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Sailing | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. This is the parent page for my sailing content. I will be describing how I configured my boat for its transatlantic crossing, places I kept the boat in Europe and the Caribbean, and great sailing locations. Dell Computer – hard drive design flaw? Motorcycle Trip Preparation: Alaska. Charming the Snake – a quick trip to Morocco with Scott.
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Gunboat 55 – short handed circumnavigator? | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Gunboat 55 – short handed circumnavigator? 14 January, 2015. I don’t know if there is a way to shim the centerboards, or otherwise keep them from vibrating. Something to watch out for in a test sail, particularly in lumpy conditions or at speed. The first Gunboat 55 has the galley down, which I hate. Gunboat offers a galley up option, similar ...
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Dell Computer – hard drive design flaw? | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Dell Computer – hard drive design flaw? 23 September, 2014. Relevance: Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on Dell notebooks, tablets and desktops with up to 8 cores. Once the startup process has completed then the disk utilization reduces and the machines start working appropriately. During high disk operations the disk would hit 100% but only until the ope...
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Ducati Multistrada Upgrades | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. 16 March, 2014. On my first ride on the Multistrada I noticed major buffeting from the windscreen. The screen has height adjustment – I tried it all the way up, down and settled at mid-height. The buffeting was reduced but still unpleasant. I could not hear the engine over the wind noise. I found an article describing an uprated spring – 100...
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Building a Sailing Catamaran in France | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Building a Sailing Catamaran in France. 16 March, 2014. One of my major considerations was storm response – would the boat withstand huge waves in mid-ocean, 50 knot winds. I wanted a well-built boat, and would have preferred a “tested” boat that had done major ocean crossings or a circumnavigation already. Recommendation, I wanted something fast ...
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Motorcycle Trip Preparation: Alaska | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Motorcycle Trip Preparation: Alaska. 16 March, 2014. A PDF version is available for free download for purchasers of the book – I will bring that with me on the bike so I can do additional research enroute. This entry was posted in Motorcycling. Adventure Motorcycle Selection – BMW vs Ducati vs Suzuki vs Triumph. Ducati Multistrada Upgrades →.
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Crossing the Atlantic in a 43 foot catamaran | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Crossing the Atlantic in a 43 foot catamaran. 14 March, 2015. Leaving Grand Canary Island with 200 other boats on our trip across the Atlantic. Counting down to the start of the 2001 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. We would catch a wave and then rocket forward, surfing down the face of the wave with the dagger boards partially retracted. The boat...
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Al Di Meola – phenomenal guitarist | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Al Di Meola – phenomenal guitarist. 24 September, 2014. I heartily recommend Al’s music – Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars is one of my all time favorites. This entry was posted in Music. And tagged Al Di Meola. Dell Computer – hard drive design flaw? Al Di Meola – phenomenal guitarist. Dell Computer – hard drive design flaw? Isle of Man TT.
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Boat Books: great repair, maintenance, routing and preparation books (and some courses) | Action, Adventures and Musings…
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Action, Adventures and Musings…. Motorcycling, Sailing, Scuba and Adventures with Jeffrey Smith. Configuring a Cruising Catamaran for a Transatlantic Crossing. Boat Books: great repair, maintenance, routing and preparation books (and some courses). 26 February, 2015. Boat repair and maintenance. I spent two hours below deck (after filling the fuel inlet with the spare diesel), bleeding the injectors and using the manual fuel pump on the engine to prime the fuel supply circuit and remove air. Fortunat...
