In the late-19th century, a London plumbing impresario named Thomas Crapper manufactured one of the first widely successful lines of flush toilets. Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did develop the ballcock, an improved tank-filling mechanism still used in toilets today.
Propellers – Stainless, Aluminum, Composite – Diameter and Pitch
SV Seeker is 65 tons and can move at 8 knots ( 9 mph ) but how much can she pull? What kind of power will she have for towing equipment, or running into rough seas? If you tied her to a tree with a scale to measure the pulling force, how much do you think it would be? Make … Read More
Check Your Turbo System for Leaks
The first turbocharger was invented in the early twentieth century by the Swiss engineer Alfred Buchi who introduced a prototype to increase the power of a diesel engine. Turbocharging has now become standard for most diesel engines.
Anchor Drag Alarm
I love thunderstorms. I like them while on my boat. But not so much when the boat is in the storm without me. Maybe that will come with time and once I get the anchor setup more to my liking.
Gangway Repairs
Fixing stuff, beating the heat, and doing a little sailing with Doug Rudy of RudyWoodCraft on YouTube. Life is good.
Anchoring Setup Changes
Life’s roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors.
Starlink vs T-Mobile Hotspot on a Boat
Elon Musk: “Our Satellites launching in next few months have inter-satellite laser links, so no local downlink needed.” Micael Sheetz: “How does transmitting into a country without a local downlink work on the regulatory side?” Elon Musk: “They can shake their fist at the sky.”
Keeping Water Out of the Boat’s Fuel
Abortion, immigration, gun rights and inflation can all take a back seat. I want to know what government idiot that is bringing us these pathetic fuel tanks, and we need a good old tar and feathering.
Variable Pitch Controller Repairs and Testing
This is not a problem for quitters. If your going to quit, then you are saying there is nothing more you can learn, and nothing more you can think of to try, and there is no one else that you can approach for new ideas. A quitter is a person that quits before exhausting all of the possibilities. So don’t … Read More
A Challenging Trip to Kerr Lake with Excellent Outcomes
The journey is never ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment. –Antonio Brown