The new FORS Bilge Oil Collector is starting to get the attention of insurance brokers.
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Insurance Broker Offers Boaters $800 Eco-Rebate to Help Prevent Oil Spills
Thanks to Jos (who writes the best blog on the planet about the Racing Rules if Sailing) for drawing our attention to a strange paradox in the Racing Rules.It’s in Rule 18, the Rule that applies at marks, the one that says when you have to give another boat room to round the mark. All racing sailors know the basics of this Rule: you have to give room to a boat clear ahead or inside of you. But Rule 18 is actually quite complicated. It has lots of sections and subsections. Rules mavens can argue for hours about 18.2(b) and 18.3(a). If you like that kind of stuff you will love Jos’s blog Look to Windward.I won’t bore you with all the details, so here is a highly summarized version of Rule 18.18 MARK ROOM18.1 Rule 18 applies when blah blah blah. It does not apply(a) in this situation(b) in some other situation(c) in yet another situation(d) or even in this one.18.2 Blah blah blah18.3 More blah blah blah18.4 Yet more blah blah18.5 Even more blah blah blah.So Rule 18.1 lays out four situations when Rule 18 does not apply. But if Rule 18 does not apply, then Rule 18.1 (which is part of Rule 18) does not apply either. So Rule 18 does apply. But then Rule 18.1 applies so Rule 18 does not apply….My head hurts just thinking about it.It’s a typical example of how a statement that references itself can create a logical paradox.Another example would have been if God had written the Ten Commandments slightly differently on those tablets of stone he gave to Moses. Think about what would happen if He had carved in stone these words…COMMANDMENT 77.1 Thou shalt not commit adultery.7.2 Commandment 7 shalt not apply if the woman is really hot and your wife is out of town.If 7.2 applies then 7 does not apply in which case it’s not adultery. But wait, if 7 does not apply then 7.2 does not apply either so 7 does apply. So you’re going to hell anyway buddy. Or are you?All I can say is that God was smarter than the drafters of the Racing Rules of Sailing. Direct Link
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Strange Self-Referential Paradox in the Racing Rules of Sailing @ Proper Course
There isn’t much of a story but the following photo caught my attention. The RC44′s are currently in Dubai, racing in the Al Maktoum Sailing Trophy. After 3 days of match racing the 9-strong fleet started their fleet races and two of them, Islas Canarias Puerto Calero and Team CEEREF, hit the start line with brand new Northsails 3Di jibs, the very first time in that class, if I’m not mistaken. We’ll make sure we have the feedback from the teams on whether such sails make a significant difference in this one-design class. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero and Team CEEREF sail with their brand new 3Di jibs. Dubai, 25 February 2010. Photo copyright Nico MArtinez Direct Link
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Northsails 3Di jibs in the RC44 fleet @ Valencia Sailing
YachtPals.com Boating and Sailing News 21 Jan The Classic Yacht Bloodhound – A Royal RetirementScotland – We’ve been covering a number of mega-yachts and maxi racers here at YachtPals, and it’s been brought to our attention by some members and readers that we’re neglecting some of the world’s classic yachts in favor of new plastic. Many a classic yacht is sitting on the bottom (or on its way there), and that breaks the hearts of many a mariner. Case in point: Though once a yacht that had no rivals, there was a time when Bloodhound, the British Queen’s former yacht, was looking more like a dirty old mutt than a purebred. Then again, that was before the boat restorers got their hands on this 12 metre classic. read more Direct Link
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The Classic Yacht Bloodhound – A Royal Retirement @ Yacht Pals
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It’s the new year and some interesting technical issues have cropped up that need my attention in The Kneeslider’s worldwide data center and headquarters, … that would be my computer. My entire IT staff is working to resolve the problem and technical upgrades are on the way, … that means [...]
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The Kneeslider – Technical Upgrades
