I mostly agree with Brent on this, and the truth of what he says is easy for me to know, but exceedingly difficult for me to explain. It reminds me of the old...
... I have not seen this where the alloy boats where comparable. The alloy impacts i've seen have resulted in all sorts of cracks and fractures, where the...
Ok, i'll look up the numbers again. My 'stronger/lighter statement derives from the fact that 1. corten is stronger than mild steel, 2. it can therefore be...
... Funny thing - I meant to make the same comment in regard to your earlier post, where you talked about building things that'll stand up to a "crank old man...
Note taken. The advice I've gotten so far is to make sure the boat is lightning protected with spikes at the top of both masts (schooner). Lots of conflicting...
Isn't every material a compromise? Fiberglass absorbs water. Foam core delaminates. Coldmolded needs to be sealed. Carvel kept in the water to swell tight....
My ancestors had their land taken from them - by the English. Injustice was done for generations. I choose not to live in the past seeking compensation -...
The weight of the house creates stability problems as boat size decreases. Weight for weight, steel is flimsier than alloy, wood, or FG for small boats,...
You are implying that steel makes a better boat because it makes a better axe? A steel axe will sink to the bottom, a wood one will not. So by your reasoning,...
It has nothing to do about victimization. You only have to be in Vancouver 10 minutes to realize Canada is changing. Our native peoples and French Canadians...
So does aluminium. So why aren't you promoting wooden boats. Your logic is centuries out of date. Wake up Mr Van Winkle . Brent ... better ... your ... than...
The volume of air in a wheelhouse drastically improves the boat's ultimate stability in the inverted position, all out of porportion to it's weight, providing...
Does it take an intravenous injection , or is intramuscular injection OK for mannitol? Does heat affect the mannitol, or can we boil it in water for...
A native comedian on CBC summed up things well when he said "My white next door neighbour discovered my house, my living room, my couch and my TV. Of course he...
On the contrary. The reservation system does great harm. Literacy rates, poverty rates and early death rates on reservations speak loud and clear on this...
More name calling. Weak Brent, oh so weak. Axes are axes and boats are boats. One is a solid, the other is a shell. As a result, you end up with goofy,...
Greg, u miss the point, most of the natives do not want to be white. don't want the dog eat dog ethics system, the treadmill auto-pilot consumerist economy, or...
Oh, and one more thing, having had land taken from ancestors by the english is not much of a distinction :) hehehehe I think most everyone non-english has...
i wasn't proposing a corten dinghy..but a darned stout 44 footer.:) seer ... decreases. ... can make ... down and ... weight ... steel. ... collapse under ......
Low literacy rates, early death rates and poverty rates are the result of centuries of government and church orchestrated humiliation, not the reserve system....
I remember reading of a conversation between Captain Cook and a Tongan. Cook explained the money system. The tongan said "That explains a lot. We have only...
... Not just the non-English .... The various Land Enclosure Acts are often portrayed as being a mechanism to make agriculture more efficient, whereas they...
Seer Thanks for the good words. I'm an electronics guy...but even with that, I will be leaning heavily on a couple of my friends who are "radio freaks". ...
Tonga has no winter to get through. Changes in latitude, changes in attitude. Travel the world you will come to understand. There is no such thing as race....
I couldn't agree more. When you think of all of the poorly designed and/or built boats that have/are sailing offshore, it makes you think that some people...
