Best deadeyes/rigging blocks

[Steef66]

He asked me where you can buy extra ordinairy blocks, so I tagged him here. To show him the dry dock blocks what are superb.

 

[paul ron]

Could you please provide some information on what shape blocks were used at different time periods? This is something I have not seen discussed on the forum. Do you have pictures for examples? It would be interesting to see how blocks changed over time.

i do remember a thread here on that subject. perhaps a search can find it. ill check my bookmarks... i save those kind of informative threads. now where is it?

 

[Corsair]

I have no idea why a message only included a tag. That's like ringing their doorbell then running away. Usually, the @ symbol is used to make members aware their names are being used in any coversation, so they can respond and contribute.

or it's calling their attention to this entire thread for what ever reason.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

or it's calling their attention to this entire thread for what ever reason.

Ah.. that was it. Steef66 though the subject of blocks would interest him.

 

[Steef66]

Ah.. that was it. Steef66 though the subject of blocks would interest him.

In Dutch we say: "Het kwartje valt laat"

The penny drops late

 

[dockattner]

In Dutch we say: "Het kwartje valt laat"

That doesn't help most of us ...

 

[Steef66]

That doesn't help most of us ...

It's the age I think, the young ones understand....

 

[dockattner]

It's the age I think, the young ones understand....

Only if they speak Dutch .

 

[Steef66]

Only if they speak Dutch .

Or know how to Google

 

[Jimsky]

Only if they speak Dutch .

I add an English translation...

 

[Steef66]

I add an English translation...

Yeah thanks my friend, Paul mentioned it before, the average age here is high. This will help.

 

[Jimsky]

Yeah thanks my friend, Paul mentioned it before, the average age here is high. This will help.

... may I clarify the 'high' age as mature or wise?

 

[Steef66]

... may I clarify the 'high' age as mature or wise?

You may, if it makes you happy....

 

[Jimsky]

You may, if it makes you happy....

it will make me not so much happy as calmer

 

[paul ron]

bunch of grumpy old men... is it nap time yet?

 

[Steef66]

bunch of grumpy old men... is it nap time yet?

almost, it's here 9:30 pm. so a few hours and the Dutch went to sleep. Heavy weekend to see out for. F1 in town.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

In Dutch we say: "Het kwartje valt laat"

The penny drops late

I dropped a penny to see if that's true. It landed on the ground right when it was supposed to.

 

[Steef66]

I dropped a penny to see if that's true. It landed on the ground right when it was supposed to.

You dropped it to late...... duh

 

[AllanKP69]

F1 in town

Lucky you!! Circuit Zandvoort! I have been very fortunate to go to F1 races in Canada and the USA as far back as 1978 when Mario Andretti won the championship. Love the sport what with the smell of the fuel and the sound.
Allan

 

[AllanKP69]

Stephan I know this is off topic and I apololgize for that, but if you want the thrill of a lifetime do as my wife and I did. We went to the three day Formula Ford racing school in Mont Tremblant and learned how to really drive. We used the old F1 course there! I am sure there are similar schools in Europe. I went back for lapping school some weeks later for two days of advanced driving to get lap times down but to be competitive you need to be under 20 years old to start when you still do not know what real fear or common sense are. (This was MANY years ago when I had little fear and no grey hair)
Allan