tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122491557191646740.post127260914403179646..comments2023-03-24T00:25:36.221+13:00Comments on The Next Beginning: Chinese water tortureDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890399684137589237noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122491557191646740.post-26370909835965836002012-07-07T21:11:16.310+12:002012-07-07T21:11:16.310+12:00The more I think about it..................
Havin...The more I think about it..................<br /><br />Having been a sailor for the best part of forty years, I walked into a hardware store yesterday and asked the man for four grade A stainless steel bolts for my hydrovane.<br /><br />I'm happy now. I've got the correct bolts. Or at least that is what the man gave me and nowhere does it say on the bolt "Made in China" nor "Made in England" for that matter.<br /><br />Perhaps the nagging question will always be as to whether they are, or are not, Chinese made. One cannot be master of all things in the universe, no matter how hard we may try. <br /><br />Copying is rife in China and perhaps it is a fair comment to say even the most experienced can sometimes be fooled.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00734831684215987968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122491557191646740.post-73554638408065006672012-07-07T20:45:23.805+12:002012-07-07T20:45:23.805+12:00There is a book called "Poorly Made in China&...There is a book called "Poorly Made in China". Its an interesting read!<br />All I can say David is I have had this conversation previously about the quality of Chinese made items - the last time it was rigging and that rigging if I remember correctly, also originated in Australia/New Zealand and was possibly of Chinese origin. Perhaps another case of "profit before quality"!<br />What would I do in this situation? I would sail Sapphire home to get a decent price and to save her from deterioration and withering under the tropical sun.<br />A great many yachts have the Hydrovane system fitted but having looked closer into the actual method of fitting them since your unfortunate bolt failure, I have to say that it is perhaps not the best means of "force distribution" by using a mere four bolts to hold the complete system to the transom. <br />How about some more MOJO David? You are a sailor and its time to get back out under the "vast night sky, sailing the Pacific Ocean. <br />Don't let a bolt get the better of you! Remember Mark Twain!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00734831684215987968noreply@blogger.com