buyers and those new the boat, someone should compile his modifications into a feature article - sort of along the lines of "and you can do it too" - because I have found his mods to be within the realm of practicality.Anyone noticed
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tangentair
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Anyone noticed
With all the hubbub elsewhere, was I the only one who failed to notice that Jack Sparrow has posted his 100th mod. If I read the url right he has posted 10% of all the mods submitted. As a service to potential buyers and those new the boat, someone should compile his modifications into a feature article - sort of along the lines of "and you can do it too" - because I have found his mods to be within the realm of practicality.
buyers and those new the boat, someone should compile his modifications into a feature article - sort of along the lines of "and you can do it too" - because I have found his mods to be within the realm of practicality.
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Jack Sparrow
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Divecoz
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If I read that right . . . .here is a man who will be with us only a short time more, till someone, that wrong one, reads that post...Jack Sparrow wrote:Most mods are the Admirals requirements so the contract is 1kg of weight added to the boat, 1kg weight loss for the Admiral
Jack Sparrow
Try this fellows if you havent already. Go to the Mods page Click search only fill in Author. . . Jack Sparrow and then click search .
You bunch of slakkkkkkkkkers out there. How do you feel after reading all those?
Jack one thing and I hesitate to ask this but could you give some sources for all the stuff you bought and installed. AND how is that flooring holding up?
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Jack Sparrow
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How is the floor holding up? We are pleased with it. No maintenance required, didn't get scratched. In fact, we added the same flooring to underneath the dinette table while on winter lay up. We found the new floor to look cleaner in that the sand and dust would lay in the grooves of the bare floor and much easier to wipe up when wet. One thing, it is a little more slippery.
http://macgregorsailors.com/cgi-bin/mod ... record=974
As to sourcing materials, am more than happy to pass on where I buy things but I am in Melbourne, Australia so not so easy to access for most of you. Anyway, here's the link to Whitworths, which may help with finding out the manufacturer's name and sourcing from where you are.
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_home.asp
Fell free to email me if you'd like specific information. I might even be able to help you out from this end by purchasing from here and posting over. Whitworths puts out a great catalogue which I referred to constantly so you might be able to get your hands on one of those online. What I didn't buy from Whitworths, I bought from J V Marine.
As to weight, yes, we are veeeerrrrrry heavy. Six starts and 5 DNF results in our class in races so we are pretty uncompetitive but still find that being involved in races is great fun and we don't care if we don't finish. We have had 7.5 knots out of her without the spinnaker on a couple of occasions but haven't been able to replicate this in races, so far.
When will it be finished ?. I don't think it will ever be finished as it is my hobby.
Jack Sparrow (edited by Elizabeth Swan)
http://macgregorsailors.com/cgi-bin/mod ... record=974
As to sourcing materials, am more than happy to pass on where I buy things but I am in Melbourne, Australia so not so easy to access for most of you. Anyway, here's the link to Whitworths, which may help with finding out the manufacturer's name and sourcing from where you are.
http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_home.asp
Fell free to email me if you'd like specific information. I might even be able to help you out from this end by purchasing from here and posting over. Whitworths puts out a great catalogue which I referred to constantly so you might be able to get your hands on one of those online. What I didn't buy from Whitworths, I bought from J V Marine.
As to weight, yes, we are veeeerrrrrry heavy. Six starts and 5 DNF results in our class in races so we are pretty uncompetitive but still find that being involved in races is great fun and we don't care if we don't finish. We have had 7.5 knots out of her without the spinnaker on a couple of occasions but haven't been able to replicate this in races, so far.
When will it be finished ?. I don't think it will ever be finished as it is my hobby.
Jack Sparrow (edited by Elizabeth Swan)
Last edited by Jack Sparrow on Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
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MrBarry
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Jacks Livin' on the edge
.......and then he stopped breathing.Jack Sparrow wrote:Most mods are the Admirals requirements so the contract is 1kg of weight added to the boat, 1kg weight loss for the Admiral
Jack Sparrow
I'm also impressed with the speed at which these are installed. Do you get anything done at work?
Anyhow, a big cheers Jack and I promise to look out for you down Blairgowrie when I get my M. I plan on spending a lot of time down that way.
James
