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Quick Question???
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:15 am
by maddmike
Been off the site for a bit, flew back to Lake Tahoe area from Sri Lanka via Hong Kong & SFO for a couple of weeks & had a nice dinner & chat with Tahoe Jack. Then on back to Sri Lanka via London. Quick question: Headed to the Maldives for 4 days (visa issue), does anyone have any sailing contacts or know of anyone who might have in that part of the world
MM
OT: 25mm flare gun conversion?
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:36 am
by mrbill
Hi Mike, I read your earlier thread with great intrest.
I think I read you found a conversion for a flaregun?
to convert a 12 or 25mm flare gun into somthing that can shoot bullets?
did I remember correctly? and did you post the link?
(I have not searched the thread again, but will if I remembered correctly)
-thanks, MrBill in ft lauderdale.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 10:48 pm
by maddmike
Bill,
Yes, I do have a stainless steel 12 gage flare gun that would be capable of firing 2 3/4 in. shells (if one would ever want to do such a thing). I purchased it off of a live-aboard cruiser overseas so I'm not sure where they are actually manufactured. FYI, I've only fired shells with pepper from it so far.
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:36 pm
by ssichler
Mike and Zeno's Arrow gets a mention in the Changes in Latitudes section of July Latitude 38 magazine. Edition is online if anyone wants to check it out. A picture caption seems to confuse 26X with 26M.
http://www.latitude38.com/ebooks.htm
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:44 pm
by baldbaby2000
Pretty impressive Mike!
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:27 am
by maddmike
Yikes!
Looks like (once again) I seem to have disappeared, and here I thought the whole time I was busy in Sri Lanka (minus Zeno's Arrow) building a facility to make sails so I could get a set for when I take off to Hawaii.
MM
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:24 am
by Frank C
Mike,
Any further decisions on that water-ballasted, shoal-draft rocket sled ???
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:42 pm
by maddmike
Frank,
While I was quite happy with the design and other components on the part of the designer in Australia, I was not very happy with the quality of past projects of the two builders in Sri Lanka that were interested in actually building the boat. However, that said there is now an English team in country that might be able to do the job; thus, I'm currently on hold and waiting for a quote from them at this point. Basically, after all is said and done it is still a 'maybe, maybe not' project. MM
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:01 am
by Frank C
Too bad, as that looks like the only good alternative for upsizing ...
maybe I should say, "one of the few good alternatives for upsizing" ... from the Mac 26 that I've seen.
But I was still puzzled by the drawings. For example, the beam seemed inordinate (about 16 feet! ) and I couldn't figure how the dagger impacted the salon layout. But that boat's specs were pretty amazing.
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:26 pm
by maddmike
Frank, I'll keep you posted if anything develops on this. MM