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Jerome Vaughan
Jerome Vaughan
@rattlenhum
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Joined: August 1, 2002 6:23 am
Last seen: March 13, 2025 6:26 am
Topics: 14 / Replies: 424
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RE: I am feeling kind of lonesome here.

Now I'm feeling lonesome here!

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

Apparently, the payment for Bump To Top on the drysuit ad did go through (twice!)...showing up in the Payments page of My Classifieds. May just be me...

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

Got the same message (see attached) when posting the 11:46am message, but it looks like they both went through fine  Critical-Error.pdf

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

FYI...When I submitted the 11:39 am message above, I got a box telling me there had been a critical error with a link to Wordpress troubleshooting. I...

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

@damonadmin Did a Bump To Top on the drysuit ad and entered payment using the credentials provided, but nothing (like a payment confirmation) happened...

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

I went into the drysuit ad and made some edits. That worked well. Was not directed to (and can't find?) a payment page. (Perhaps because the drysui...

2 months ago
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RE: Dynamic Content on the Home Page

(Disclaimer: Some of this is probably due to operator error/ignorance!) I made a classified attempt (for a drysuit). It's shown as pending under My...

2 months ago
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RE: Test one

Oh yeah, I knew that...NOT! 🙄 I'm not much of a tester, but I'm getting some education! Gonna really impress my wife when that comes up on J...

2 months ago
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RE: Showing images in a post

Diggin' them short shorts, dude!

2 months ago
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RE: Setting the bar high...

Damon, you are a saint for putting so much time and effort into this site redo. St. Elmo may be the Patron Saint of Sailors, but St. Damon is the Pa...

2 months ago
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RE: Setting the bar high...

Affirmative on the signature! Just clicked on the HOME button above and there's a bunch of text in Latin or some such furrun language. (Now I'm thi...

2 months ago
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Some unsolicited input from a long-term end user (but definitely not a craftsman!): You can't beat Sunbrella fabric. (No idea what it's made of.) T...

5 months ago
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Excellent...thanks for letting us know!

8 months ago
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My opinions... The N5.8 will be a handful on the big wind days...probably don't want to go solo. Is your wife up for those? If so, I'd say go big a...

9 months ago
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The Nacra 570 meets all your criteria if you can find one within your budget...it is a great boat. I suppose that it's within the realm of possibilit...

9 months ago
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I'll check around over here. You might also want to check with the Texas City Dyke and AustinCats folks. Decent H16s come up in the Beachcats and Ho...

9 months ago
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Not ideal, but you should be able to use any age hull for a replacement. An older one will likely be in worse condition and significantly heavier. I...

9 months ago
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Can't get your link to work, but I think you're on the right track. There's no need to drill more holes. See the Blind Hole Repair tutorial beginnin...

10 months ago
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Bill: I've seen gazillions of H16s, and not a single one under sail with a furling jib. The ability to douse the jib quickly would be nice sometimes,...

1 year ago
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Educated guess from H16 and H14-Turbo owner (short version; the long version is LONG!): First of all, keep in mind that there's no telling what mods/...

1 year ago
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SC19 wrote: Can you expand on “Nader”? Perhaps you are from above the Grit Line, maybe? I speak a little Texan (not much different from Mississippia...

1 year ago
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For my H16: Newer sails only for racing: Yes Older sails only for daysailing: No Other things I do/use only for daysailing... Jib clew fast shackle ...

1 year ago
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texastuma wrote: I have found running offshore in 20+ knots downwind, I use the hiking strap like a bullrider.. I have mainsheet and hiking strap in ...

2 years ago
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Without getting into the mast hound debate (H16s have had three holes since the 80's!)... What shock cord are you using? If some goes through the be...

2 years ago
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I'm in!

2 years ago
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Correct. The aluminum plate (tapped for the gudgeon screws) is the farthest inside layer of the transom construction.

2 years ago
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thaniel wrote: Especially happy for those suggesting to do quick fixes and get out sailing before the summer is over. Otherwise we might still be mi...

2 years ago
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Bring that thing over to Juana's September 8-10! I know of a N5.0 and another N5.2 that will likely be there. Edited by rattlenhum on Jul 25, 2023 -...

2 years ago
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FWIW... I've used the non-extendable Hobie fiberglass sticks exclusively for many years and love 'em. No problem with splinters unless one gets bust...

2 years ago
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