Hiya Group, I'm Alan "Maddog!" MacBride, (Your Eccentric Moderator) I started this group to continue the discussions Mike Saunders started over at MSN. ...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBride
themadmac@...
May 25, 2001 8:42 pm
You can see and read about PUFFIN by going to the bookmark of the same name. Mike got a hold of me to ask questions about PUFFIN; how I did this and that. We...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 25, 2001 11:57 pm
Hey all........Mike here. I'm excited about this new forum here at Yahoo. I will be slowly phasing out the MSN site and leaving a message there to come on over...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 4:21 am
Hi and welcome to Dinghy Cruising. first off, let us know your name so we can realte to you a little better. Are you building or interested in building a boat?...
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mongo3@...
May 26, 2001 12:21 pm
Having been Shanghai'd by the MAd Dog into helping him with his larger boat (Albatross), I am anxious to see what develops here. I've been boating, but years...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 2:02 pm
Hey man..........glad to have ya aboard. I agree whole heartedly with you about the gas guzzler/skiboat/60mph/idiots that think they are got thier rights to...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 2:16 pm
Shanghied by the Maddog huh? I can understand that. As to what you said about nowaday boaters ( I call them wannabe's), you are right. I love the rising gas...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 3:56 pm
I was just at the Weekender site on MSN (where I AM and member, AND WAS LOGGED IN) and tryed to post a message only to have it just simply do nothing! That...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 11:03 pm
Today I sanded. then I sanded some more. Then I filled. Then I sanded some more. Then I sanded some more. Then.......I laminated one rub rail. (pic by the end...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 26, 2001 11:05 pm
Ok.......I have been thinking about the aluminum mast. I want opinions here. Give it to me. Mike...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 12:14 am
... Surprise!!! ... To paraphrase Arnold Schartzeneger... "No pain, no pain." Ain't MicroSoft grand? I'm sweating bullets at the impending prospect of doing ...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:08 am
... BT, DT. We sanded two full trash bags worth off of ALBATROSS. More to come when the (first) fairing coat gets finished. ... WHOA There Big Fella!!! You...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:11 am
... Think about the sail first. The mast carries the sail, so what sail you use predicates what you do for a mast. -- A sheet of sandpaper makes a cheap and...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 1:14 am
... Noproblemo as long as you have 2nd edition of 98.....thats what I got it works way better than 95. I built my own computer 4 months ago after owning a...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 1:16 am
Mongo......give me the goods on a low end digital that still has pretty good res. I dont got big bucks to blow on one........I got to build boats. Mike...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 1:19 am
... On this boat i'm going with the sprit rig. I cant get away from it. To me it is a beautiful rig. OK......it may not perform to windward like some...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:39 am
... Hull speed: sq.root of LWL/1.4 LWL=7.5? HS should be around 3.8 Knots +/- ... Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I don't think you can sail a sprit reefed. ...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:54 am
... Depends on how soon you want to get wet. You can laminate and turn a spiffy looking spar, after it's sanded smooth and sealed. Or, you can cut a piece of...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBri...
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 2:00 am
... I've always though it'd be kind of neat to pack a tent and sleeping bag on the back of a PWC and cruise down the ICW. Sort of a water borne motorcycle bum....
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 2:43 am
I like the sound of getting wet......... I think I will go with the aluminum. have you ever thought abouot filling the aluminum with floatation foam? Mike ...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 2:51 am
the sprit sail true enough cannot be reefed. The gaff rig can. A good reason to go with a gaff rig. On the junk rig, what are the battens made of? ...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBride
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 2:51 am
... I have. But I realized that the AL would weigh too much to make a difference. The floatation would also only help to make it weigh even more. Sealing the...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBride
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 3:07 am
... The battens could be glassed Luan plywood. They're about 5'9" They could also probably be bought. I'd have to look at catalogs, but doesn't seem to me to...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 11:26 am
Maddog......what was the thickness of the foamboard on the hull of Puffin? ALso......did you run a submersion test to check the foam for soakability? And, once...
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Terry Smith
mongo3@...
May 27, 2001 12:33 pm
Mike; For a decent digital camera you have several choices. Hewlett Packard has a number of cameras in the $250 - $350 range. They all use compact flash ...
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Terry Smith
mongo3@...
May 27, 2001 12:42 pm
... Windows ME is stabler than either 95 or 98 (forget 95 on the new 'pooter - it won't work, anyway - can't read the size of the HDD). Windows 200 is very...
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Mike Saunders
no1likhim@...
May 27, 2001 12:45 pm
MOngo.....I have a friend who has one of the Sony's. It is a slight hassle with the floppy as you said, but it does take very good pics. But all in all no more...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBride
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:01 pm
... (snipped encyclopedic list of digicams) Thanks T. Do these cams all putout pics that are 1280x.... ? 'Cause if they do, we're going to have to resize them...
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Terry Smith
mongo3@...
May 27, 2001 1:29 pm
... Mad Dog: The output of the camera I used for the shots of the boat (after theft) is 1152 x 872 - this is about 225K compressed. With a big HDD you don't...
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Alan 'Maddog!' MacBride
themadmac@...
May 27, 2001 1:37 pm
... Sheesh Mike! Don't nobody read no more? SEE: http://www.nauticalfollies.com/Puffin.htm Anyway... (1" foam) ... No I didn't. Building PUFFIN, four years...
