u/CrazyJoe29

Does your mainsheet cleat make sailing your dinghy more or less fun?

My home built dinghy has smooth blocks for the mainsheet. On a long tack my hands get tired holding the sheet. I could get a ratcheting block like you’d have in an ILCA or I could get a block with an integral cleat.

The lazy moron in me wants the block with the cleat, but I’m assuming it means I’ll invariably sail slower since a safe cleated position is always going to be looser than a sheet that can be played for gusts.

So? What impact on mobility around the city did you attribute to the game yesterday?

I didn’t have to move around yesterday but I’m curious if people noticed a significant impact on traffic and transit.

Where were you and how much time do you think it added to your trip?

I’m Canadian. My dad was from England and my mum was a bit of an Anglophile so we used the terms “fries” and “chips” fairly interchangeably to refer to what an American would likely, exclusively call fries.

But I’m curious is “fish and chips” a common American menu item? Or is it “battered fish with fries” or some variation common? What have you seen on menus?

Always called them potato chips though, never “crisps”🤷‍♂️

Let’s say you’re writing an email and you need to tell somebody that the existing ⌀220 [8.661] diameter needs to be increased to ⌀240 [9.449]

Would you write ⌀220 or ⌀220mm. None of the technical drawings I see in my role show units which is rarely a problem, I’ll guess because a mm is 25 times smaller than an inch, but once I’m writing the dimensions it’s slightly more ambiguous.

Final boss: How do you call out a metric thread for a shop that uses inch tooling?

DRILL ⌀0.203 BY .750 DEEP
TAP M6X1 BY .563 DEEP

Probably this is better:

DRILL ⌀0.203”BY 0.750” DEEP
TAP M6X1.0 BY 0.563” DEEP