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	<description>Chronicles of SV Taz</description>
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		<title>Raising and Lowering the Mizzen Mast</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=15</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I promised a better explanation of how I raise and lower Taz&#8217; mizzen mast singlehanded. The secret weapon here is an ordinary come-along or portable hand-operated wire winch. It&#8217;s a very controllable tool &#8212; with a little dexterity and caution you can use it not only to haul a load in one direction, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzen Sail Rebent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Chapter II of the mizzen sail revival story. The rebuilt sail bundle is carried to the boat, handbombed aboard, and there follows a lot of messing about with string eventually the lifts are sorted out, parrels more or less taut, and the sail hoists (a very happy day). One or two minor surprises remain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzen Sail Rebuild</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m catching up, months late, with the story of Taz&#8217; 2009 refit activity. Friends of the boat will recall that the mizzen mast was lost in 2005. In 2009, with much encouragement and help from my partner Jon, the mizzen sail was completely rebuilt. Only the original sail (a superior grade of polytarp) was preserved. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taz Under Sail (at last)</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=12</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cruising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is out of order &#8212; it should have been preceded by a couple of entries about the rebuilding of the mizzen sail, new battens, rigging, and so on. However, the pictures are too good and the urge to brag on my revived boat is irresistible. On Jun 21 &#8217;09, Taz went on her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repowering 5:  Wake Up Little Suzie!</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=11</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So&#8230; the legendary Isuzu from Klassen did finally arrive (last year &#8212; this blog is so far behind it can tie ribbons on its own tail), and here&#8217;s the story and some pictures. Taz is moving under her own steam as of March 09, and moving with some alacrity as of June. At last&#8230; what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising a New Mizzen Mast (Summer &#8217;08)</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=10</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Masts and Rig]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Catching up on long-overdue Taz news here &#8230; here are some snaps of the raising of the spiffy Kevlar-reinforced mizzen mast in the summer of 2008. I put a nice pad on the boom gallows so as not to scuff the beautiful spray job that Ashley and Son put on the new mizzen mast. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repowering 4:  Out With The Old</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=9</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May 1 was a red-letter day in Taz history. The old Hercules engine was removed, never to darken my engine room again. In the preceding week or two I had been doing the dirty, annoying job of disconnecting everything from the engine preparatory to removal, draining fluids, etc. A great deal of wrestling with inaccessible, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actual Progress on Mizzen Mast</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=8</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and I have photos to prove it! I&#8217;ve got some pictures here for anyone who is curious about the mizzen mast, the way it is stepped, and how the new one is being fabricated. The new mast is almost done, just being painted (and the paint will take a while to cure given the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remasting:  Progress at Last?</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=7</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spinning my wheels for two years on the remasting problem, I think progress is finally at hand. I have made a deposit on a new mizzen mast, to be built by master spar maker Ashley James. His construction technique is a marriage of high tech and traditional: he builds a traditional birdsmouth spar out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repowering 3:  Unobtainium Gears</title>
		<link>http://www.svtaz.net/blog/?p=6</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeAnander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Engine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, just when you think you have everything figured out is when a new stumbling block appears. Boats seem to be like that. I have finally settled on a 3cyl Isuzu (rebuild, reputable vendor, warranty) with a simple TwinDisc 360 mechanical gear, 3:1 ratio to bring the prop RPM down to something similar to its [...]]]></description>
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