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Clyde A. Phillips's Blog – April 2013 Archive (3)
Propeller Shaft Driven Alternator
Well, gents, here it is. The long promised drawings of the shaft driven alternator setup well illustrated with Ack's own drawings that he sent to the shop for construction, and then some. It is hoped that this will help those of you looking for free(?) electricity when away from land based power plants.
Click here to get the picture. When the article appears and all you want to do is look at the…
ContinueAdded by Clyde A. Phillips on April 19, 2013 at 10:35am — No Comments
Mules and Main Stays'ls
There’s no law saying “stow the stays’l to use the genoa,” but the larger genoas will give more trouble if used with the stays’l, therefore I recommend moving the stays’l to the side deck. Seems to me that the genny has sufficient area to make the stays’l useless if not totally in the way. An old saying (at least among the two of us at the yard that sailed the Newporters) that may have been brought to our area by Ack is that you can cover a blanket with a handkerchief. Put the wind over…
ContinueAdded by Clyde A. Phillips on April 15, 2013 at 5:23pm — 4 Comments
Slippery Genoa
Just a note about sliding the genoa side to side between the head stay and the forestay. Click here to go to a new (temporary) page on my site about how it was handled on the boats we built. Enjoy.
Added by Clyde A. Phillips on April 14, 2013 at 8:33pm — 3 Comments
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The Ning site has been given a reprieve. I have transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.
Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.
My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail. Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory. Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.
If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.
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Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line. Email is the best way to contact me. I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system. Email will get to me post-haste.
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