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It's not in the equipment list.
North South Yacht Sales | Used Sailboats For Sale | Ontario, Canada
From the listing:
"2 Private Staterooms and lots of Ventilation throughout
Free Standing Rig with Bulb-Wing 4'8" Draft, Keel Stepped Mast and Walk through Transom.
Windlass, Custom Carpets, Custom Davits, Dinghy & 15 HP Outboard, Auto Pilot, GPS, Wind Speed-Direction, Full Batten Main, Furlng Genoa, Electric Winch, Cockpit Enclosure, Customized larger V-Berth & Much More
Over $20,000 in upgrades over past few years including Espar heater, New SS Radar pole with NavPod & Raytheon C-Series Radar & plotter, repeater at nav station, & new haylards."
How many degrees does it take off the close hauled course, exactly? I mean, I don't understand the physical principles that would make a free standing mast unable to beat upwind as well as shrouded masts.
Is it just the fact that the mast bends and you lose power?
Free standing masts are not new technology. They have been around for thousands of years. Free standers are also very common on small sailing boats, think Opti's, Pelican's, Flying Fish, Lasers and the like. Gary Hoyt founded Freedom Yacht's in the mid-1970's to build a line of yachts that could exploit the simplicity of the rigs to good advantage. They were/are very good boats but were/are viewed with suspicion by those raised and schooled on traditional fully supported rigs. A disadvantage of the free standing ring is that, as the weight of a boat increases its resistance to heeling also increases and, the amount of sail area necessary to move the boat at any reasonable speed also increases. When confronted with the loads imposed on the spar by much increased sail area, an unsupported spar will fall off or bend to leeward, shedding wind load-hence power-and so, efficiency. To counter this--to some extent--one can increase the stiffness of the spar but the resulting weight gain, unless the spar is tapered, is counter productive. Of course, tapering is costly. They laid-up carbon fiber spars of the Freedom line were very costly as they were not produced in great enough quantities to exploit economies of scale and they were also viewed with suspicion and distrust, particularly after the disastrous performance of the carbon fiber rudder shafts in the Fastnet in '79.
Warren Luhrs--Hunter Marine--developed the Vision series of boats for comfortable, easy, uncomplicated sailing and, while not my cuppa tea, seem to be very good at serving that end.
Originally Posted by bljones View Post
Re-read the North South listing- full enclosure and an Espar heater.
The boat currently listed on kijiji sails out of my marina and has seen a fair bit of cruising.
It's not in the equipment list.
EDIT: I did find it in description on broker page though. Thanks!
The boat I'm looking at is a local listing, but it is the same year and model as the North South listing.
The one I'm looking at is not through a brokerage. It seems to come with better accessories. i.e. full enclosure, extra batteries, etc... It also appears that the couple who owns the boat never did much sailing and used it more like a cottage on the water.
The boat currently listed on kijiji sails out of my marina and has seen a fair bit of cruising.
How many degrees does it take off the close hauled course, exactly? I mean, I don't understand the physical principles that would make a free standing mast unable to beat upwind as well as shrouded masts.
Is it just the fact that the mast bends and you lose power?
Originally Posted by smurphny View Post
It would be great to be able to do away with all the problems with swages, turnbuckles, corrosion, and rig tension but this technology is still in the experimental stage. One of the towing companies around LI Sound tried to kedge one of these off by the mast and wound up snapping it. It was a carbon fiber mast and, from what I heard, prohibitively expensive to replace. So apparently kedging yourself off by using the mast to heel the boat over is a tactic removed from the book of tricks with one of these.
Originally Posted by bljones View Post
If it's the North South listing, it is a boat better suited to your purposes than the Catalina.
I have never sailed a free-standing rig, but it strikes me as being a good cruising rig. With no stays to tune or replace, it cuts down on maintenance, and may also cut labour costs when/if the stick is pulled.
The one I'm looking at is not through a brokerage. It seems to come with better accessories. i.e. full enclosure, extra batteries, etc... It also appears that the couple who owns the boat never did much sailing and used it more like a cottage on the water.
I'd say anywhere that efficient beating to windward is not a priority the various free standing rigs make a lot of sense. For example reaching between islands in the Caribbean looks like a good fit.
Not having to rely on stays and shrouds to stand up, a well engineered free standing rig should provide considerable peace of mind. Using carbon to minimize the weight of the larger section spar makes sense too but ups the cost, of course.
Nonsuch and Hunter use aluminum, tapered sections and they are large with the attendant windage, Freedom has almost always used CF. Hunter and Freedom offer models with vestigal jibs but headstay tension is always going to be a problem, hence the lack of need to beat efficiently would be a consideration in choosing such a boat.
It is a bit of a mystery why these have not caught on in the mainstream more than they have - but I suspect that most of us spend a fair time beating and so...... Interestingly in the eastern Caribbean we saw very few of these boats there too.
Jees, my boat is 33 years old and it has fully battened big roach sails from a factory. The first American ever complete around alone sailed his open 60 with freestanding mast and people still calling the rig experimental... Freestanding rigs are part of American boatbuilding culture with very long history.
Everyone with freestanding mast know that while kedging mast needs to be supported with spare/jib/spinnaker halyard on opposite side.
A Lot for sale??
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Clearly, it's not going to be as stable as a mast with shrouds so it would be expected to carry less sail and if you have sailing performance on your list this would probably not be your boat.
There seem to be a LOT of these for sale and there cannot have been that many made. I would avoid it like the plague.
Sorry in advanced to any existing Hunter Vision owners.
I see 4 32' Hunter Visions and 8 36' Hunter Visions on Yachtworld ... that "a LOT" ??
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So, here is a wierd situation; check out the S2 9.1 on yachtworld (YW# 22624-1744489) Turns out the driving reason it is approx $10k under normal asking price is that they have turned a fin keel into a shoal draft by cutting of about a foot and adding a bulb. It is reported to be a very clean job and looks ok in the pictures. My initial reaction (and 2nd, 3rd, etc.) is to run away butt.....
It is my understanding that they started doing this in order to compensate for weight lost when some die-hard racers decided to modify the shape of their fins, shortening the chord in an attempt to emulate boats such as the Mumm and Mount Gay.
It has also been done for some people who have grown tired of running aground in shallow waters. I don't think you should discount the boat because of this, it would be worth researching who did it, and how much time and thought was put into it.
I would not discount this boat based on the keel alone. It looks like a professional casting...
So, here is a wierd situation; check out the S2 9.1 on yachtworld (YW# 22624-1744489) Turns out the driving reason it is approx $10k under normal asking price is that they have turned a fin keel into a shoal draft by cutting of about a foot and adding a bulb. It is reported to be a very clean job and looks ok in the pictures. My initial reaction (and 2nd, 3rd, etc.) is to run away butt.....
This boat is potentially a very good deal and the S2 has a bit more livable cockpit and interior than a J30. I'm looking at day sailing/weekending withthe wife and 2 kids, plus the random club race with some buds. I'm wondering if I should talk myself into a big drive to look it over in person.
I keep hearing what I consider the somewhat the misleading information that one misses out on great Chesapeake sailing with more than 6' of draft but having cruised the Chesapeake with 6'4 - 6'6 draft current boat for the past five years I see almost no difference in where I can go between my current boat and the 5' draft boat that I had before her. For many years I cruised with a boat that drew over 7 feet and they seemed to go wherever I went with my 5 feet, just more carefully. I would think that you needed to get down to less than 4 feet to see much of a difference in cruising grounds.
The thing about deeper draft fins vs shoal draft or wing keels is that the shallower boats have a lot more drag. The difference in speed doesn't show up much in higher breezes, and so the relatively small rating difference, but in the Chesapeake with our predominantly light winds, it makes a huge difference in the number of sailing days per year that you will actually get to sail vs motor.
Unless you are planning on racing a fair bit, the performance issue is not a big one. The difference between a specific boat with a shoal keel and the same boat with a fin keel is usually measured in the single digits (per mile). You need to be a very good sailor to take advantage of this.
If you like the boat - buy it and don't worry much about the keel. If it was designed to sail with a shoal keel then chances are it will work well. BTW - a properly designed wing keel will provide slightly better off-wind performance than a fin...
I think it really depends on your needs. I f you don't need shoal draft I would advise not to get it.
Our club is located inside a channel that at moon low is only two feet. Shoal draft is very desirable because it means waiting less time to go in and out of channel. Typical low tide is almost 4 feet so many shallower draft boats are not very affected at all.
The next point is that it all depends on the boat and the design. Research the performance of each before deciding. Even die hard cruisers who repeatedly state that "speed is not important" like to have a boat that performs well if possible. As has oft been stated here an extra bit of pointing or speed means you reach your next destination sooner ...
Several examples I have seen at our club. C&C30 mark 1. We have had two with shoal draft version and 4 with the standard fin. The "shoal" version is actually a fin but is a bit longer and about 1 foot shallower. It does not give up a lot on performance to the other C&Cs. In my mind this shoal version is a winner. Other examples are a 1990 MacGregor 26 - not shoal but a swing keel or centerboard or something. The rest of the boats had all finished our end of season fun race and that boat had not yet made the windward mark. Yet another is an ODay 27 with a stubby wing keel. Again the performance to weather is lacking.
I agree with above posters. There are enough used boats out there that it is probably cheaper to sell your boat and buy the same baot with a shoal keel than it is to change your own keel. Then there is the fact that the designers of the boats with shoal keels probably attempted to get maximum performance from that shoal keel as well as stability. A DIY keel mod would always make me nervous. The boat is designed with the keel on it. Unless you area very knowledgable naval architect I can't see chopping off 3 feet to be a good idea in any circumstance.
Buy the right boat for the area. Do the research. Then post your question here about how such and such a boat you have found and how well it is built, performs, etc ...
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......would it be possible to change the shoal version to a deep draft version?
|You would definitely miss out on much of the really good sailing on the Chesapeake Bay with a 6 ft. keel!
SOme of the newer 4 digit Tartans are designed such that one can change out the keel in a simple fashion. So if one were to buy a deep draft as is typically speced here in the puget sound region, and you sail to a shallower draft region, or move it too, you can get the shallower draft keel installed easy enough. Personally, I can not think of ANY advantages to a shoal draft. But that is from some one that is typically reading "---" on the depth guage! ie too deep to read! Then again, maybe if I was on the east coast, I might thing differently. I personally will take the deepest lightest keep I can get! Makes you faster to some degree, may not be a lot, but it is faster none the less!
|I'd have to agree with tommyT... doesn't make sense to swap out a keel, unless there is something wrong with it or the boat is extremely large and expensive.
I am sure that people have changed out keels....but why?
On my boat, which is a 34' shoal draft, the keel weighs 5,200 pounds. Anyone price 5,200 pounds of lead formed into a keel with bolts lately? There are way to many boats out there for sail to get into this kind of a refit.
With new rudder, probably in the neighborhood of $20,000. Buy one with the keel you want!
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How big is too big to start out?
EricS., A laser is a great boat to learn to sail on. They are cheap, easily trailerable and very easy to rig.
How big is too big to start out?
Another two cents worth....
I would encourage someone reasonably young to start out small also. There is just nothing quite like the thrill of learning on a small boat. When you get out on a good breezy day, with the boat heeling as you sail close to the wind...main sheet in one hand and tiller in the other...fighting to keep it right on the edge...feels like you''re traveling about 60 miles an hour (in reality your lucky to be doing 5 or 6).
In short..buy something small to learn on...a few hundred bucks for the learning experience, and you can always buy the big boat later.
How big is too big to start out?
I have been sailing a Macgregor 22 for a number of years and would highly reccommend one for starting out. It has a heavy swing keel which is a lot more reassuring than a small dingy that is easily capsizable. It trailers nicely and launches just about anywhere off the trailer. I started out with smaller boats but moved up to this one for greater comfort level with children in rough water. (Someone out there mentioned they have one for sale.)
How big is too big to start out?
Trusted names,Sparkman and Stephens designed the Blue Jay as a trainer. At <14'' it might work great for an 11 yr old, yet dad can be somewhat comfortable also.
How big is too big to start out?
Yes, it would be excessive.
Start as small as your son''s bodyweight allows. This will help awoiding any future fear, and creates a lot of confidence.
I started with an Optimist at five and now, 28 years later I''m confident sailing anything that floats. Always change size of boat and type of rigging, centerboard to keel etc as carfully as possible.
How big is too big to start out?
Thanks BIG RED 56. Sage advice to be sure. Have to say I am thrilled that my son at 10 has already been lured by the sea as opposed to any vice of contemporary living. Who knows, with any luck, perhaps young people will be reading Treasure Island and other sea stories again.
Fair winds and a following sea to you.
How big is too big to start out?
Ahoy, Eric, the only real consideration is can your son physically handle what you put him in. Is he an expert swimmer or a novice prone to panic? Dinghys can be made unflippable with the proper modifications such as oversized centerboard or small rudder and rigging .Such changes can be slowly readjusted as his skill grows. I would reccomend any dinghy up to 12'' as a beginner and advance from there. I own and teach in the following order, Novice : 7'' sailing/ rowing dinghy ,11'' classic Moth,Experienced :11'' Scorpion (similar to a sunfish but with a deeper well and slightly slower), Expert :16'' planing dinghy (my own design), 16'' Glen Marine designed catamaran Competitor: Highlander or similar class racing scow. The novice boats can''t be flipped very easy, the Experienced can and will flip but teachs how to right a boat, Expert can be flipped however righting can be difficult.Competitor well you damn well better be able to swim and afford the recovery efforts. Each level increases in speed and performance. All this said the last thing is to have as much fun along the way as possible. Big Red 56
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It would only be excessive if you expected your 11 year old to take the boat out by himself. I started sailing when I was 11 (40 years ago now). I sailed at camp in a 13 foot aluminum dinghy. I learned much more about how to sail a few years later with my family on our first boat which was 25 footer. I really developed my skills puttering aroundon my first boat which was a 10 foot sloop that I bought somewhere about the time I was 13 or so. I think that a 16 to 18 footer should make a fine daysailor for your family and is a managable size of a pre-teen as long as there is the weight and judgement of an adult on board. Don''t be surprised if you 11 year old is not asking to borrow the boat and go sailing with some friends by the time he is 14 or so. By the time I was 15, I was taking the family 32 footer (our second boat)out sailing with a just couple friends my age. I can''t say that Dad was thrilled but he was certainly a good sport about it. I actually lived aboard by myself the summer I turned 16 and rowed to work at a job I landed in a boatyard. It was a bit of a Huck Finn lifestyle, but it taught me a lot of responsibility.
I think that having sailing to share with my father and mother built a very strong relationship and a comfort in talking openly. This relationship lasted through my teen age years and is still strong today when I am now a 51 year old and Dad is still sailing well up into his mid 70''s.
While this is only my opinion, I think it is a wonderful thing you are doing, introducing your child to sailing as you yourself are building skills.
How big is too big to start out?
Hello All.
I am in pretty much the same situation as Jef212 the original poster of this topic with a slight modification. I have an eleven year old that is also interested in sailing. My question to you all is would starting in a 16''-18'' dinghy be excessive for my son to learn on?
Thanks in advance.
How big is too big to start out?
I''ve followed this thread with interest, and since your situation is somewhat like mine, here are my two cents:
1) Think like a hermit crab: you will own a succession of boats, and will trade up as your needs change. Long-term thinking must prevail here. You won''t be the same sailor in five years that you are today. The idea of having one boat for your lifetime is romantic, but impractical. What you need NOW is something to do your basic learning with. Therefore,
2) Buy a trailer-sailer. They are usually in the range of 18-23'', and have several advantages:
(a) they are small enough to force you to really learn the basics of boathandling, and those foundational skills will serve you well when you move up to something larger. I can''t overstate this point.
(b) they offer good economic leverage: stored on the trailer during the off season, and waiting anxiously in a rented summer slip for you to get a hankering to sail. This way, you can be out on the water 45 minutes after you see the breeze on Saturday morning, because your boat is ALREADY in the water, the mast is ALREADY stepped up, and all you have to do is grab your sunscreen and car keys. And in the off-season, storage on the trailer is cheap. A big back yard is ideal; but even renting a space in an RV yard is less costly than renting a slip for the 8-9 months when you''re not likely to sail. I''m on the west coast, and I can''t imagine your sailing season is longer than mine is here in southern CA. Renting a summer slip/storing off-season is the best way to go, and the trailerable boat with a swing-keel is the way to do it.
2) Starting off with a trailer-sailer avoids this talk about hoisting, locations, costs, and inconvenience.
3) Trailerable boats offer the best of both worlds for a first boat. They are small (responsive) enough to put you on a good place on the learning curve, so that you don''t imagine you know how to sail standing behind the wheel of a 34-footer. The smaller boat will humble you and teach you. Jeff is right: there are plenty of guys out there in larger boats who don''t know much about sailing. And the smaller boat is still plenty big enough for week-end trips for two, or even multiple-day trips when you get adventurous (I cruised the coast of CA for two weeks in my Catalina 22 a couple of summers ago).
4) These trailerable boats have TILLERS. You learn faster by handling a tiller than you do holding onto a wheel. You get feedback from the boat through a tiller that you just don''t get (or aren''t experienced enough to detect) from holding onto a wheel. I''d never put a beginning sailer behind a wheel, if there were a boat with a tiller available. It''s a better teacher. You will wind up ahead of the game in boathandling skills by wearing the varnish off a tiller.
You will know automatically when it is time for something bigger. I''ve spent four seasons with my swing-keel trailerable, and now I know I have the skills AND the desire for something in the 30'' range. But I wouldn''t trade my "training seasons" with my current boat for anything: that''s the boat that made me a sailor.
Fair Winds,
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I suppose I came off kinda harsh sounding in my first post. No friction here dude. Just pointing out the obvious problem with the no topic thread.
I enjoyed no topic but to be honest I was happy to see it off of the front page. Good to see you taking a more active role with the site.
You both need each other. You need them to learn. They need you to carry on their heritage.
k2mooch -- age has little to do with it. If you (or the age group with which I assume you are associating yourself), had a great deal of automotive knowledge, then you would have more power.
It's different in some of the computer forums. Many of the younger guys have more of the knowledge, and they get more of the respect.
I am not claiming this is a perfect situation. I do think it is a reasonable one though.
I think both young and old have to compromise to reach middle ground.
HOWEVER, I do believe that it is often the older guys that make a great deal of the compromises around here. I believe that if the younger generation made a greater effort to display their willingness to compromise, then it would go a long way.
Frankly, it's easier for me to understand your viewpoint, as, when it comes to age, we are very close. Nevertheless, I can tell that the wishes of the older members of the board are now being inadequately represented. Hence, I am looking to strike a balance.
Diversity, different opinions, and contrasting beliefs are what we are all about. However, there must be a balance so that one set of beliefs does not outweigh all the others.
Getting a little ageist here aren't we?
I thought this would cool off and we might reach a nice compromise.
But this IS starting to sound awfully political.
As Neal Stephenson's character says in the Cryptonomicon "There's a strong smell of politics in the air sir!"
If I understand you correctly you are saying that the *ahem* elder members are what are driving this "crackdown".
Thats all very well, and as much as I respect the great knowlege and experience of the old rodders, they are not where the future of Hot Rods lies.
The future lies with the young kids on here that are bringing enthusiasm and new blood to the field.
This is starting to sound very much like the young folks here can no longer expect the respect they are expected to give the older members.
I hate to see this happening.
Perhaps some of the older folks shouldn't be quite so enthusiastic about "encouraging" the younger members to accept their views and values. Young people have to gain life experience of their own, darn few are going to stop thinking and just accept someone elses morals, viewpoints, or values because someone says they should, whether that person has built a hundred Rods or not.
It's starting to sound like this isn't going to be a place where a diversity of views is welcome.
Perhaps I am mis-reading this, I sincerely hope so, because until now this has been a great site and a good forum.
But it's looking grim.
So I have to devote my life to automotive technology, AND become a certain age before people will respect and take me seriously?
Sorry, I guess I just learned the difference between 'credibility' and 'acceptance'. I just thought I had it all figured out. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
The situation is more politics than you think. It's just not a money-based political system like you are accustomed to.
The older crowd possesses the larger portion of automotive knowledge. Thus, they have more power and say over the social atmosphere on the board.
It's yet another way that "Knowledge is power".
If you want to tip the political balance in your favor, just make it so that you possess the greater amount of automotive knowledge. This can be done either by increasing your automotive knowledge (years of study, practice, and patience), or by decreasing their automotive knowledge (lobotomy, blunt blow to the head, or long-term exposure to cable TV). Either way, you will then have more influence on board decisions and day-to-day governing policies.
It's becoming more and more apparent to me that the internet has no politics at all. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is NOT a democracy. It's more like a dictatorship.
Sorry, but MORALS can't be ordered or requested. Rules can be laid out and followed, but under protest. This is pretty much the general consensus around these parts nowadays every time we hear about 'raising the bar' so this website can become an icon of (insert drumroll) "The American Tradition of Hotrodding".
Well here's what happens when you raise the bar. (one man stands clapping in an empty auditorium)
|I think you could look at this place like you would a bar or club with the current hot topics of language and rowdiness. On one hand you have your regular crew that buy a lot of food and beer but they get rowdy and run some of the other customers off. On the other hand you have the larger crowd of people that spend some money but get kind of tired by the rowdy crew. (I am not insinuating anybody on this board by any means). Then there are the bouncers ( moderators) whose job it is to sift through the people and determine what is allowed and what isn't. The owner has to find the balance in the situation (Isn't this what you were talking about Jon). He has to keep BOTH sides in check. The owner must determine how to handle the people to find a middle point and decide when to throw someone out. He also has to determine the right people to be the bouncers that help handle the crowd while at the same time keep them in check so they dont get a little overzealous. Now I am all for keeping the lounge under a loose atmosphere by all means. I just believe we are all looking out for number one here. None of these issues are important enough to me to leave or rant about, but I do understand the points that people make. That's why WE'RE not the Admin, Jon is, he makes the decisions and the boards lasted this longer under his control so I'm not gonna holler out revolution by any means.
All in good time.
You can't fight human nature and only time will tell if this site does well under the new rules. Jons house need's Guests...without guests there is no house to visit. So don't chase everyone away.....JON.
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all i need is the History channel and Animal Planet to surive. i really don't watch much TV.
i think i heard that in the movie "The Sweetest Thing", lol.
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"these are, the days of our lives"
bowtiebabe -- cool, glad to hear you're not out the door for good yet.
I don't know if I am leaving forever. This site has INCREDIBLE tech advice, which is what drew me to the site in the first place. I think I just need a little break from the lounge for awhile.
I just want everyone to get along and when the largest topic is basically fighting...I just cannot deal with it. I will be checking back periodically into the lounge, say what's up, and seeing if all the drama has calmed down. When it does, I'll be back.
Again Jon, the tech forums are great and you are to be commended for them. Even the most obscure question is answered in them.
I guess I just really don't know what to think or say...this is just an internet forum really, but I have fun on here during the day. I don't want to leave whatever friendships I have made on here, but I also don't want to read the soap opera that is the lounge.
Thank you for the comments meanroy. I understand what you mean about archiving threads. This is a decent practice for tech threads, but when it really comes down to it, I feel that "no-topic" style threads dilute our archives, for many of the reasons you mentioned. Those kind of threads are fun, and largely harmless, but when they begin to dominate the Lounge, they need to be curtailed.
I agree too that sexual innuendo is acceptable. But it should remain just that -- innuendo. Sexual talk and flirting are natural, normal human stuff, but those topics are best when they are carefully hinted at, not blatantly discussed with no elegance or grace.
The age/generation gap is an especially difficult obstacle to overcome. It is normal/reasonable/common for our older members to adopt a Fundamentalist outlook. I could certainly see myself turning out that way in a few decades. Many of our younger members have completely opposite viewpoints, and this is normal too. Connecting these generations is a formidable challenge, but it is necessary to pass on hotrodding culture, knowledge, and experience. My opinion is that the older generation makes the most sacrifices and compromises for peace around here, but what else is new?
I liked your Lounge analogy -- that is a good one. Bunch of guys joking around in the garage, but watching their mouths because wife, mom, Uncle Mike has just stopped in. And I agree too that Draconian solutions are generally ineffective around here.
bowtiebabe -- I'm very sorry to see you go. I wish that we could make every member feel good about this place and want to participate, but I know that it just isn't possible. I understand that we will be losing some members as we strive to exemplify a higher standard, but I feel that what we stand to gain outweighs all that we can lose. Hopefully though, you will check in on us down the line and see what we're up to.
Ghetto Jet -- I agree with you. This board is a pretty cool place, and I often wish that I could kick back, put my feet up, get to know people, and just hang out! However, it's very difficult to balance personal wants and professional needs, so I try to err on the side of caution. Nevertheless, I will be posting more in the coming weeks as part of my duties as our newest Lounge moderator, so you should get a few chances to pick my brain.
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2013 Enjoyed one of the most impressive freshman campaigns of any player in program history … Honored as the Little East Conference Rookie of the Year … Named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week on four occasions … Finished second on the Beacons with 11 singles victories and 19 overall wins … Ended the year tied for third with eight doubles victories … Entered the Beacons' Record Books by tying for fifth for most overall wins in a season (19) and tying for fourth in singles matches won in a year (11) … Registered an 11-5 mark in doubles play, including an 11-4 mark at number one singles … Finished 8-3 at number two doubles and 8-7 overall in doubles action … Picked up 11 victories in 16 overall matches against Little East opponents … Recorded six consecutive doubles victories from October 3-19 … Ended the season with four-straight wins at number one singles … Began her collegiate career with a 2-0 match against MCLA on August 30 … Earned the Beacons' lone point August 31 with a 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (10-6) victory at number one singles against Mount Holyoke … Registered a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 victory at number one singles September 28 against UMass Dartmouth … Recorded a 6-2, 6-1 victory at number one singles in the Little East Conference Quarterfinals against UMass Dartmouth on October 22.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Braintree High School in 2013 … Named a three-time league All-Star and a one-time Honorable Mention … Earned a total of four varsity letters with the tennis program … Born on May 31, 1995 … Daughter of Emadeddin Muntasser and Adela Misherghi … Has four siblings, Farris, Baheeja, Leena, and Rana … Member of the UMass Boston Generation Citizen and Freshman Leadership Institute … Currently majoring in Psychology.
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If you think the Hardin County Farmers' Market is just about veggies, think again.
The first-ever Hardin County Farmers' Market Pre-Thanksgiving Day Homemade Food and Craft Gala will be held 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday and will go beyond the traditional food items.
Handmade jewelry and wood crafts, such as bowls and cutting boards, are among the offerings slated to be available at the event.
"Normally when we talk farmers' markets we're talking vegetables or produce," said Rene Emond, president.
At least 16 vendors will be available at the market at 200 Peterson Drive in Elizabethtown.
Usually the Hardin County Farmers' Market vendors are permitted to sell only food items they've produced themselves. Baked goods can be sold but only if at least one of the ingredients is something produced by that vendor.
Crafts and handmade goods are not generally part of the farmers' market inventory.
The upcoming food and craft gala will forego those guidelines to include crafts. Craft items offered can be constructed of materials the vendors didn't produce themselves as long as they create their own final product.
"That's a diversion from the normal Farmers' Market rules," Emond said.
Baked goods, eggs, poultry, homemade candy and jams and jellies are just some of the other items that will be available.
Shoppers will be able to do some advance gift shopping for the holidays as well as prepare for Thanksgiving, Emond said.
"There'll be homemade pumpkin pies," he said.
For shoppers looking for an alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving, at least one vendor will sell chicken raised on all-natural foods as well as chicken salad.
Vendors pay a fee for booth space but keep all money from their sales. Farmers' Market members pay $25 for booth space while non-members pay $35. The money from that fee goes to pay costs for a number of things, such as insurance and advertising.
While this is the first time for the event, it is just the beginning.
"We're going to have another one on Dec. 11," Emond said.
Centerpieces, wreaths and pottery are expected to be offered at the December event.
Emond said the new pavilion constructed for the Hardin County Farmers' Market was the impetus for Saturday's event.
"We think this is an opportune time to utilize it now that we have it," he said.
Robert Villanueva can be reached at (270) 505-1743.
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Hello all. First topic for me. I had intended to post a WIP while I was building this but I was too busy building the thing for the Halloween deadline. Did quite make the deadline but had it well enough to sever the general public. Nobody called me on not even having the kill stripes! I have a list of like 25 things I still need to do but I'm open to feedback seeing as my goal was an adult quality suit just shrunk down. You'll see obvious things like missing kill stripes and insignias, boots, wookie braids and shin tools but I'm really curious if I totally missed anything color-wise for an ESB suit.
Here's the Halloween version:
I'm taking a hiatus for a while but I do have in mind to take him to other events with people who have a more discerning eye so I'd like to get it really dialed in - before he outgrows it...
I should also give some big thanks to this site and to Shawn Thorsson who sold me the casting of the helmet and helped me through a "stretching".
So, this all started when my boy was pestering me incessantly for a Boba Fett helmet. To get him off my back I made a really junky cardboard one. A couple weeks later we were at the Maker Faire and ran into Mr. Thorsson's costume booth with all manner of Halo costumes and friends dressed in them. I mentioned that my boy had gone nuts over Boba Fett and I was told that Shawn had done a kid's size helmet. Got in contact, bought the helmet and did the stretching to make it fit. At that point, it was obvious that the rest of the costume was going to have to be of some quality so I dusted off my rusty old scratch built model building skills along with my 30 year old airbrush and compressor. Nice thing is: as an adult, I've got way more tools in the garage and resources to buy what I needed. I also had to get some rudimentary sewing skills together since I couldn't expect to have anything pre-made in his size. I will kill myself if there are kits available for this stuff! Oh well, got to try out some new techniques.
I'm not sure if any of these techniques will come in handy for anyone and they may be old-hat or just not the easiest way to do things but since I was familiar with building plastic models, I went with styrene and acrylic for the armor and jet pack. Mostly from Tap Plastics with some Plastruct pieces. The great thing for a lot of applications here was how the different size tubes fit into each other. For little things like the flame thrower tips and for bigger things like the rocket.
I rushed the proportions on the gauntlets a bit but found a handy little thing at Tap - spring loaded hinges. Completely solved my clipping issue since the spring load keeps them closed. One thing I still need to do there is a make an elastic wrist band with some velcro to hold it in place.
The proportions on the jet pack went a little better although I missed one fundamental measurement by about 3/4 inches. Otherwise, I think they're pretty good. I basically looked at the size of the pack in relation to the shoulder width and measured what I thought would be the equivalent size then measured that width in my boy's shoulders and came up with an 11" wide pack. Then from there, I made a printout of the back and printed a little scaled down ruler I could use to size up everything on the pack. Things worked out really well because the main tubes were landing right around the sizes that were available.
Bending and forming plastic was a new thing for me and I used a heat gun to do it. Had a few tricky compound curves and cuts that intersected with rounds like the top of the pack where the center tube comes out. I already have a band saw, dremel and belt/disk sander and those things were absolutely necessary to do it this way. I may make a small vacuum for table at some point just for fun. Been researching it. Don't have a lot of room in my shop though.
One thing that was new for me which I worked out myself was a method of making cone shapes. I didn't have any kind of lathe or anything so what I did was make a form with a tube and round pieces on each. Then sand the bevel on each piece spinning it against the disc sander. The tube shape was achieved by rolling a sheet of this plastic into 3 layers glued to each other. I found that just rolling onc piece into three layers was better than trying to single layers. Too many seams with single layers. The final seam wasn't too hard to deal with since the laminated plastic could be filed and sanded. I did get a fair amount of warping though so I had to really bondo up a few of them. Although, a little of the still visible warping kind of adds a little character.
For the really shallow cones like the 4 side caps I made a lower circle out of plastic, glued a tube to the middle then built the cone out of bondo. Piece of cake there. Worked great since the plastic was hard enough to serve as a guide.
Doing the balls on the jet pack were a little tricky. I used Tap's acrylic balls. Made a centering jig out of wood and used my circle template to mark of the 90 degree marks. To make them movable, I used a tension spring with a 1/4 20 lag bolt and a lock nut on the other end. Works well and shouldn't ever wear out tension-wise. Used to do this with pen springs on the guns on my spaceship models and I still have one built in 1983 that's still nice and tight. I used the Dremel and some hand files to cut out the cross pattern but went a little too big on that and found out when the cones went on. Next time I'd get the cones sized up before doing the carving.
The stabilizer was made with a cut off sex bolt for strength and the beacon was made from pieces of acrylic tube. The cap just press fits into the stalk. Slight lathe work done on the drill and belt sander.
Painting was fun but more rushed than I wanted it to be. I didn't get to put the insignias or kill stripes on and didn't spray any weathering on or do any dry brush or wash effects. This was the first time I'd used liquid mask and I loved it. I used Microscale and found it easier if I put it on a little thick. I do wish it was a little more opaque so you could see the design of the scratches. Those scratches are a bit of an art form of their own. One problem I had was that the yellow on my armor pulled off with the mask so I ended up with just green and silver armor. I'll probably correct that with a brush which isn't really ideal. We'll see on that. It will definitely get more weathering though.
By the way, does anyone have artwork for all the insignias on the helmet and jet pack? I saw the ones for the armor which are perfect. I'd like to shrink them and print on decal paper. Used this stuff for another application and it's really great stuff.
Otherwise, this is where I'm at with this. I just realized that I don't have any closeups of anything painted. I'll add those tomorrow. Any tips and critiques are appreciated. Thanks again everyone!


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Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Syria's President Bashar Assad that "a lot has changed i relations between Israel and Syria" and seeks to begin negotiations that would lead to peace between the two nations. Olmert told visiting US Senator Arlen Spector who is on his way to Syria to "Tell Assad I await an answer from him regarding the dynamic message I have conveyed to him regarding negotiations." It is apparent Israel seeks to resolve its differences with Syria even as a recent poll indicated excessive pessimism pervades Mideast people. However, the Harry Truman Institute in Jerusalem found in a poll that 53% of Israelis still support peace proposals advocated by former President Clinton while 47% of Palestinians have a similar viewpoint.
The fact such a large percent of people on both sides still cling to the Clinton proposals indicate a strong desire for peace. These figures also demonstrate another failure on the part of George Bush, he refused to build on the work of Clinton because Bush felt this only helped Democrats. For George Bush, politics is always the most important facet of diplomacy.


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This past spring many trees were not able to produce much foliage at all. Many produced nothing but seeds at first, and when these ripened all you could see was brown. Such trees seemed more dead than alive. Later on, some foliage started to be produced, but these leaves were undersized, off-color, and left the tree much thinner than normal. On other trees, some sections never did leaf out and the remaining parts look weak.
Trees that have treatment history for various problems, and have been stable for some time, have begun to struggle again. Dead and weak trees are everywhere.
The main reason for this is the continued and cumulative stress of year after year of rainfall shortages. Over the last ten years rainfall has been below normal. Deep soil moisture was depleted years ago and trees are deriving water from the top 2 to 8 inches only. When this dries up the trees are under extreme stress. And it does dry up quite easily.
Even trees that are in fairly well watered yards did not escape completely. Water from wells and municipal sources is even harder and more alkaline than our soil, and is therefore not as easy for the trees to use as rainwater. Even so, supplemental watering must be done in order to save our trees.
The watering recommendation for trees has always been to water the entire area under the dripline. However, in extended drought situations, this is proving to not be enough. Consider the configuration of a trees root system. It is extremely shallow and spreads out to 3 to 4 times the height of the tree in all directions! Many people do not realize this and water very limited areas of the dripline area. All of the roots well beyond the dripline never benefit from the watering and if they stay dry too long they die. This has been happening steadily and has meant more crown dieback and dead trees. We must water more widely so as to save more of the root system.
Drought plays a major contributing stress to the decline spiral. If a tree dies, it is usually the result of several contributing stresses acting over an extended period. Insect attack, poor pruning or pruning neglect, soil compaction and disease infection are some of the factors combining with drought to cause decline and eventual death. Wood boring insects and root rot fungi are especially prevalent, taking advantage of weakened trees.
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Wittenberg Student Brings Extreme Pogo To Campus
Published May 3, 2013
Springfield, Ohio – A walk around Wittenberg University's picturesque campus offers a wide range of sights and sounds, from the beautiful to the interesting to the unusual. As Silas Newcomb, class of 2014 from Summit, NJ, cruises around using his Vurtego, an extreme pogo stick, he definitely falls into the latter category.
"The sport of Xpogo (extreme pogo) means a lot to me," Newcomb said. "There are roughly 30 of us in the world who actively pogo. It's a lot of work but a whole lot of fun!"
A business major with a focus in management, a psychology minor and a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Newcomb can be seen pogoing on campus as fraternity brothers Sam Wilke, class of 2014 from Cincinnati, and Sage Hazarika, class of 2014 from Brooklyn, NY, skateboard alongside him. Wilke tries his skill on the pogo, but he prefers to skateboard.
"When most people think of pogo sticking they think of a little wooden frame with a spring that bounces six inches off the ground," Newcomb said, "which is why I love seeing people's reactions."
Newcomb's favorite stunt is the "superman," a back flip, and he has achieved heights of seven feet (the world record is currently nine feet, six inches). He trains for competition on a trampoline with a stick that has no bounce.
He began playing with a regular pogo stick when he was in second grade, but he became enthusiastic about extreme pogo when he was a high school freshman and began training to compete in Pogopalooza, the world championship of the sport with competitors coming from Canada, England, Australia and the United States. The Pogopalooza has been held annually since 2004, and Newcomb first competed in 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Although there are three extreme pogo sticks available, Newcomb prefers the Vurtego, a thermoplastic cylinder that operates on air pressure, which propels the rider into the air allowing for heights to leap over bars in high jump competitions and to do flips and other tricks. In addition to competing, pogo athletes perform in online videos and parades.
Newcomb looks forward to obtaining an internship with Xpogo LLC, which manages the global operations and development of the growing sport of extreme pogo. He also plans to compete in the 2013 Pogopalooza, which is scheduled to be held in New York's Times Square.
"When I was a senior in high school, I didn't really care where I went to school," Newcomb said. "My dad (Peter L. Newcomb) graduated in 1982, which is why I came all the way out to Ohio from New Jersey. I love Wittenberg to death and wouldn't have chosen differently if I could have."
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In a Small Arms gude I saw an entry for the PANCOR companies shotgun called the Jackhammer. It is like a bullpuped revolving futuristic gun. Very cool looking. The ammo was in 10 round "cassetes" that were color coded for the type of loads. Pumped once the first time and functioned like the Webly automatic revolver for the rest of the shots. When empty it automaticly ejected. You could take a fresh cassete and set it to fire like a land mine. This is cool. The guide saide it is in trials... but I never heard of it or PANCOR.
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Land mine?
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Modern Small Arms by Ian Hogg 1994 edition has a writeup on it. Mfg-Mark Three,Albuquerque NM. 240rds/min. cyclic rate. Book says automatic, gas-operated. Floating barrel thats moves to form gas tight seal with cylinder. Mostly synthetic material by DuPont called Rynite SST. Can also use a special high pressure round called Jack Shot.
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Land Mine... You step on it (Pressure plate triggers that you attach to the cassete and set it especially for this purpose) and all 10 shells go off in a very rapid succession. Mind you, this is a military shotgun design intended for warfare... despite the late Princess Diana's pleadings - all is fair in war. Even nasty little land mines. Clever.
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yeah, wonder if it ever wa produced?
Another "super weapon" is the .223/12Guage combo gun that has been on Display at SHOT show for the past few years, with an operating prototype and everything. They keep saying "we'll be shipping _this_ summer!"
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Even its ally, China, is upset with the country
North Korea performed its third
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, saying that it was an act of self-defense against the United States.
According to North Korea's Foreign Ministry, today's test was the first response with maximum restraint.
"If the United States continues to come out with hostility and complicates the situation, we will be forced to take stronger, second and third responses in consecutive steps," North Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
North Korea is one of the most sanctioned states for its previous nuclear tests, but after today, the U.S. and its allies plan on "augmenting" these sanctions.
"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community" said U.S. President Barack Obama. "The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies."
North Korea has said in the past that Washington's aim was to "
eliminate the political ideology and system our people have opted for."
According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, today's nuclear test measured "approximately several kilotons" while the first North Korean nuclear test in 2006 was under 1 kiloton and the second in 2009 was about 2-7 kilotons.
At first glance, U.S. security officials said the test seemed to use a plutonium-based prototype weapon (as did the previous two tests, but this was the latest version). More samples would have to be collected with the United States' WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft to determine if uranium was used.
North Korea's actions today has drawn criticism from many member states of the United Nations. The U.S., Japan, Russia, South Korea and China are a few that have denounced the test and urged North Korea to talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe even said that this test was a "grave threat."
China is especially upset by the test, since it is a permanent member of the Security Council and North Korea's main economic and diplomatic ally. North Korea's defiance just goes to show that Beijing doesn't have the power or influence it thinks it has with the country.
In December 2012, North Korea also successfully
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