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Please make sure that Javascript and cookies are enabled on your browser and that you are not blocking them from loading. Reference ID: ad036b62-6338-11ef-b61a-7ea731f17e8b Powered by PerimeterX , Inc. The Musings of a Hopeless WandererEngaging in the eternal search for the meaning of life...or a good time. Monday, September 3, 2018Tackling moscow by train and boat. Our first full day in Moscow started fairly late since we were still catching up on sleep. Around 1, we finally were able to get our act together and get out the door. We stopped by a cafe to get some breakfast and headed over to the Red Square. Since the festival is going on, we had to go through metal detectors. Once we cleared security, we reached the State Historical Museum which provided an entrance to the Red Square. We walked the length of the Red Square, passing by the Kazan cathedral. Under normal conditions, the Red Square is a large walking area with the State Historical Museum on one end and St. Basil's on the other end. On the sides is the Kremlin wall on one side and then the GUM shopping mall and the Kazan cathedral on the other side. Presently, the walking area has been considerably narrowed and the fesitval grounds occupying a large space between the Kremlin and the mall. We even asked a stranger to take our picture! After walking around the Red Square, we had to leave to meet up with our Metro Tour. Moscow has famously pretty metro stations so metro tours are quite popular. We booked a relatively inexpensive tour through a tour group which met outside of the Red Square. On our way, we passed by the Kremlin gardens and the tomb to the unknown soldier and the eternal flame. We soon met up with our group which, fortunately, was only 5 people. Our guide told us that we were going to visit 8 stations during the 1.5 hour tour. Honestly, a lot of the stations blended in to me so I won't be able to give you a detailed description of all of them. However, I did learn that there are 222 metro stations and the trains come every 2-3 minutes reliably. For that reason, Moscow > DC. One of the first metro stations we visited had bronze statues all over of various depictions. Many of the statues had superstitions tied to them. For example, for a statue of the dog, it's held that if you rub the nose of the dog, you'll have good luck. Consequently, most of the statue is tarnished - except for the nose. I joked to Tomas that they probably rotate the "good luck" portion of the statue to ensure the entire statue gets polished. However, I do remember some of the stations. Novoslobodskaya is a station adorned with stained glass on the walls. There was also Belarusskaya, which paid tribute to Belarus. Another station which name I cannot remember but had pretty mosaics in the ceilings. My favorite station was Komsomolskaya. It's the busiest station and a hub for other connecting trains. It was built during Statlin times and he wanted the station to embody beauty to set a good first impression to Russia. I'd seen pictures of it beforehand since it's the most famous but it's so much more impressive in person. Look at these ceilings! Overall it was a very interesting tour. Not sure of any other city which could offer a metro tour. DC certainly can't... After the tour, we headed back of the hotel to rest for a bit. We had purchased tickets to a tour hour boat down the Moscow river. The tickets were good for any time on any day and the boats left every 20min. We decided to knock the tour out that day and headed over to the pier. We arrived at the pier and saw a boat by the company we had purchased from boarding. We approached and they shook their head and said it wasn't the right boat. So we waited for another boat. Another boat came along by the same company we had purchased from so weapproached them. Again - we were told it wasn't the right boat and the boat we were looking for was coming. A third boat came along which was NOT by the company we had purchased from. By this point, it had been longer than 20min waiting and I was starting to suspect that the correct boat was actually one of the ones which turned us away. We approached the 3rd boat to ask if they knew which boat we should be on. However, when we approached, they waved us aboard without scanning our tickets. So, we boarded the 3rd boat....which was definitely not ours. We settled into an upper deck, open air table to take in the views. We passed by pretty buildings. The somewhat impressive cathedral of Christ the Savior. This random statue. After about hour on the cruise, Tomas remarked that it had been about an hour so we should be turning around soon. I reminded him that we actually had no idea how long this cruise was or where we would be dropped off. Since we were on the wrong boat. Fortunately, it did turn around and took us back to the pier. For dinner, we decided to go to this burger place, Black Star Burger, which our guide told us about. Tomas really liked his - I thought mine was OK. It was a decent size patty with a mountain of Cole slaw on top. We've realized that apparently Russians dislike getting their hands dirty while eating so some restaurants will give out gloves to use. This particular restaurant gave out black gloves. Tomas modeling our dinner. Since little mum has been asking about pictures which show my feet, I assume she wanted to see my new shoes. I recently bought Allbirds which are suppose to be super comfortable walking shoes which you wear without socks and can be washed. I didn't wear them too extensively beforehand, so that was probably my first error. I also didn't bring another pair of good walking shoes, which was likely my second error. The Allbirds were great the first two days without socks. Midway through the third day, my right foot was quite unhappy. Left foot was a trooper. So, now I have a bandaid on the heel of my right foot and wear socks. No comments:Post a comment. |
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For the halyard on our lazy jack installation aboard Lyra, we used 55 feet each side (110 feet in total) of 1/4-inch braided Sta-Set X [1] , from New England Ropes, at a cost of $78. We used 42 feet each side (84 feet in total) of 3/16-inch braided Sta-Set X [2] for the support lines; this cost $45. The six 1/4-inch Orbit blocks [3] from ...
Step One: Add Cleats on Mast. Install the cleats on the mast at a convenient height. You want them to be out of the way of any winches and easy to access. When attaching fittings to the mast, always use machine screws (or rivets) and not sheet metal screws.
Depending on the size of your boat, you'll want to use 1/4in to 3/8in prestretched polyester doublebraid for your lazyjack lines. Don't use nylon—it stretches when wet so the lines flop around and don't hold the bunt of the sail so well. I used 1/4in Sta-Set for the risers, and 5/16in for the lower lines—simply because I didn't have ...
What are Lazy Jacks? Our boat, Starry Horizons, a Fountaine Pajot Helia 44, has a stack pack for the mainsail. This stack pack attaches to the boom through a track. It closes around the sail with a zipper to keep the sail in a bundle. The lazy jacks keep the stack pack upright. The stack pack has a batten down the length of either side and ...
Lazy Jacks Installation (Pfeiffer Marine) Part 1Are you looking to install lazy jacks for sailboats? In this video I show you the steps I made for my lazy ja...
Lazy jacks made of three-strand nylon for the average boat can be assembled for about $91. The same lazy jacks in Sta-Set would cost about $160. Don't let cost be the only deciding factor; each line has advantages and disadvantages. Three-strand nylon is simple to splice, requiring no tools and little knowledge.
http://www.sailrite.com/Harken-Lazy-Jack-System-For-boats-21-to-28 Lazy jacks are designed to contain and restrain a main sail when furling and reefing. The ...
The stack pack (sometimes called a lazy pack or lazy bag) is a modern type of a sail cover. It is secured to the boom and zips closed at the top to protect the sail from sun damage when it's not in use. Lazy jacks can be set up with or without a stack pack. When a stack pack is present, the lazy jacks are tied to the stack pack to support it.
Paul VanNess shows you how to make a simple set of lazy jacks for a small sailboat aboard "Rainbow Dash, a SanJuan 21 MKII.Music: All music on this channel ...
Installing lazy jacks. Installing lazy jacks on your sailboat can be a worthwhile investment. While the process may vary depending on your boat's configuration, it typically involves attaching blocks to the mast, running lines through them, and securing them to the boom. It's recommended to consult your sailboat's manufacturer or a professional ...
Installing lazy jacks. Up to now, my tactic for dousing my main sail has been to 'open halyard, dump sail all over deck, scoop it up and tie round boom' in a highly technical manoeuvre called 'the burrito'. This was often made more exciting by circumstances, like single-handing in a gale. However my new main sail is a lot more bulky and ...
Anchor point: halfway up the mast. Pulleys: at 1/3 and 2/3 of the height of the lazy-jacks. transfer the measurements to scale on a grid paper to deduce the necessary end lengths. It is then sufficient to measure the segments of unknown length with a ruler directly on the paper. Friction rings used to replace pulleys.
Here are the general steps on how to install lazy jacks on your boat: Measure the length and width of your sail, and determine how many support lines and attachment points you will need. A typical lazy jack system has two or three support lines on each side of the sail, attached to the boom just forward of the leech end of a batten. ...
Commercial or DIY Lazy Jacks? The first major decision you will have to make before getting a lazy jack is going to the commercial or DIY options. One of the main disadvantages of commercial lazy jacks is the cost. For larger sailboats, these kits can run up into the hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on the size of the sailboat you have.
Boat: 1976 Sabre 28-2. Posts: 7,505. Re: Lazy Jack Installation. Home brewed mine with brass rings, two small cheek blocks on the mast, 6 strap eyes on boom, a couple of cheap plastic cleats on mast and about 200' of 1/4" line. Installed the cheek blocks about 1/2 way between spreaders and masthead. Used a design similar to this Nautos setup ...
These kits contain everything for installing a simple, variable system. ... Lazy jacks make mainsail flaking and dousing easy ; Keeps the mainsail on the boom as it's lowered; Applications. Small Boat Boom Length: 7' to 13' (2.13m-3.96m); mainsail luff length: 21' to 32' (6.4m-9.75m)
Can be quickly detached from the boom to permit the use of a sailcover with slots. Strong enough to be used as a topping lift for boats with extreme roached mainsails. Kit includes all hardware, rope, fasteners and installation directions. Boat length: 21 - 28 feet. Boom length: 7 - 13 feet. Mainsail luff length: 21 - 32 feet.
Product Details. Lazy Jacks are a method of containing a mainsail when it's lowered. This Lazy Jack System is recommended for boats up to 31 feet in length or a maximum mast height of 33 feet. This Lazy Jack System comes complete with rope spliced blocks, cheek blocks on port and starboard sides at the top mast position (approximately 70% to 75 ...
On This Episode of New Salts Ignacio designs and installs our DIY Lazyjack System. Trailer Sailer Next week we will be setting up the spinnaker hardware, in...
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Tackling Moscow by Train and Boat Our first full day in Moscow started fairly late since we were still catching up on sleep. Around 1, we finally were able to get our act together and get out the door. We stopped by a cafe to get some breakfast and headed over to the Red Square. Since the festival is going on, we had to go through metal detectors.
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