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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Probably like gob stoppers - health and safety hazard๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Roy, often the obscure helps us all learn - maybe not very useful at our scales, but expands our knowledge and one day you may just need that obscure piece of knowledge?

    ๐Ÿ“ My new toy
    11 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    New toy = new workshop!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    21 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Don't worry Boatshed, I am still paying the penalty of taking a holiday and being away from a computer - not even back over 50%, even with a string of right answers. Luckily, sailing questions play right into my past, so I can get most right. But for other advanced topics, it is pure chance.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    26 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Surely you would do a rolling hitch on something solid like a tree truck, and you 'roll' it to ensure it locks from the direction of pull? It helps to have been in the boy scouts in the 'old days' when they used to spend half their time learning and doing knots.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    27 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Exactly Ross, the ship is still technically underway, and presumably the engines just need re-engaging as they are still running.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    30 days ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Consider yourself lucky Pat, I go on holiday for a few days without internet and the score plummets. Must be more ruthless and avoid holidays at all costs, exceot where fully connected !!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    AI is not only taking over the questions, it is now analysing our results to make sure everyone gets a crack at the 100%?????? Can you bribe AI?

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Sailing single handers, such as International Moth, which goes like a bat out of hell, with 70 square feet of mainsail, and weighing barely 70 pounds, the central mainsheet on a traveller had a cam cleat - absolutely vital for taking some of the strain off your arms. The traveller also had cam cleats - so called because they looked like the clams as used on gears - but equally called jam cleats, as they jammed the sheet/halyard.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    1 month ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    How old does something have to be to be traditional?

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Bluebird k-7
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Beautiful as usual Jump. Looks to me like that is a shelf/display job when in her fabulous blue. Don't get sidetracked in Cali to impulse buy the next toy!! - Have a good break.

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    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    I know they were making brilliant lenses in the early 19th century, but not with the level required to make a fresnel lens - another wrong educated guess.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    We're alive and kicking again, thanks Fireboat

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    I've had to search for question of the day for many weeks now - often the only way to find it is through the 'members online' column

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Correct RonH, got it wrong, cos I didn't read the question properly - doh.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    For those who have never seen a DEA - this is what they look like.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    I've never heard of a DEA anchor, that's what this quiz is all about - learning.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    That was tough, but then I do not do any research, just work on logic or my own knowledge - I treat the quiz this quiz as any other, and try to answer without any extrenal help - just depends on how necessary it is to be at the top of the league.

    ๐Ÿ“ Sand Barges
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Hope the crew had thigh waders, hard to stay dry otherwise!

    ๐Ÿ“ On my roof top this morning
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Please send any spare over here to get rid of a pigeon invasion - the mess they make is horrendous.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    2 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    One of the few questions I was definite about, having been racing dinghies and yachts for too many years to remember - can be a dangerous manouevre to get just right, and send the opposition onto the other tack which they will do their best to avoid. The bigger the boat the bigger the risk of collision and major damage.

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    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Tri65 3D printed trimaran, converted to foils
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Awesome - can we see a video of her in full surge up on foils please?

    ๐Ÿ“ American Scout C-2 Freighter
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Woops - but still looks good - with the bow that high looks as though she is ready to start planing!!!!!!

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    The next question is what was introduced in the 20th century to reduce wetted surface - answer - foils - it would be interesting to see if anyone has succeeded in making a model yacht work with foils?๐Ÿคฃ

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Are we all so desperate to be at the top of the rankings? This is supposed to be for fun, but seems to be getting very competetive. I have missed a couple of months of questions for various reasons, so am almost at the bottom of the heap, but so what - it is nice to get answers correct, especially when the questions are set right, but it is not the end of the world if I am wrong, it means I have probably learnt something.

    ๐Ÿ“ Question of the Day?
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Some of us are here to learn, others already know many answers. So really only option 1 is right. For those keen to hit the 100% mark, then the question needs to be fixed, with all scores on the wrong question deleted, this will also help for those who have learnt something new.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Towing a โ€œmega yachtโ€
    3 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Did you have baby's permission to use their float?

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Venice water taxi
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    A class build - looks the business.

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: Found these at an Estate Sale today......
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Why is it we keep finding things we never knew we wanted on the internet - it really should have a wealth warning on any page requiring the use of currency!!๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘๐Ÿค‘

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ Re: 60" J class yachts and DF95's sharing the water
    4 months ago by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง luckyduck ( Lieutenant)
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    Great filming Martin. I don't think a yacht more beautiful than a J, has ever been designed, whether full size or as a model.



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