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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. A Few Words on Carbon Monoxide from Boat Exhausts. July 25, 2016. The good news is that by simply being alert to the potential of the risk you can reduce the odds of this happening to you to nearly zero. Reprinted From The Seaworthy Surveyor Ontario Sailor Magazine. Original Article By David Sandford AMS. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Rosborough 28 Deck Repair Part 2. March 15, 2016. Cross Bracing Installed. The side supports are a “starboard” like mateial and the braces are hardwood. The plywood panels cut and fit. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). March 12, 2016. To ma...
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Storm Chasing on Lake Ontario. July 23, 2015. Slightly off topic from our discussions of technical issues but it was fun and I thought I’d share it here. 20 knots of wind, 130 jib, full mainsail and 7.2 knots of boat speed. We made it to the dock with about 10 seconds to spare before the rain hit. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Kidde Recalls Disposable Plastic Fire Extinguishers Due to Failure to Discharge. April 5, 2015. I just received this in my email so I thought that I’d pass it along. Here’s the link: http:/ www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/Kidde-Recalls-Disposable-Plastic-Fire-Extinguishers/. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Fiberglass Hull Gel Coat Blistering.
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Finding a Competent Marine Surveyor. December 14, 2015. Just a few comments on how to find and hire a competent marine surveyor. This may prove to be more difficult that you might think. Here’s why. Here are a few tips. 2-Ask to see a sample of their work. Examine it and decide if it will provide all of the information that you will require. I can’t stress...
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Here you will find a list of my favorite Web Links. I will be adding to this list as we move forward. I hope that you will find these sites as interesting as I do. This my company site. Of course its listed at the top. The Whitby Yacht Club. My home port. Located about 30 minutes east of Toronto on the North Shore of Lake Ontatio. Dudley Dix Yacht Designs.
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February 2015 - Boatstuffblog.com
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Fiberglass Boat Construction Part 3 Cores. February 27, 2015. Here we can see a Balsa core material laminated into a boat hull. The kerfs are easily visible between the blocks. This is a side view diagram of sandwich core construction as used in boat hull. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window).
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. My Name is David Sandford AMS. And I am a practicing marine surveyor specializing in both power and sail pleasure craft. I carry Accredited Marine Surveyor. Status with the Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS. Operates on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Canada. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Battery and Electrical Stuff.
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Marine Safety Stuff Archives - Boatstuffblog.com
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. Category: Marine Safety Stuff. Electroshock Drowning – Prevention. April 10, 2016. Unfortunately these test results are only good at the time of the test. In other words you could be ok today and not tomorrow Unless you are testing every day or so which is probably not going to happen. In my opinion, prevention. The main difference between the ELCI and the...
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March 2015 - Boatstuffblog.com
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A place to share, discuss and learn about issues pertaining to the maintenance, repair, refit and upgrade of pleasure craft boats both power and sail. 6 Volt Marine Battery Conversion. March 22, 2015. I got into a discussion yesterday about how to convert a 2 battery, 12 volt house battery bank into a 2 battery, 6 volt battery bank utilizing golf cart style batteries. I thought that I’d share it with you here. And the first question is, why would you want to do this? Connecting batteries in parallel.