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    This is what you want: https://northwater.com/products/vinyl-tec-2000-adhesive
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    CPS reacted to mick_allen's post in the thread Coaming question with Like Like.
    Using an existing coaming is possible but: if boat isn't exactly same shape and size as original, cutting and shaping might be required...
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    CPS reacted to eggabeewa's post in the thread A September lap of Nootka with Like Like.
    Yes, nice trip report. Now about the tangent. My advice about giving and receiving unsolicited advice depends on the attitude of those...
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    CPS reacted to Pascal's post in the thread Which VHF radio would you buy? with Like Like.
    Same here. Adjusting volume through 2 buttons while the HX300 unit was still attached to my shoulder appeared to be difficult, i.e. not...
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    CPS reacted to alexsidles's post in the thread Which VHF radio would you buy? with Like Like.
    That whole thread is here, including a link to an audio recording of the VHF radio traffic during the incident. As John Abercrombie...
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    CPS reacted to JohnAbercrombie's post in the thread Which VHF radio would you buy? with Like Like.
    YES! That's one reason I prefer 'knob' for volume control and (ideally) squelch. Those are disappearing because button controls are much...
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    CPS reacted to Pascal's post in the thread Which VHF radio would you buy? with Like Like.
    First rented units, then bought ICOM M72 then M73 (IPX8) which covered my last 15 y at sea. I tried 2 floating units in between...
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    CPS replied to the thread Which VHF radio would you buy?.
    I've got the HX40, and despite it's drawbacks it's worked well for me. I keep it tethered to my pfd no the lack of floatation isn't a...
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    CPS reacted to BarbW's post in the thread Traditional Greenland Skin on Frame with Like Like.
    Hand built kayak. Length 17’ 6”, beam 23”, cockpit length 26”, width 19”. Ballistic nylon on yellow cedar frame. Includes brand new...
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    CPS reacted to SalishSeaNior's post in the thread A September lap of Nootka with Like Like.
    It seems we are off on a tangent on a thread begun about a very well done and excellent trip report. But since CPS took the thread...
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    CPS reacted to mick_allen's post in the thread Alberni Inlet sites with Like Like.
    Continuing now on map 2, about 3 km away southwards on the West side is a 250m wide S facing beach noted as 'AlbiCW8-CookDeltaS' with...
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    CPS reacted to Kayak Jim's post in the thread Gearlab Kalleq with Like Like.
    A major reason I laminated was to build up the thickness required for the loom rather than start with thicker stock and shave it all...
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    CPS reacted to kayakwriter's post in the thread Folding serrated knives with Like Like.
    I was actually working at MEC in the era when the USSR collapsed (for those not old enough to remember: the narrative at the time was...
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    CPS reacted to mick_allen's post in the thread John Kimantas Books with Like Like.
    I see you're in Port Alberni . . . I always thought that it would be interesting [and windy, heh heh] to use Pt Alberni as a base and...
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    CPS reacted to kayakwriter's post in the thread Gearlab Kalleq with Like Like.
    Hey RK, I'm not much bothered by mentions that come up organically as part of authentic discussions. Yours was lowkey with no beating...
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