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Soft Shackle Y-sheets

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Y-Sheet use for spinnakers is not a new idea. In fact, it is widely used but typically requires tying to the clew with a bowline. That makes using high tech lines like Amsteel problematic because knots slip in Dyneema. In this implementation, the attachment to the clew is just like a soft shackle but unlike a traditional soft shackle, the shackle is divided into its key elements with the adjustable eye integrated in the Y-Sheet itself and the diamond knot permanently attached to the clew ring.

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Dual 7-Day Forecasts

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If you are a regular visitor to L-36.com you may have noticed a new feature on the Weather and Tide page. At the bottom of the 7 Day Forecast section you might see "NEW! Easily add second zone forecast". Before you rush over to the Weather and Tide page to try it out, you might be interested in the background of this feature and the Weather & Tide page itself.

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Getting Papoose

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There is a story on Latitude-38 (December 2023 page 62) about the sailboat "Boat Bum Gal" whose owner hired a volunteer captain to help take her boat down to Mexico as part of the Baja Ha-Ha. They ran aground and Boat Bum Gal sank. This brought back memories of my first trip on my inherited boat Papoose in 1989 and what didn't but almost did happen.

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Getting Latitude and Longitude from an OpenStreetMap Map.

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Filling a form with the results of a map click on an openstreetmap seems straight forward. I tried half a dozen examples online and none worked. None just presented working code. They all gave html, css, and js and after carefully putting them together they did not work. Some worked but did not fill out a form or enable the location to be used off the map. This demo works and I give the source code and a working single php page. The app uses leaflet and Open Street Map maps. All this is free and open source. The Article includes a demo. Just click on the map and see how it works. Feel free to look at or use the source code.

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Weather Report for L‑36.com

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This is not a report on the weather; it is a report on the weather report. Much has changed on the Weather page and I wanted to say a few words, actually likely quite a few words, on the report itself. After all, 90% of you come to L-36.com for our award winning weather coverage*.

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Ultimate Unassisted Mast Climbing

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I have tried dozens of way to climb my mast. In the process I have accumulated 7 ascenders, three rappel devices, a GriGir, and numerous carabiners. I think this climbing system is the best. It is simple to rig, quick going up, requires very little to transition from up to down, and very fast and controlled going down. I can get down in 2 1/2 minutes including rigging the rappel device.

This video goes pretty fast so follow the link where there is much more detail on how the system works.



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How to Tie a Bowline (fast and easy)

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There are lots of ways to tie a bowline. I think this is the quickest, fastest, easiest to do and remember of all the ways. I learned this when I was a kid from my dad. He probably learned it in the navy in WW II, not sure. But I do know he was a sailor and knew how to tie a bowline fast.

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