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RoadKingLarry

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Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« on: September 20, 2015, 08:36:07 PM »
Yesterday was race day for my sailing club. Moderate winds running 12-14kts and unusually consistent for our lake. Near the end of the first race  I made the turn around the last buoy, hardened up and came close hauled for the run to the finish line as the boat took the wind and heeled up I leaned on my tiller a little to maintain balance and **CRACK**. My fancy laminated wooden tiller split about a third of it's length.

The stick was just barely holding in the rudder bracket.


We managed to cross the line mostly under control and went into damage control mode. Dropped the head sail and made our field expedient repair.



Para-cord and zip-ties. And some folks have given me a hard time about all the para-cord and zip-ties I keep on hand.
We managed to finish out the days racing and make a decent showing of it.


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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2015, 08:49:59 PM »
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Para-cord and zip-ties. And some folks have given me a hard time about all the para-cord and zip-ties I keep on hand.
We managed to finish out the days racing and make a decent showing of it.

Ha!  Never.

You need to add duct tape, nylon filament tape, and black electrical tape to the kit, if they're not there already.  And binder twine.

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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2015, 09:16:57 PM »
I keep paracord and 50lb test spectra line in my wallet. and my bags, and the car... I grew up on zip ties, can do all sorts of wonderful stuff with them.
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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2015, 09:17:31 PM »
Rudders are a crutch anyway, real sailors just wear tack.

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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2015, 09:19:08 PM »
Tie wire. Gotta have tie wire
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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2015, 09:25:33 PM »
Add a drop cloth & duct tape.  Even if you are on the water.

And get rid of those wimpy zip ties.  A dozen or so of these will get you through anything or any body.

http://www.buycableties.com/36175lbcableties.aspx

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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2015, 10:16:30 PM »
Quote from: Triphammer on September 20, 2015, 09:19:08 PM
Tie wire. Gotta have tie wire
duct tape and bailing wire is the common thing you hear about in chemical plants.  I was thinking a couple C-clamps would help also.
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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2015, 10:41:04 PM »
The wire ties I keep on the boat were oddly enough intended for securing wire bundles, I need to get some heavy duty type to have on hand. I have duct tape of course but what we used seemed appropriate and expedient at the time.
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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 12:14:41 AM »
I was thinking maybe top it off with a big-ass set of rusty vice grips. You know, just to be sure your redneckness isn't misidentified as common ingenuity. Bonus points if the pliers have a bolt in place of the hinge rivet. Double bonus points if the jaws have been welded back together at some point. Grand Master level if you're holding the vice grip handles closed with more vice grips.

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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
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Re: Adapt, Improvise, Overcome.
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2015, 06:35:00 AM »
Quote from: tokugawa on September 21, 2015, 12:55:34 AM
use this-
 http://clamptitetools.net/

Single-purpose tools are a no-no.

But then, yes, I have one.  It's been in the bottom of the tool box since maybe 3 weeks after I got it for a special project.

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