Author: Glenn Trigg
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Relaxation
“How do you know how relaxed you are“? For the past while I’ve found myself asking that question, as well as a related question “Can I be even more relaxed than I am at the moment?“. Short of measuring certain chemicals in the body, or maybe even in spite of that, a person’s level of…
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Sailing in Thailand
Over the first two weeks of March we spent time sailing in the Andaman Sea and visiting some of the smaller islands there. Wave Dancer The yacht, Wave Dancer, is a James Wharram design which uses rope lashings based on ancient Polynesian boat design. It is a modified (lengthened) Tiki 30 model. A video of Wave…
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Yacht keel winch controller – Part 1
Quandary My friend came to me with an interesting problem… he was doing some work on his yacht and wanted to improve the mechanism for raising and lowering the keel. Mechanically the keel is controlled by an electric motor (essentially an old cordless drill) turning a drum that winds a cable attached to the keel.…