Hold a lit match in the spray of that Aqua Net Super Blend and you will find
very little difference between it and your mauve induced gas.
"katysails" wrote in message
...
A good coating of Crisco will do your areteries in so that you won't have
to
worry about gas....and I prefer Aqua Net SuperBlend for my beehive, thenk
yew veddy much...
"Gilligan" wrote in message
ink.net...
A good coating of Crisco in the intestine aids digestion and prevents
gas.
It can also keep the beehive in shape in any wind (however foul) on the
Beaufort scale.
"katysails" wrote in message
...
Yep...not many of us here with an innovative mauve interior in a
mustard
colored boat...
just thinking about it gives me gas....
"Gilligan" wrote in message
.net...
It is very disappointing, good Capt, to see people have such disdain
for
innovation. You are definitely a role model to those who are willing
to
constantly improve themselves. You can stand shoulder to shoulder
with
the
likes of Eli Whitney, Cyrus McCormick and Filo T. Farnsworth!
Gilligan
"Capt. NealŪ" wrote in message
...
Dear Group and Lurkers,
The usual bunch of babbling buffoons in the group's Peanut Gallery
has been making fun of my well-repaired boom. They include Whining
Oz,
Gay Gaynz, JRBadbreath, and Crotchety Ole Thom.
They seem to criticize my sturdy boom on the basis of two things
mainly.
1) It is heavy ruining light air performance.
2) It is slightly bent thus ruining sail trim.
They cannot claim it is weak because it has held up under more than
ten years of hard sailing since I repaired it and it is still far
stronger
than the original extrusion was. It is so well sealed that there
still
is
not a speck of rust or corrosion to be seen.
1) Allow me to debunk the 'heavy' claim. The pipes I used as
internal
sleeves
weighed a total of ten pounds. This means the boom is ten pounds
heavier
than usual. The epoxy I slathered them with when I slid them home
with
the help of a 2X6 sealed them and glued them to the boom but the
epoxy's
weight is insignificant. Some say this extra ten pound will ruin the
sail
shape
in light-air sailing. Simply not so, as more than ten pounds of
downward
force is placed on the sail when the mainsheet is hauled down as it
must
be even in light air. All the slightly heavier boom does is make it
slightly
easier to sheet in the mainsail.
2) Allow me to debunk the second claim concerning a slight bend
ruining
the shape and trim of the mainsail. Simply not so. Just look how
racers
intentionally bend their mainmast with fancy backstay pensioners in
order to flatten their mainsail for better performance. My boom
accomplishes the very same thing because of the bolt rope in the
boom
and the shelf foot which closes when the outhaul is tightened. The
bend
has no effect upon the sail shape when the outhaul is eased because
then the shelf foot opens up and the sail relaxes along the boom and
foot but when the outhaul is tensioned, the shelf foot closes and
the
bolt rope in the boom tends to flatten the sail. This is such an
efficient
system that, frankly, I am surprised nobody has thought of it
before.
The first racer who decides to use a bent boom and a bolt/rope
shelf-
footed sail will do well because he will have a definite advantage
over
staid and unoriginal minds (or lack thereof) as demonstrated in the
ignorant individuals listed above.
These two simple explanations demonstrate how lacking in knowledge
everyone except Gilligan is when it comes to knowing what makes a
fast
boat like "Cut the Mustard" even faster.
CN
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