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  1. Thread: Coquina

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    Looking back at Ned's rudder which looks pretty...

    Looking back at Ned's rudder which looks pretty right to me compared with similar views of a couple of American builds I've seen encourages me to support your placement with considerable confidence....
  2. Thread: Coquina

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    The chief protagonist and hero of this epic...

    The chief protagonist and hero of this epic thread poses a question which, like all other great questions thrown up by the human condition; "Why are we here?", "Is there a God?"etc etc can't be...
  3. Thread: Coquina

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    Fabulous to hear of work moving along so...

    Fabulous to hear of work moving along so majestically for 2011 and to have enjoyed so much the recent flush of fascinating posts from those agreeable cognoscenti, Wizened, PAR et al. Hear Hear to...
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    In these twilight years it takes a lot to bring a...

    In these twilight years it takes a lot to bring a tear of joy to the cyclopaean and jaundiced eye of the barnacle, however you and the redoubtable Dr. Hylan did it for me with the pics of Coquina's...
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    Coquina - outer keel

    Dimensions of that douglas fir - I had forgotten that I salvaged these pieces from a ladder that was made in the 1940s and never finished, so while it is as near as dammit to 2" wide, the usable...
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    Coquina outer keel

    I have a couple of pieces of absolute straight and close grained douglas fir that is pretty hard that are nearly 5metres long. they are about an inch thick and 2inches wide. While I'm absolutely sure...
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    endless rope steering

    Dear Mike,

    You're absolutely right I don't have any photos - never carried a camera around but I would be really happy to do a few sketches and send them to you snail mail. I haven't a clue how...
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    Endless rope steering - a South Australian Connection

    Many thanks for your collective erudition and eloquence on these topics! It seemed worth mentioning that the endless rope steering system set up almost exactly the same as NG's except that the...
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