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Re: Newbie from Southern Chesapeake Bay
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You should look at "Sailing to Nowhere" on meet up.
- Jasen.
Re: Newbie from Southern Chesapeake Bay
You should look at "Sailing to Nowhere" on meet up. We take our boats out weekly year round all we need is an excuse I sailed the first of January just like I do every year, most of us have smaller cruisers and a bit less speed but we don't care, we just enjoy the sport.
Re: Newbie from Southern Chesapeake Bay
I think you meant to create a new thread, not reply to my introduction. Maybe the forum database has a problem?
- Jasen.
Rigging question
I am replacing 27 years ol original standing rigging on my Bayfield 36' cutter.
Even though the old rigging appears to be in excellent condition, I want to replace it in preparation for offshore trips. Replacing stays, lower and upper shrouds presented no problems at all, but 4 intermediate shrouds which are supporting mast near inner (2 on each side) stay have obsolete T terminals which are no longer made. I wonder how much, considering their good appearance, I will compromise the integrity of the mast if I don't replace old intermediate shrouds.
Any comments, advises will be greatly appreciated.
Re: Newbie from Southern Chesapeake Bay
I'm not familiar with the Com-Pac rigging systems. I've seen a lot of home-made rigging systems for the Catalinas, both the 22's and 25's. They are pretty slick. But I still don't think I've heard about anyone actually rigging their boat in under about 45 minutes. In that regard, it is not like a powerboat (unfortunately). The Com-Pac system may be better; like I said, I'm not familiar with it. You might want to wander over to the Com-Pac owners section and ask folks how long it takes them to rig/derig (or is it unrig?) their boat, this way your expectations are set at an appropriate level, and this way you're getting first-hand information (rather than my bad information).
When I was toying with trailering, most of the guys told me that unless they were weekending, the idea of rigging and breaking down everything really put a cramp in their desire to go out. Now, that meant that most of the time, they were taking weekends away, and they and their significant others were OK with that concept. If that's your plan, then it may not be so bad.
Believe it or not, despite how my comments may be perceived, I'm not against the idea. I just want to make sure you understand what you're getting into. I'd hate to see you buy a 20-25' boat with a trailer for $XXX thinking you'll be venturing around the bay, and then hate it because of the time it takes to set up, especially when $XX could have gotten you a more comfortable boat, and the extra $X could have paid for a slip for a year or two. There are a lot of trailer sailors out there, and if you're OK with the advantages and disadvantages that go along with it, then that's great.
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Yep. Totally agree on the balancing act between convenience of having a boat in a slip vs the time to rig and de-rig a trailered boat. That's something I'll have to consider heavily.
I'm in the Newport News area - extreme southern Chesapeake. An appeal of a boat on a trailer would be launching on either side of the peninsula. When I had a power boat, it was very nice to be able to launch into the York River and cruise around that area, or launch into the James and cruise up toward the ghost fleet. There's lots of ramps around here. My current opinion is that a boat in a slip would limit our cruising area excessively.
But if rigging the boat takes an hour on each end and is enough of a pain to keep me from going out, it doesn't matter how many places I "could" launch. That's why ease of rigging is high on my list of features. Com-Pac seems to have a nice system; I haven't seen anyone else market their rigging system like they do.
- Jasen.
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I agree with BLJones. When we first got our C25, we were planning to be trailer sailors of sorts. But, from what I had read online at the Catalina owners site (Catalina - Capri - 25s International Association), the "pros" could rig their boats in about 45 minutes, and taking everything down took about as long. I have two kids; for me, it was a question of how we would keep our kids occupied during that time. Even if we were able to find a marina that let us keep her fully rigged on the trailer, it still would have been tough. It's much nicer to just be able to hop aboard and go (or as close as you get to that on a sailboat). Do you REALLY want to be hauling your boat out while the nasty surprise thunderstorm is closing in on you (or already there)? Those were the kinds of considerations that went through my mind. The cost difference between a wet slip and a "dry slip" (i.e., rigged on a trailer) wasn't that great when I factored all of those things in, and it's not like I was planning to travel a lot with the boat in tow. As they say, YMMV, just providing feedback from someone who has been there (at least somewhat).
There are a boatload (pun intended) of marinas near Deltaville, and the rates seem very reasonable at some of the nice marinas I visited (at least compared to the Northern Chesapeake and Barnegat Bay). I bet you could find a "budget" marina down that way and pay some very good rates. I'm not sure where you're located, but if I lived closer (like back when I lived near DC), I'd consider keeping my boat in that area, or near Solomons.
Most of the boats in my thread really don't need a whole lot of work up front; that's what I had been looking for. I wanted something that might need TLC, but given the impending season, I wanted something that I could drop in the water and get sailing, not something that needed thousands of dollars invested up front. Mind you, I'm not trying to talk you into THOSE specific boats, just letting you know that they are out there.
Re: Newbie from Southern Chesapeake Bay
Welcome aboard.
The upside to wet-storage in a slip is that you will sail more often. When you've got to allow for rig set-up time, take down time, ramp launching, trailer parking, etc., the idea of catching a quick sail after work often just doesn't work.
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Welcome. Once you have your boat share some pics....Good Luck !
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Welcome! Depending on where you are (southern Chesapeake Bay could encompass a big area), I've seen a few boats that are within a day's sail (max) of you. They're all fixed keel, but shallow draft. They aren't really trailer sailers either, but they would be great "first" boats, especially in your area. Check out this thread:
I owned a power boat before, and there's ALWAYS something you can drop another $100 on to make it better. I'd rather pour that money into the boat itself rather than into storing the boat.
- Jasen.
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An artist's scupting of A. afarensis, based on the earlier Lucy skeleton.
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The bones of "Big Man"
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"Whatever we've been saying about afarensis based on Lucy was mostly wrong."
Much like the revolution of modern astronomy in the late 1400s and early 1500s dissolved the notion that the Sun revolved around the Earth, a renaissance in paleontology is dissolving virtually any doubt that remained about man's origins. Another new discovery has just been completed, the latest of several high profile publications over only the last year.
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The ancient male, an ancestor of modern man, lived approximately 3.6 million years ago in the plains of Eastern Africa, according to several dating techniques. Yohannes Haile-Selassie of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, who led the team, says the skeleton offers some major new insights into the species.
The skeleton has been nicknamed "Big Man" as it towers at 5 to 5½ feet tall over the much shorter 3½-foot-tall Lucy, who lived 3.2 million years ago. That large height deviation raises questions over which of the specimen is the norm in terms of height. The new skeleton was unearthed between 2005 and 2008 at a dig site only 48 km from where Lucy was found.
The skeleton also reveals new insights into the bone structure of the species. Big Man's 32 discovered bones reveal long legs, a narrow chest, and a inwardly curving back. All of these indicate that he walked much like a human and enjoyed a ground-based lifestyle. This is very different from the awkward gait that Lucy was thought to have. Lucy also had been thought to climb trees a great deal.
The shoulder blade of Big Man is quite different from chimpanzees or gorillas. And the ribs also appear human-like. All of these factors indicate a far different chest shape than the chimplike, funnel-shaped chest that reconstructions of the Lucy skeleton indicated.
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Carol Ward of the University of Missouri in Columbia seems to agree with these conclusions, stating, "This beautiful
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Sometimes in life things come along that feel beyond unexpected. Writing these thoughts on a Thursday afternoon, our trip to Berkshire still has me scratching my head in disbelief!
The night itself was always going to be slightly different to the norm for our party due to our travel plans. Virtually all away games we travel as a group by road, sharing the costs for a car, people carrier or minibus proving considerably cheaper than going by rail.
On this occasion however, we managed to get some very reasonably-priced day-return rail tickets and set off at lunchtime to enjoy the pre-match delights Reading had to offer.
The only 'problem' with this plan was getting back! Those Gooners who have been to the Madjeski Stadium will be aware it is a good bus/taxi ride from the main railway station.
If the game finished in normal time we had plenty of time to get back, extra time and/or penalties made it all a bit 'tight'! It was very much a case of 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!', a phrase many a football fan will know they have considered down the years!
Our journey negotiated comfortably, pre-match was thoroughly enjoyable, taking in some of the local establishments offering real ales and heading up to the stadium to join the four thousand or so travelling Gooners just in time for kick-off.
To try and describe the next couple of hours in my short blog feels almost impossible.
Pretty much everything our hosts threw at us in the opening half ended up in the back of the net and with the atmosphere in the away end coming somewhere in the middle of anger, frustration, disbelief and disappointment, I don't mind admitting my thoughts turned pretty quickly to my journey home.
Some fans left, of course they did, but it is worth mentioning at this stage that it was nowhere near as many as the media constantly reported. The majority that left their seats simply retired to the refreshment area down below the stand, Theo's fine goal on the stroke of half-time probably persuading most to hang in there a little longer.
Some are more negative than others but there is no doubt we all have (sometimes deluded) optimistic thoughts, even in diversity. I found myself thinking if we can get a second goal early in the second half then you never know.
Probably just as that period seemed to be ebbing away Olly's fine header had us all looking at our watches to see if there was still time to do the improbable.
Chances came and went and time was very soon against us, the lack of time available to make our return transport leading to our group making our way towards the exits with a few minutes remaining. I would never leave before the final whistle all the time I felt we had a glimmer of hope so there was no chance of me missing anything but it was during this walk towards the exit stairs that Laurent's header had us thinking, 'we couldn't... could we?!'
The equaliser was an amazing moment of completely mixed emotions. For much of injury time the ball seemed to remain at the other end of the ground, a million miles away from where we needed to be.
Then the ball broke and we poured forward in what was always going to be the last action in the game. Theo shot and from our vantage point it was totally crystal clear the ball had crossed the line. In the next split second however, it became apparent the lino had not waved for a goal and Jenko smashed in the rebound!
It was total and utter pandemonium, all Gooners in a writhing mass of bodies leaping around like complete lunatics! There is no other way to describe it. It might 'only' be the Capital One Cup but that feeling is rarely so intense.
So... we made our way back to our seats for extra time!
The drama continued of course with Marouane's strike being cancelled out late on leading to the second crazy 'jostle' of the night.
Once again we poured forward with time running out, another desperate block cleared the Meerkat's strike off the line and Theo smashed in the rebound causing another major eruption in one end of the stadium.
Dusting ourselves down, Marouane's second was met with a little less carnage but put the icing on the most unlikely of cakes.
Football never ceases to amaze me even after all these years. Tuesday was simply crazy and a total pleasure to experience.
Did we make it for our train? Of course not... but we didn't really care!
A long midweek trip to Bradford is the prize, one to look forward to in December. Before all that there is the small matter of an away game at Old Trafford to attend on Saturday lunchtime.
Time to make plenty of noise once again.
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E, spells out Tammy Wynette, in what is arguably the most famous song about the end of a marriage ever recorded. Wynette may not have actually written the 1968 hit, but anyone familiar with the pained vocal would not be surprised to learn that she had already been divorced twice.
Today, Katy Perry releases her film, Katy Perry: Part of Me, which was intended to be a celebration of her hugely successful California Dreams tour but has evolved into a candid account of her divorce from Russell Brand, her husband of just one year. Perry's hit "Part of Me" has joined a long list of songs about divorce, inspired by the breakdown of real marriages, which includes the likes of Abba's "The Winner Takes It All", Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", and "Your Mother and I" by Loudon Wainwright III. Marvin Gaye famously made a whole album about it, Here, My Dear, so called because his ex-wife was to receive profits of the record as part of the divorce settlement.
Naturally, divorce has inspired a ton of memoirs, some of the most prominent being Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love, Susan Gregory Thomas's In Spite of Everything, and Stacy Morrison's Falling Apart in One Piece, the ubiquity of which prompted Elle to dub the genre "divorce porn" in 2010.
A slew of women have also published novels that are thinly veiled accounts of their own marriage breakdowns. Nora Ephron, who died last week, penned Heartburn about her divorce from Carl Bernstein; Olivia Goldsmith's acrimonious divorce inspired The First Wives Club, and Fay Weldon's Splitting was published the year after she divorced her husband, Ron. With recently released figures reporting that there were 119,610 new divorces in the UK last year, it's safe to assume there will always be an audience for these gut-wrenching tales of what went wrong and who was wronged.
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I won the picture contest this year. The prize was two calls from CCC.
I finally got a chance to try the duck call out. The Canada call is going to have to wait because there ain't no Canada geese in Arkansas.
I was hunting a timber blind. Started out using a timber call from RnT.
Then I upped the level a bit and used the Short Barrel. No luck. The ducks were flying high and it was a bit windy so I got out the CCC call and gave it a whirl.
First of all... the people I was hunting with said they had NEVER heard such a loud call. A few seconds later a Pintail landed in our timber hole and IT WAS ON!
Pintail? Timber?
How the? What the?
That call has made me legendary for calling a Pintail into a timber hole.
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A meeting designed to present objective information about the pros and cons of Millcreek's proposed incorporation will take place 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Skyline High School, 3251 E. 3760 South.
Salt Lake County is organizing the session on the contentious issue of creating a city of roughly 63,000 residents in the east-central Salt Lake Valley neighborhoods represented by the Canyon Rim, East Millcreek, Millcreek and Mount Olympus community councils. The issue will be on the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
Thursday's event will feature a presentation on "Understanding Your Taxes" by the county's chief financial officer, Darrin Casper, and a summary of the 2011 Millcreek Incorporation Feasibility Study by its authors, Susie Becker and Jeanette Harris.
Becker and Casper also will participate in a panel discussion that will include incorporation proponent Jeff Silvestrini and opponent Roger Dudley, and representatives of two of the area's most critical service providers County Sheriff Jim Winder for the Unified Police Department and Assistant Chief Marty Slack for the Unified Fire Authority.
Additional information about the Millcreek incorporation election is available at www.millcreekballot.com.
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We all like playing games in some or other shape or form – some more challenging than others, some more intelectually challenging than others. But one game that is becoming more and more popular is poker. And with the advent of the Internet and more and more connectivity to it, it's now become easier than ever to play online poker, either through your local casino, having their own online gaming website, or other international gaming website, not affiliated with any casino.
In the United States, online gambling is illegal, but since almost all of the gaming servers are hosted in countries outside of the US jurisdiction, there's little that can be done.
Last weekend I bought myself a 1000 chip poker set to play with at home with friends and family – I've always wanted a set of my own. Now, I'm by no means a gambler – I don't play the poor-man's-tax (lottery) and don't visit the casino (a big one just 5 mins drive from where I stay) but I do like playing with friends the odd game or two for fun – or as a charity event with a few colleagues. Some people are obsessed with it and spend their own earnings, and those of others without the blink of an eye (after all they don't want to show their tell).
It has become so easy (availability of sites to play on) to play online poker these days that everyone can do it – and if you don't want to just play for funny-money, you can simply use your trusty plastic credit card and purchase some credits to play online. But even then, because you're not dealing with the physical chips and money in front of you, it almost doesn't seem real – well that is, until the end of the month when you get your credit card bill and you don't know how you're going to pay it off!
As with things like death and taxes, there is another thing that is inevitable – cheaters.
CBS's 60-minutes recently did a story on how some online gamblers found out that they were being cheated out of their money by a player who kept on winning, no matter how they played. And, as they say, when the chips are down and the cards are dealt, it was uncovered that the guy cheating people out of their money, was none other than an ex-employee from the online casino, who had managed to find a work-around for the software that as an administrator could see all the other player's cards on the table and thus would always end up the table winner.
You can read the full report on CBS's website or view the video. Maybe next time think twice before playing online, for money.
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This book presented in an audio format heightened the tension and created a real sense of dread for the characters.
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Zombies Books in order: 1. We're Alive 2. Day By Day Armageddon 3. Roads Less Traveled Series 4. Alaskan Undead Apocalypse 5. World War Z 6. The Walking Dead 7. Rise Again 8. As the World Dies 9. Zombie Fallout
"Couldn't put it down"
Luckily its not very long because I just couldn't stop listening. Kept my interest up throughout and I just can't complain about anything in the book. It has thematic star wars sound effects including ship background ambiance sounds and blasters, not to mention wookie growls. Yes, Chewie is there with Han Solo too! Just amazing really and the narrator does an excellent job.
I am not even a Star Wars fan, and this would be my first book I've ever read or listened to about Star Wars. I got interested in it because of the zombies. The combination is really cool, but neither Star Wars nor Zombies get in the way of telling this scary and unique story. I thought the Star Wars setting would distract from the story, but it didn't t all. This book is about a scary infection that turned people into zombies. It just happened to do it in space, and that space was the Star Wars universe. While its not like any other zombie story I've read, it is creepy, gory, thrilling, bloody and everything like that.
"Don't breath, or you'll become one too!"
This story is not just read - it sucks you in & tries to eat you alive! Not your standard "use the force, Luke" story. Not for the faint of heart. This tale is told in such detail, that you almost feel yourself coming down with something. If you like a great story painted in its most graphic & gory detail, then download this bad-boy, and you'll find out that there is no adventure Han Solo & Chewbaca can't survive - barely.
"Great Book"
I thought this was a good book, and a good combination of two of my favorite sci fi things; star wars and zombies. One thing to note is that it is incredibly gory, just a fair warning. The narration is great, as are the sound effects.
"Star Wars vs Dead Space"
Death Troopers is an odd addition to the Star Wars library. The story takes place far away from the original saga and avoiding the force all together. Instead it focuses on survival horror. If you're a fan of Star Wars and Dead Space you will enjoy Death Troopers.
Although the ending was weaker than the beginning the narration and ambient sounds are top notch. Death Troopers pleases listeners who are more into a tense listening experience than expanding their facts about the Star Wars universe.
I really enjoyed this book. Right on time for Halloween. The book was really good and the story was not just your typical zomie story. The action was good and the characters. I was very very glad to see two old characters appear in the book before there was a New Hope. We need to know more about these characters before Star Wars. I will never get tried of Star Wars and look forward to 2010 books. Every book cannot be a hit. There will be some we like and some we do not like but, for the most part I like most of the book star wars have release. I have been with star wars since the first movie and I have the games also to keep up with the story. This is my soap opera.
"Good read"
First I am not a Star Wars fan at all but i am a fan of the author. The book was great if ur in the mood for a scary violent book this one is for you and u dont need to even like star wars to enjoy this book
"Star Wars with zombies"
Atmospheric, dark and descriptive this is one of the best things to happen to the Star Wars expanded universe.
The writing of Joe Schreiber with narration from Sean Kenin combined with some immersive sound effects will have you visualising every gruesome moment in this tale.
It's proven so popular that a sequel is already being written.
"Zombies In Space"
This is a superb addition to the Star Wars universe, blending horror with sci-fi. It tells the tale of an Imperial Prison Barge that stumbles upon a seemingly deserted Star Destroyer. All is not as it seems, and the boarding party gets infected with a virus that kills them, and then brings them back as the Undead.
Joe Schreiber does a fine job of incorporating zombie lore into his narrative. The narration is superb, and there are just enough sound effects (e.g. blaster shots, the whooshing of doors, the enraged cries of the undead etc.) to add to the atmosphere without becoming distracting (as I originally thought it would when I first started listening to this audiobook). Schreiber creates some marvellous action set pieces, and is not afraid to kill off some of the main characters, creating a genuine sense of tension - the only two characters you can be certain won't become zombie food are the two guest stars from the Star Wars movies - I don't want to spoil the surprise, so I won't name them here.
I happily rate this audiobook as 5 stars, and would recommend it to anyone. Listen and enjoy!
"A great piece of literature and performance"
This story alone is very compelling, a fantastic mix of Star Wars and zombie narratives, the narration is fantastic with perfect characterisation and the soundtrack is a great topper.
"Woooooo. This is well worth your time."
Another amazing Star Wars story with twists and turns - this time featuring zombies. Give it a read!!
I loved this story, not only is it star wars but it is a fantastic horror as well. The sound effects are brilliant, they really bring the narration alive. A really good story that keeps you entertained until the very end. Highly recommend.
I absolutely loved this audiobook. The story is something new in the Star Wars Universe. It was scary, exciting and even a little emotional at times.
"Star Wars... with zombies!"
The premise is ridiculous; the Empire experiments with bio weapons and things go pear shaped very quickly...but it's actually very entertaining and performance it top notch. Don't worry about continuity with the greater Expanded Universe. Just sit back and enjoy the zombie fest in a galaxy far far away.
"Edge of seat stuff"
I was unsure before downloading this whether i would enjoy it or not, i don't read much in the way of plot lines as i don't want to spoil the story.
It got off to a good enough start building up the story and characters and just got better and better and the fact that part way through you knew that only two people had to survive for obvious reasons.
Loved it, will be looking at the prequel.
not knowing the end
The chases
Over a period of time traveling to and from work and at break times
"could have been so much more"
yes, short enough and cheap enough to give it a go
started off really well however the moment the zombie part started it felt just like a race to the finish, spend half the book getting the story going and then rush to bloody end it.
"Fanboy's dream?"
Star Wars and Zombies--the fanboy's ultimate delight--one of those left-field suggestions that when you hear it you instantly say YES! WHY DIDN'T ANYONE THINK OF THIS EARLIER?
While Schreiber may have written the book, he openly acknowledges that staff at Del Rey books (as well as one of their brother-in-law's) planted the seed and wrote the first outline, and that Schreiber himself was left to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard.)
Thusly, Death Troopers starts out with a solid IDEA: a Zombie outbreak in the Star Wars universe. The first half of the story begins well enough, with the intrigue of a ghost ship yarn (albeit, the ghost ship in question is an imperial star destroyer), before moving through to the chaos of outbreak and infection at breakneck speed. This, unfortunately, is where Schreiber has apparently run out of steam, for the second half of the novel is mainly spent running from the living dead, just trying to find a way to escape, padding out the material as best possible.
It lacks something that's kind of hard to pinpoint, but it seems that you've just heard it all before--I myself found it very similar to the Alien movies--particularly the poor fourth entry. Once the setup is complete our heroes and villains are mainly left wandering dark cramped corridors, running from death snapping (quite literally at points) at their heels. There's no real pay-off, and the predictable stock/cliched subplots, including bio-weapon engineering and vengeance for the death of a father, are really quite uninteresting.
Its real selling point is its premise, which does fall short--however there are some positives: The first half is taut and vivid, and the welcome additions of some well-loved classic characters are well observed and true to character.
More PLOT would have been welcome, as opposed to SETUP, which Schreiber seems to have confused for storytelling. I was quite let down by this--even as an avid SW and ZOMFIC fanboy. Shame, really
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I have said it a thousand times......the issue for dry dual clutch transmissions is thermal.
VW's horror story on their dry dual clutch should have been a red flag for Ford , but I guess the low cost associated with manufacturing the dry dual clutch clouded their better judgement.
I predict a similar fallout for Ford as what happened to VW (extended warranty). will be in the future when thousands of out of warranty dry dual clutch owners have to dig deep into the bank account to keep their dry dual clutch operating in a respectable fashion.
That said, my Powershift dry dual clutch in the 2012 Focus wagon has been a real peach. But I believe the set up is quite different between North America and Europe, because of the emission requirements being different and other considerations.
Also I believe different driving conditions for each owner will result in how this transmission operates.
If you do lots of stop and go, you will experience the dry dual clutch at its worse.
Lots of highway and very little stop and go or mountain roads, then it works as advertised.
I suggest Ford get out of the dry dual clutch arena, and not get buried in a storm like VW is facing around the world, minus the North American market.
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If my car weren't a lease and I wasn't trading up at the end of the year, I'd probably be raising hell at my dealer about the transmission; it seems to have gotten noticeably worse this winter in terms of shuddering and looooooong shift times (and once the selectshift just said "nope" when I tried shifting from first to second and I lost "sport" mode until the car was restarted).
It's just kind of sad that my relatively new car with 13,000 miles shifts like my old V8 SHO that had 130,000.
And in case it hasn't been posted in this thread, pictures of a clutch/seal replacement:
And that is the second reputable article I've seen that mentions 'virtual testing'. The other --> http://social.ford.com/our-articles/cars/fiesta/inside-info-on-the-ford-powershift-six-speed-automatic-transmission/
I haven't come across one that mentions any real world vehicle testing. Though I'm sure there has to be one somewhere?
If not, then it's quite clear the computer nerds didn't get the testing strategies correct.
I knew nothing of how this DCT worked and this thread forced me to learn and read.
The conclusion I came to is more questions and theory than anything.
I wonder how many of the concerns come from owners who've never driven a manual transmission?
The one thing that, from the problem threads I'd read and possible solutions, I've found is that the problem all seems to stem from clutch temperature.
I'm not sure if any of you have ever overheated a clutch. But I can tell you the functionality of it changes greatly. If bad enough it can get to the point of the car not moving at all. Less severe, chatter beyond belief. But in my experience it took a lot of abuse to get to that point.
It's very similar to 'brake fade'. Both are friction materials and both are designed to create heat and mitigate it.
Now I would say some may have to do with driving style. In the case of someone who's never driven a manual transmission, they may try to operate it at too low of RPM and the clutches generate too much heat, or heat faster than the spinning of the clutch pack can move air around to cool itself. ... Because in most threads I've found, most say at highway speeds they have little to no problems. So heat and air flow seem to be the best theory IMO.
The question then becomes how to remedy that problem.
The simple solution would be more RPM. How much would be trial and error but you at least have some basis to go by, road speed RPM.
Another alternative may be a breather or venting of the clutches, or active cooling.
Reliability and repeatability concerns come into play from an open bellhousing. Road debris can contaminate the clutch/es and cause concerns. But what if the clutch was able to draw clean air? Then the debris and contamination factor is lowered, possibly eliminated. That would sound like a feasible option/remedy to me. But applying it to existing vehicles would be cumbersome and expensive.
Now the question I haven't seen posed is "what changes are contained in these strategy updates/revisions?"
I feel that if one of us knew that we'd have a better understanding of what is going wrong.
But reading the good articles should shed light on what the updates are doing. The SAE article mentions that there are no heat sensors in the trans and that it is all done by math, fancy math. So knowing that and keeping with my theory of heat, I'd say it's a good bet that the updates are simply modifying the critical temps of the clutches.
But with no way to actually measure temps it's always going to be trial and error. Always!
So that says someone needs to devise a way to physically measure the temp of the clutches. Problem there is the sensor would have to be a no contact one and survive in the dirty environment of clutch dust. But hold on. I brought up 'active cooling' and filtered air. If both of those were combined the air inside the trans wouldn't be some contaminated and the sensor would have less chance of getting dirty and providing false data.
There are my thoughts. In any new version I would expect to see an actual temp sensor and possibly some type of filtered cooling air system. I feel that having both would reduce most issues if not all.
When you try to develop new vehicles, there will always be some bumps. Some of them are minor, some of them are not. (the pinto, the Expolorer/Firestone disaster, and the toyota unintended acceleration recall all come to mind.) Although it is frustrating for those dealing with the issue, the DCT is no where near that level of failure.
You can be pissed off at Ford. Trust me, I am about the SPI. But you can't assume any other manufacturer would act any differently. You can point out other manufacturers who acted differently, but each problem is different, hence, each solution (or lack there of) is different. And we, as consumers, simply do not have enough information to judge. With our limited information, assuming that company A responds better to customer complaints than company B is simply not possible.
At the end of the day, all we can say is, I wish Ford would handle this differently. We can't say, Chrysler, Honda, Chevy, Toyota, etc. would handle this situation differently. It all boils down to numbers, and if this were any other manufacturer, the numbers would not be any different.
My personal opinion: clutches are best when operated by a left foot, not a computer.
"Ford started with a simulator program in which "civilian" Ford employees tested a wide range of control strategies."
And many people do not know that some of the shudder is by design:
"the computer can induce some shift shudder " (as a warning)
You could suffer the fate of the folks that go to pass with their manual transmission and experience a chilling lack of power...
Don't worry. It won't happen to you... but it could
Let's try this: compared to other similar situations and similar automakers (even including Ford), on a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being best how would you rate the Focus DCT situation in terms of:
a) Releasing a good-quality product to the public, demonstrating both thorough pre-production testing and a willingness to hold back production if standards weren't met (like Chrysler just did with the Jeep Cherokee's transmission). Keeping in mind that it took the automotive press all of, say, 10 minutes in a DCT Focus to highlight the problem and that Ford has tons of DCT experience in Europe.
b) Promptly and efficiently dealing with problems when they become evident. Keeping in mind that Ford has spent three calendar years on this issue so far, and only called in the "A" team a year ago. Maybe it's fixed, but maybe not quite. Three years.
I give Ford a "1" in both categories. You may grade higher, but certainly not more than a "2".
This has less to do with corporate morality than it does corporate competence. Maybe the Focus experience was a low point for Ford, maybe they've learned a thing or two, maybe future launches will be better. But as a Focus owner, none of that mitigates my frustration and disappointment with Ford.
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Boston, MA - June 21, 2010 - Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has announced its weekly award winners following this past weekend's action. Denver Outlaws attackman Dan Hardy was named the Offensive Player of the Week, Boston Cannons goalie Kip Turner was named the Defensive Player of the Week and Toronto goalie Scott Rodgers was named the Rookie of the Week.
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Turner is now in his fourth year in the league, all with Boston. He's on pace to have the best season of his career as well, currently sporting a league best 11.79 goals against average and a .581 save percentage.
Making just his second career start, Toronto goalie Scott Rodgers made 5 saves in the first half of an 11-9 victory over the Long Island Lizards for the Nationals' first win of the season. In his first two career games, the number seven overall pick in the 2010 MLL Draft has allowed 12 goals while making 24 saves.
"It's one of the things where I'm happy that I adjusted to the speed of the game [in the MLL] and the shots well and I didn't get lit up, but we needed a W and I think that's what the main goal is right now," Rodgers said. "You just got to adjust, the games a lot faster, especially with the shot clock," Rodgers said. "You just got to roll with it."


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Project: Annex Complex
Owner: Bay St. Louis, Miss., Public Works Department
Consultant: Compton Engineering Inc.
Contractor: Keith Waits Construction
Cost: $5.50/cubic foot installed
Hancock County's annex and human services buildings were two of five county facilities that Hurricane Katrina took out in 2005, and replacing them turned out to be easier said than done.
Though the new buildings qualified as a "critical action" under Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines, making the project eligible for $10 million in emergency grants, they had to be above the 500-year floodplain at a finished floor elevation of 23 feet above mean sea level.
A local ordinance limiting post-development stormwater runoff to pre-development levels also complicated the project. The buildings' 10.4-acre site was tight, housing the buildings themselves at 50,200 square feet; a 305-space parking lot; and .7 acres of overflow parking.
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new 14.4v x2 drill makes gear grinding sounds after releasing trigger on either speed range, and at any clutch setting. this happens every time with no load. is this normal or do i have a defective drill out of box?
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Its the single sleeve chuck making the noise, if its what I think it is. Many people think the same thing, so your not alone. It should be perfectly fine, if its like the older Jacobs single sleeve chucks I used to deal with, it has a few locking pins that pop out when the RPMs slow down, your hearing them halfway engage when the drill is slowing down. All of them make the noise.
Thank you, mr man.
My new (approx. 30 min.) 14.4 X2 charger is now sucking amps on the kitchen counter!
The fans are impressive, and who doesn't like flashing LEDs?
First impressions: This sucker is heavy-duty, emphasis on heavy... gotta be over 5 lbs.
Manual is good, English (not engrish). Assume other languages received same native-speaker proofing.
Carrying case is outstanding. Double-wall, and yes, the soft handle IS a nice touch.
Aux handle removes with ease. I am going to need it.
I just (batts went green in less than 15)blasted a 2.5" deck screw through a 2x4 with no pilot hole for laughs... it went through like butter.
Only negative: The included slotted/phillips bit is not of the same quality as the rest of the tool. Thanks to my Tim Allen clutch setting I drilled out the screw in a millisecond, and the phillips bit was immediately warped (is the bit covered by the lifetime warranty, too?). Not trying to give you a hard time, but this .19 cent item doesn't belong in a $200 tool.
Fun, though. Great first impression of overall fit and finish. The charger is a piece of work in its own right. I like it!
Time to laminate that receipt!
Edited to point out that yes, the clutch does make that same noise on stopping, and it's a good thing. This is a very powerful machine for 14.4.
[ 09-30-2003, 12:37 AM: Message edited by: Mark IV ]
Thanks for the info guys. I was just about to post the same question concerning the noise when releasing the trigger. I just purchased the 18v X2 and am very impressed with its power. I'm certainly glad there isn't a problem with it (the noise).
It is important to realise that the sound you are hearing is the chuck wanting to untighten.
With this chuck make sure you tighten it as hard as you can.
I have had a few bits drop out after drilling holes.
I own the X2 18v and the non-X2 18v this is only an issue on the non-X2. The chuck on the X2 is much, much better.
I purchased the 14.4 volt X2 yesterday. After charging the batteries and hearing the "Clunk" when I let off of the triger I was ready to take it back. Hearing that it is normal on the forum makes me at ease. I would suggest that Ridgid put some note of this in the manual. I'm sure that it would reduce the number of good tools being returned by the public.
I love my drill!


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An anonymous NFL player went on record with Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in stating that HGH use in the league is common. "It's like clockwork nowadays," he said. He estimated that 10 to 15 players per team used the banned substance. "(It's) not tested and it's easy to get. Nowadays, dude? In 2013? (Expletive) yeah. I'm just being real." The NFL and Players Association still have not found an agreement for HGH testing. The issue was raised during the lockout, yet found no resolution. The anonymous player added, "I say, just let guys do it. This is our career. We're putting on for fans . . . HGH isn't anything. . . I don't care who's taking it."
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From my perspective, I don't care. HGH use is illegal in some cases, and I'll leave the audience to do their homework on it. It's not the NFL's responsibility to police the issue and it's not my life on the line. There are simply too many issues and problems in this world to take a hardline stance on every single one of them. In the grand scheme of things, HGH use in the NFL falls near the bottom of my morality scale. If these athletes want to break the law or break the rules of the NFL, that's on them and they live their own lives. From a fantasy perspective, it's a non-factor. Beyond speculation, there's no way to know who is clean and who is not.


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Paredes swung after the ball was almost in Hanigans mitt!
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
Yanks got robbed, we'll have full instant replay by next weekend.
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"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
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I have long been a fan of Maugham, and looked forward to listening to this collection of some of his best short stories. Alas, the whole experience was dampened by the desultory and unemotional reader, who seemed so lazy or perhaps bored by the stories. Many readers found in Audible selections have a good ability to change their voices to indicate the various characters,but Davidson here only seemed to manage a hoarse and harsh tone. The choice of reader is really a pity, for these stories offer intriguing characters, and life choices with moral imlications relevant even today, when British colonials have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Thus, I can only offer a limited recommendation for this book.
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Yes On Dr. No!
posted at 4:39 pm on November 24, 2009 by Dafydd ab Hugh
Sen. Joseph "Smilin' Joe" Lieberman (I-CT, 85% Democratic) has drawn his foot in the sand:
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, speaking in that trademark sonorous baritone, utters a simple statement that translates into real trouble for Democratic leaders: "I'm going to be stubborn on this."
Stubborn, he means, in opposing any health-care overhaul that includes a "public option," or government-run health-insurance plan, as the current bill does. His opposition is strong enough that Mr. Lieberman says he won't vote to let a bill come to a final vote if a public option is included.
I don't believe he can ever back away from that absolutely flat statement, and he is not the kind of politician who blithely flips and flops: He will vote against cloture at the end of debate unless the government "option" is stripped from the bill; he insists he'll do so even if the government option comes with "opt out" or a trigger:
So any version of a public option will compel Mr. Lieberman to vote against bringing a bill to a final vote? "Correct," he says.
And when Lieberman makes it plain he's doing so, he will be joined by more or less moderate Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK, 80%), Mary Landrieu (D-LA, 65%), and Ben Nelson (D-NE, 75%). They've already expressed very public reservations against the bill; why should they piss off their constituents and damage their reelection chances if ObamaCare is going to be blocked anyway? It's all pain and no gain.
And if those four go, I suspect others might follow: Sens. Evan Bayh (D-IN, 70%), Max Baucus (D-MT, 80%), and Tim Johnson (D-SD, 80%) are all possible defectors — if others have previously defected, making their own defections irrelevant to the bill's survival.
To put it bluntly, Lieberman's adamant refusal to vote for cloture is the first hole in the Democratic dike; it will very likely lead to more.
Unsurprisingly, Sen. Lieberman focuses on a very different worry than do Republican conseratives:
[Lieberman] insists his objection isn't based on the oft-expressed conservative fear that a public option would lead to a government takeover of health care. He says he doubts this or any subsequent Congress would allow that.
Rather, his objection is based on fiscal risk: "Once the government creates an insurance company or plan, the government or the taxpayers are liable for any deficit that government plan runs, really without limit," he says. "With our debt heading over $21 trillion within the next 10 years…we've got to start saying no to some things like this."
Fine with me; it's a perfectly valid argument. I really don't care why he opposes the government option so strongly, so long as he does!
Mind, Lieberman does want health-insurance reform; he just rejects ObamaCare as currently constituted. He still supports increasing insurance coverage (I don't know if he supports a mandate) and doing something about people being denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
But this leads right back to where I began: I believe the Democrats will manage to pass something which they will label health-insurance reform; it just won't be the massive government takeover that liberal fascists long to impose.
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