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 | 2. rejsebrev
Posted on Sep 6, '06 6:55 PM for everyone
"Hej Allesammen! Her er saa lidt nyt fra "Love", som nu er kommet godt til Spanien. I Dublin fik vi forstaerket monteringen af roestjernene til de agterste undervanter og de har vae..."
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| 1. rejsebrev
Posted on Sep 6, '06 6:54 PM for everyone
"Hej Allesammen Vi er nu naaet til Irland og har haft en rigtig god tur indtil nu. Vi startede med en lille overraskelse i form af en ekstra gast, Cecilie over Nordsoen. Turen over ..."
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| Mast spreaders wiggling
Posted on Sep 3, '06 7:51 AM for everyone
"Hi folks, I am worried about my spreaders being able to wiggle inside the brackets. It seems like that since I got this 1978 boat last year. I'd be able to shake the shrouds back a..."
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| Anti-skid deck
Posted on Aug 29, '06 9:56 AM for everyone
"My new anti-skid deck is also finished. I basically masked and sanded down about 70% of the old moulded anti-skid pattern, brushed on two coats of Hempel epoxy primer and followed ..."
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| inner forestay
Posted on Aug 29, '06 9:01 AM for everyone
"The installation of the inner forestay is now complete. The deck attachment comprises a Wichard watertight u-bolt through-bolted to a 40cm x 7cm 5mm stainless steel plate which ext..."
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| Mast Step--HELP
Posted on Aug 8, '06 5:50 PM for everyone
"Hi, Folks-- First--thanks to all of you for the help in unstepping and rewiring the mast. For the upper shrouds, I decided to go with Hi-Mod fittings all around (1/4 wire by 7/16 p..."
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| Vibrating Tiller
Posted on Aug 4, '06 11:08 AM for everyone
"My tiller vibrates when under sail & under motor. It is worse on calm water & occasionally knocks. It is not too bad but I wonder whether this could be due to worn rudder bushings...."
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| John L. Cotton: Volvo Penta MD 2020 B and exhaust hose water in engine.
Posted on Aug 4, '06 8:57 AM for everyone
"A Volvo Penta MD 2020 B and its tribulations in an Albin Ballad John L. Cotton had some serious trouble with his Volvo Penta MD 2020 and went through a lot of work to have his trou..."
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| Holding tank air outlet jammed
Posted on Aug 2, '06 1:35 PM for everyone
"Our holding tank air outlet has somehow "jammed". It useually operates as the outlet of air from the holding tank, and it never lets the content out. Which is nice, since otherwise..."
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| Running halyards to the cockpit
Posted on Aug 1, '06 2:31 PM for everyone
"I am considering mounting a winch and line stopper on the cabin top near the cockpit and running my halyards aft. Does anyone who has this arrangement know of problems that I shoul..."
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| Cockpit table
Posted on Jul 25, '06 4:46 PM for everyone
"Hello Ballad owners, I think that a good cockpit table has to be easy to install (and uninstall), in a short lap of time and it also has to be storable easily. The owner from who I..."
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| need help with a broken strut
Posted on Jul 19, '06 3:01 PM for everyone
"The strut (aka P-bracket) that holds the propeller shaft on my ballad (El Tiburon #42) was recently sheared completely in half (A rope wrapped around my prop). Does anyone know of ..."
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| Shipman Ballad
Posted on Jul 5, '06 6:26 PM for everyone
"Hi everyone, we are going to buy 'our' Ballad this week end in L체beck/Germany. Unfortunately the owner has no information about which hull number the boat has. As far as we know, i..."
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| Tiller talk?
Posted on Jul 2, '06 4:41 PM for everyone
"I have just completed my first trip in 'Korimako' and all though I had to get towed back to Douglas Isle of Man, with an air lock in the anti-syphon valve, it went really well, exc..."
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| Welcome to the UK Ballad Forum
Posted on Jun 21, '06 9:49 PM for everyone
"UK BALLAD FORUM Welcome to the UK Ballad Forum Jesper has kindly set up this area for use by members of the UK Ballad Association. The association was started nearly 20 years ago b..."
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| Ligth for sailing in the dark
Posted on Jun 21, '06 5:40 PM for everyone
"Here a little something for those who sail in the dark, or maybe just sometimes visit the boat in the dark. It's an LED light mounted under and inside the dodger/sprayhood. Here ar..."
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| shaft seal and bearing
Posted on Jun 21, '06 5:43 AM for everyone
"My Ballad is equiped with the MD7A and uses a shaft bearing with lip seals, all encased in a a rubber hose that attaches to the shaft log that is glassed in. Evidently, there is in..."
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| Repowering Ballad with Yanmar 2YM15 and 3YM20
Posted on Jun 19, '06 3:24 PM for everyone
"I have just read Mark Bennets report on repowering with Yanmar 2YM15, and I see I could have saved me the excitement over the doabilty of it. Our local engine man has just done the..."
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| Osmosis
Posted on Jun 14, '06 9:55 PM for everyone
"The dreaded word "osmosis" has entered my Ballad vocabulary today. I am in the process of stripping down 844 under the waterline to give her an epoxy treatment. Today I uncovered o..."
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| osmosis
Posted on Jun 14, '06 5:48 PM for everyone
"Hi everyone, I have been looking at Albin Ballads and like there elegant lines and good sea going design. I have found one for sale but the survey showed up a problem with osmosis,..."
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