Hi Brent! Do the "eyes" not reduce the strength of the cable by forcing a hard bend? Or are you attaching a small loop of cable to the main cable? Cheers! Adam...
I think that I would try a heat gun or a propane torch and wire brush first. Then I could put the old turnbuckles aside and have them for spares if I ever...
You have no choice but to have eyes in the ends of a cable anyway. Otherwise , how would you attach your anchor and rope? Properly done they have nearly the...
I've only done several one year trips to Mexico and Tonga and ended up with meathooks in the SS cable . I suspect your galv may be lasting as long or longer. I...
I can't think of any pros. The cons are the boat looks ugly, is very cave like below decks regardless of how many skylights you have.I've yet to see an ...
A good naptha or mineral spirit wipe will make sure the wood is cleaned up prior to painting. The furniture waxes really do not penetrate very well and the...
Guys, Just ignore this twit. He post very infrequently and they are always rude and negative. I don't know why he is a member of this group at all. I think it...
I am building a stainless version of Brent's design (as per his book). I have a question with regards to the chimney. The book shows it as 4 inches in diameter...
... I recall that he tried to make sense once - something about "the price of gasoline him grow up so you must stock up now" - but it was too much effort, and...
Now what is the burr in your posterior? There is nothing silly about this. If you do not want answer don't post. No need to flame someone. As both a...
I imagine the bricks have to do with adding volume to hold the heat rather than the heat just going into the air and quickly dissipating. Make sure you use...
Sorry Alex, I do not understand why a 18 in wide side deck is so dangerous compared to the 24 in. To go forward the heeled boat, presumably you will step on...
A friend switched to 6 inch ss tubing and loves it. His 4 inch had elbows in it which made it impossible to clean, so it was totally plugged. The six will...
With two foot wide side decks , you can walk foreward on the side deck. With 18 inch side decks you have to walk on the cabin top to go foreward, an awkward...
Firebricks also radiate heat long after the fire has gone out. My father said that his neighbours in Sakatchewan would buy the biggest airtight hippy killer...
Hello Ted How wide did you make the 1/2" base plate for your wing keels? How far up the side of the keel did you go to blend it back into the keel side? I will...
Make sure you set the linkage properly on your Hurth. It is critical that the shift lever goes full travel or the clutch will slip a bit and burn up. Many...
Fire bricks mean you can burn coal which would otherwise eat the steel. An insulated flue will keep the gasses hot so creosote doesn't condense. Jonathan. ...
Ok curiosity has gotten the best of me, i'll bite. What makes a stove a "hippy killer" Brent? CO2 leaks? you got me ... book). ... as 4 ... 1.5mm ... inch ... ...
I think what Brent refers to are the substandard woodstoves that people have cobbled together over the years up and down this coast which have cost many people...
My take is a lot of the Hippy types as showen in your telling read Mother Earth News that tells them all kinds of ways to prove Darwin right and creative was...
You need a grating for coal burning , or the fire goes out. Tried that. Wood burns best in it's own ashes, coal only keeps burning when on a grate, to keep it...
Hippy Killer is the nickname for those thin, sheet metal airtight stoves you can buy cheaply at many hardware stores. Brent ... six inch ... haven't ... ...
When I stand on my 2 ft wide side decks the lifelines are hip high, when I stand on the cabin they are less than knee high, and far easier to get launched over...
True but in North America 63% of the oul in the enviroment is from natural seepage. 33% from users through spills and unburnt fuel discharge or dumping of...
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