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    Alloy mast

    in TechTalk

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    I'd get some really expert advice but my initial thought would be to leave it alone; I think the oxidized layer may in itself be a protective coat.

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    Charity looking for some transport to Tonga!

    in Crew Finder

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    Ta for the update. A quote from the article:

     

    Kaho, the Tongan-Kiwi poet who left the 2016 voyage early amid safety and bullying concerns, believes Koning's philanthropic work should not be a shield. "There are people like me who see him as damaging and someone who needs to be stopped, and there are people who really buy what he peddles which is this white saviour on a yacht in the Pacific, helping people," she says.

    "If you're not looking at him saying 'this guy is spouting a lot of sh*t,' you're buying it."

     

    I'd be interested to hear what the paediatrician and Stuff health columnist Dr Tom Mulholland has to say about the medical side.

    Developments in AIS

    in MarineTalk

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    early advice if you only want to receive and not transmit AIS was "If you have a laptop, a GPS and a VHF radio. Than you already have 99.9% of the hardware for AIS reception.......Don't duplicate, just add a small circuit to your vhf." How does this advice stack up these days?
     

    Man overboard question

    in MarineTalk

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    From Berrimilla website:

    In the log of 20th September, 2005, Pete answered the question
        How many injuries did you get when you went overboard?
    I didn’t hit anything when I was catapulted overboard, it was quick and clean one second I was standing on top of the boat’s cabin the next I was in the water. ...  The MOB recovery tackle recovery sling with its sling (not the same as the Seattle sling) has been retrieved from the lazarette and is now set up across the coachroof just fwd of the mainsheet track. It is designed to be snap-shackled onto a strop fitted to the boom (and now in place) or on to the main topping lift or a halyard forward of the shrouds, or to anything strong enough to hold it like the pushpit in a real emergency. It is a 4 part tackle with a jam cleat on the lower block, giving an upward pull, and there is a lazy block at the top which will enable a downward pull, for instance if the whole gizmo is hoisted on a halyard. The tail is set up to be run to a reefing winch on the boom if necessary. If we ever need it, the tackle simply unclips from its stowage and can be clipped wherever needed. Also doubles as a spare mainsheet. I hope we never need to test it for real, but I’m sure it will work.

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