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Positive displacement pump or totalizing flow meter. Count what you put in and count what you take out. But why on earth do you need...

Sorry, they were 8' dinghies, not sail boats. So just a couple of eye straps and oar lock fittings if I remember correctly. But my point...

I don't think that construction method can compete these days. Even twenty years ago, I had a retired friend in the Florida Keys. He got...

What is the duty cycle rating of the winch in percentage, the longest pull from cold start that is allowed, what is the winch maker's...

It really comes down to material strength. Adding more hull surface area adds weight and faces diminishing returns in terms of sail...

Good catch :rolleyes:. So now we need 150A at 36V. That's an issue. The max continuous discharge for a typical 150Ah LFP is only 100...

Correct, a soliton and a hydraulic jump are two different phenomena. If you have a soliton traveling on a wind-wavy sea, it doesn't...

Once you hang davits, solar panels, a dingy, pulpits, pushpits, a jug farm, a wind generator, some surf boards, bicycles, a dog, fenders...

Your weight is what is going to bite you here. If you just nail the wood together with no glass at all and paint the thing, you will be...

God I hope not. I really don't think there are 15 million to 55 million Naval Architects out there to starve to death...

Okay, a piece of the N-S millennium problem was tackled (an 80 year-old open problem), but the result is not what we were hoping for -...

Tell the registration people you found it in Georgia. That usually puts an end to all further questions and they just go get a pile of...

Traditionally, spreaders were wood, and they were all tapered. So it is partly a skeumorph in that it is the expected aesthetic. Also...

Okay, but your seal is woefully inadequate. Your seal should be structurally equal to the hull above the waterline. Find a good packing...

That isn't a Toyota video, and the claims are utter nonsense. Solid state batteries are interesting and have their niches. In...