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About Me
- steve
- A welshman displaced to wonderful Plymouth in SW England; a novice sailor, motorhomer and boat builder with a passion for all things to do with the sea. Follow my journey as I learn to sail Arwen, grappling with charts, tide tables and passage planning so that I can become 'a dinghy cruiser' And by the way, just occasionally, little snippets about our travels and adventures. Subscribe on this blog and at www.youtube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy for videos about dinghy cruising. I look forward to hearing your comments, tips and thoughts.
My Blog List
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Bill’s Small Sailboats - The Future - Regular readers will be aware of the lack of recent articles. My custom for many years has been to post to my websites (no longer active) and to my ...
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Velocette - This looks like a Velocette MAC, a 350cc single cylinder which was produced from 1933 through to 1960 This model looks like one of the last circa 1959 o...
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The America's Cup in Barcelona - I haven't posted for a long time, but it's blog anniversary day and I've recently been in Barcelona where managed to see the America's Cup, so thought...
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Waves, water and wild places - The wind was rising and the Captain called for the t’gallants to be furled. Two of us ran down the leeward deck to get buntlines and clewlines ready. At th...6 months ago
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FOR SALE - Sailing Just For Fun: Rare opportunity to own wooden gaff cutter Shoal Waters. Owner retiring. New sails. Yard trailer. Spare original sails. Ghoster sail....
1 year ago
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6 comments:
..a fine plan... I think I would't bother with the through hull outlet though.. just hang the hose over the nearest side... when I do this on Sparrow I'll just hang the hose over the companion way step so it drains into the cockpit (and from there out via the drains)
Actually I was thinking about sticking pipe into open bit of centreboard casr instead. Drilling hull holes make me nervous 😁
....never fails to amaze me with what gay abandon my fellow sailers drill holes in the very things designed to keep water out... we are of like mind, and yours is a cunning plan since the case will be central for all parts of the boat... good one..
The electric pump is really for shifting that water that sloshes around during a rain shower or after you have used the bucket to get out most of the water. It wont remove it all - there will always be an inch or so sloshing about and there will be what spills back down the pipe as well. So I guess the shorter the pipe the better. I will install a gusher urchin this year but I need to find a space where I can put it and use it whilst still sailing. Easier said than done. I can't afford to have one on each side of the boat - so I need to think this through a little more :)
Go with the Center board dump...good plan
I am leaning towards centreboard dump I must admit
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