Flying Tadpole wrote in message ...
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Lady Kate self-steering with hi-tech ultra-modern HSD

Note stainless steel cedar bucket with oilies soaking (that's how
they stay yellow, you see..)

The motor is visibly not operating.

Before the carp rise too violently, my tether is still secured to
a cockpit strongpoint and I'm still secured to my tether.

Nice self steering system. I balanced out the boat and thought I
engaged the autopilot and for over 8 hours stayed on course then I
noticed that I forgot to turn the autopilot on. :0)

Capt. American

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Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:

http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/lkss.jpg

Lady Kate self-steering with hi-tech ultra-modern HSD

Note stainless steel cedar bucket with oilies soaking (that's how
they stay yellow, you see..)

The motor is visibly not operating.

Before the carp rise too violently, my tether is still secured to
a cockpit strongpoint and I'm still secured to my tether.

1992 or 1993, I think. You can follow the whole squareboat design
controversy in outline (with references back to the 20s-30s) in
back issues of WoodenBoat.

The Captains Master wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:29:37 +0930, Flying Tadpole
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katysails wrote:

You certainly have the most avant=garde boat on the group.....

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I'm willing to bet it's the most up-to-date and most RECENT
design sailed regularly by any of the regulars....

Bwaaaahahahahahahhahaaa!
Taddy, new paper doesn't make a new design....
then again maybe you have the only boat sailed regularly by regulars.

Oz1...of the 3 twins.
I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.



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Dammit. The straw what broke the ISPs back.

Use

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but it won't be a permanent home.

The navigator© wrote:

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Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:

http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/lkss.jpg

Lady Kate self-steering with hi-tech ultra-modern HSD

Note stainless steel cedar bucket with oilies soaking (that's how
they stay yellow, you see..)

The motor is visibly not operating.

Before the carp rise too violently, my tether is still secured to
a cockpit strongpoint and I'm still secured to my tether.


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it's the most up-to-date and most RECENT
design

Didn't Thor Heyerdahl sail in something like that once?
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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Hey, I just felt you purists were all due for a bit of upsetting!

Timmy, if you want to sail a square boat, be my guest. One wonders, =
though, if the boat mirrors the personality or the personality mirrors =
the boat? As in square...Do you perchance own a black beret and sport a =
goatee?

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

katysails wrote:

it's the most up-to-date and most RECENT
design

Didn't Thor Heyerdahl sail in something like that once?

Katy, surely you must realise that KonTiki was a late 40s-early
50s design!


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That's better. Did you learn to cheese from CN? I'm impressed by the
lack of purchase on the mainsheet... What's with the adm. anchor, I
thought you had a muddy bottom?

More seriously, I don't think that's a good way to rig a safety line.

Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:
Dammit. The straw what broke the ISPs back.

Use

http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com/tempdel.htm

but it won't be a permanent home.

The navigator© wrote:

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Cheers MC

Flying Tadpole wrote:


http://www.ace.net.au/schooner/lkss.jpg

Lady Kate self-steering with hi-tech ultra-modern HSD

Note stainless steel cedar bucket with oilies soaking (that's how
they stay yellow, you see..)

The motor is visibly not operating.

Before the carp rise too violently, my tether is still secured to
a cockpit strongpoint and I'm still secured to my tether.

Katy, surely you must realise that KonTiki was a late 40s-early
50s design!

It WAS square, though....

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

The Captains Master wrote:

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:41:06 +1200, The_navigator©
wrote:

More seriously, I don't think that's a good way to rig a safety line.

Cheers MC


Better than none I would think and besides Taddy could just walk
ashore if he dropped off the side.

Ah, another poster who thinks I'm 12 feet tall! Now _that_ makes
up for the cruel and wounding criticism issued by Barnacle Bill
from his secure position on Bobsprit's weigh-in gantry, it really
does!


My worry is that lashing on the tiller.
I would have placed it closer to the end so it could be easily slipped
off if necessary.

Nagnagnag. Look closer. For the very reason you say, it's
figure-8ed on the ends of the cockpit seat slats, and not around
a cleat. One flick of a hand and it's free instantly. Why? there
are 100-200m long fishing nets in the oddest of places, and their
flags at one end are often blown away, and the twin buoys at the
other may be loggy, so one can be nearly on top of the bolt line
before seeing it, and need to do some rapid evasion. (Forget
other boats, hardly anyone ventures onto the main lake body other
than in the big races).

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