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Q&A What is this protrusion on the bottom of the sailboat?

It used to be the direct discharge for the head into the water. Here is a blog about a boat similar to yours, asking if it is illegal It was not unusual in the era of your boats manufacture to di...

posted 6y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Fish Flasher - Reading Bottom

The bottom is at 10 feet. Here is a diagram showing what things are showing. Here are a couple of links of for help in reading what the finder is showing you. https://www.flwfishing.com/tips/200...

posted 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How would one person control two canoes?

Lash them together in parallel with spars such that there's a wide enough gap down the middle that you can paddle in the centre. As you say, you're not going to be making tight turns, but you are ...

posted 6y ago by Separatrix‭

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Q&A What to do if woke up in a tent hearing a bear/boar or something else close by?

I assume you take the usual precautions of having food & other smelly stuff at an appropriate distance in bear country. A friend once insisted on a tour to also put the backpacks up a tree bec...

posted 6y ago by cbeleites supports Monica‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Use Noodlers Polar Ink. It is specifically designed to work down to very low temperatures and has been tested in Antarctica. https://blog.gouletpens.com/2017/01/noodlers-polar-ink-goes-to-antart...

posted 6y ago by guest‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Most answers seem to assume the writing implement is the problem, but the asker specifically states that his comfort is the problem. I can think of two solutions. If possible, figure out how to si...

posted 6y ago by Sidney‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

If you pick a direction at random and the go back and forth covering twice as big a distance every time before you turn around, you will walk about 4 times as much to your destination compared to a...

posted 6y ago by Dmitry Grigoryev‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

-10C (14F) is not that cold. If you keep moving a thin "glove liner" or "running glove" should be warm enough for a while. The glove liners are thin enough where a regular #2 pencil will do fine....

posted 6y ago by Kimball‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

Follow the ducks with ducklings. If there are no ducks travel downhill towards water until you find ducks with ducklings. Follow them downhill to water. Otherwise: If you have water and food ...

posted 6y ago by Russell McMahon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Best way to use &#x201C;space&#x201D; blanket to boost heat when bivy camping

Space blankets are good insulators. They prevent your body heat from escaping due to radiation and convection. They however do not prevent conduction based heat loss. Given this, the best place to...

posted 6y ago by Ricketyship‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

I write software for a company that supplies an application for field engineers to use to collect field data with a hardened android tablet. I expect you could use a text editor in a hardened andro...

posted 6y ago by Charles Jacks‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

There is no fixed answer to this question. The solution depends on what type of a geography we are referring to. Most answers say that going downhill is a good solution. But the reality is, in a f...

posted 6y ago by Ricketyship‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Approach: Audio recorder with speech-to-text software Issues: Audio recorder must work at freezing-cold temperatures Recordings must be processed afterwards by speech-to-text software Transcribe...

posted 6y ago by Bernat‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Depending on the complexity of the notes, you may not have to sightwrite them. So, wear a warm but roomy coat, pull in your arms, and take your paper and pencil notes that way.

posted 6y ago by Weckar E.‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

Prepare a form for the information you collect. Make the blanks big. Fill in the form by grasping your "pencil" in your gloved fist. Use an over-sized writing utensil (so your fist doesn't cra...

posted 6y ago by Zach Mierzejewski‭

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Q&A How do you take field notes at below 0 °C, without freezing fingers?

To address the issues you're having with audio-based solutions, keep the phone inside your clothing and use a "hands-free" headset (wired). This will stop the phone dying due to a cold battery, wh...

posted 6y ago by Chris H‭

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Q&A I am lost, I found a trail, which way do I go?

In many parts of life, you have to play the percentages. The likelihood is higher that going downstream will lead you to a trailhead or some other sign of civilization than it is for going upstrea...

posted 6y ago by ab2 MonicaNotForgotten‭

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Q&A Skull soaking in hydrogen peroxide for days still brown

You can use towels soaked in hydrogen peroxide and wrapped in plastic set in the sun. This article shows the method being used on an old cow skull. For whitening, I don't think that you need any ...

posted 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Skull soaking in hydrogen peroxide for days still brown

Related: How to clean bones found outside? The over the counter H202 isn't going to do the job with a skull that discoloured. You need to get some stonger stuff. Over the counter hydrogen peroxide...

posted 6y ago by ShemSeger‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to manage the sail of a sunfish when paddling?

Rig a topping lift I realize this is an old question and my answer may be over-engineered, but here it is anyway: You could rig a topping lift: a line attached near the aft end of the boom and ru...

posted 6y ago by Tuorg‭

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Q&A What types of resources are best for identifying trees while hiking?

The iNaturalist app is also a good source for identifying plants. Taking a picture, it will help provide some suggestions as to what you are seeing. As an added bonus, you can use it to identify ...

posted 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A 4wd Truck laden or not on sand

For pickup trucks on snow/ice, the conventional wisdom is to throw some weight in the back (sand or cat litter) to add weight on the rear axle, increasing friction and making it less likely to go i...

posted 6y ago by Jon Custer‭

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Q&A How can I tell the difference between a Tentworm caterpillar and a Fall Webworm caterpillar by observing the web?

There are a few clearly observable differences between the nests of the Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum), often called tentworm and treeworm, and the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea....

posted 6y ago by Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A Sangean MMR-88 DAB radio stuck at "PC wizard.."

The solution was to remove the battery from the battery compartment at the bottom of the radio. This turned off the radio. After turning the radio on, it's responsive again. Mind that for this to ...

posted 6y ago by Matthias Braun‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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Q&A What is head/lift indication in a digital compass on a sailboat?

When going upwind, a header is when there is a wind shift towards your bow, which would make you deviate further from your original heading provided you don't adjust trim. A lift is the opposite. H...

posted 6y ago by Gabriel C.‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by System‭

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