-19-21, 01:19 PM
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I declined the offer to go with him, will wait until tomorrow. My fitness is going to take a big hit with being sick for a week and not having much saddle time.
It's a dumb sport.
01-19-21, 01:28 PM
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Some shingles have come off the roof and the power has gone off briefly. My friend called me from the ride start, about 20 miles form here, and said wind is light there. That's why we go there on windy days, the mountains shield that area most of the time.
I declined the offer to go with him, will wait until tomorrow. My fitness is going to take a big hit with being sick for a week and not having much saddle time.
It's a dumb sport.
I declined the offer to go with him, will wait until tomorrow. My fitness is going to take a big hit with being sick for a week and not having much saddle time.
It's a dumb sport.
Yesterday, the furnace people came to remove the furnace, so now we're down to ZERO HVAC system. Thursday, they start putting in the new system.
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01-19-21, 01:58 PM
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The wind blew the flue cap off our roof. I think it probably had been weakend/slightly detached by the furnace people, who built us a new flue for our water heater to replace the combined flue with the asbestos when the asbestos removal people were here last month.
Yesterday, the furnace people came to remove the furnace, so now we're down to ZERO HVAC system. Thursday, they start putting in the new system.
Yesterday, the furnace people came to remove the furnace, so now we're down to ZERO HVAC system. Thursday, they start putting in the new system.
01-19-21, 02:01 PM
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01-19-21, 04:12 PM
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01-19-21, 04:17 PM
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I have an appointment for mine on the 27th and assurances that there will be vaccine available. LSS could get hers because she's licensed in the local jurisdictions, but since she is retired, she feels it would be unethical.
Hope she can get it soon.
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01-19-21, 04:25 PM
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I got my initial dose last week. Who knew mods were essential personnel?
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01-19-21, 04:30 PM
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Just got a letter from my chiropractor, they’re closing after 27 years of service. Dang.
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01-19-21, 04:36 PM
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01-19-21, 04:37 PM
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01-19-21, 04:39 PM
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01-19-21, 05:07 PM
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Think Floyd Landis.
01-19-21, 05:13 PM
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Yes, those are included. In our neck of the woods pizzarias weren't a thing, that I was aware of anyway. Prolly some around the college, but that was the next town over, and we only went there to shop, on Saturday morning. There were prolly as many Amish as non-Amish in our county. That kind of upbringing.
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01-19-21, 05:14 PM
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Dad bought his first training plane (WWII bomber pilot) as a control line plane. It was held together with rubber bands, for easy repair after crashing.
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01-19-21, 05:26 PM
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Yes, those are included. In our neck of the woods pizzarias weren't a thing, that I was aware of anyway. Prolly some around the college, but that was the next town over, and we only went there to shop, on Saturday morning. There were prolly as many Amish as non-Amish in our county. That kind of upbringing.
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01-19-21, 05:34 PM
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I also found out today that one of the biggest deniers I know had Covid this summer. He didn't get super sick but it seems to have humbled him a bit and he shows a bit of empathy for the people who do get sick when before he said it was nothing more than a cold.
01-19-21, 05:35 PM
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