News from the FTW Racing Website http://www.ftw.com.au 2008-11-22T06:54:37+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2008-07-12T21:08:12+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/270/ Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change one's own habits, and from time to time one can even, if one jeers loudly enough, send some worn-out and useless phrase -- some jackboot, Achilles' heel, hotbed, melting pot, acid test, veritable inferno,... text/html 2008-04-21T13:47:40+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/263/29/ Dear Technical Support,18 months ago, I upgraded to Girlfriend 1.0 from DrinkingMates 4.2, which I had used for years without any trouble.However, there are apparently conflicts between these two products and the only solution was to try and run Girlfriend 1.0 with the sound turned off. To make matters worse, Girlfriend 1.0 is incompatible with several other applications, such as LadsNightOut 3.1, Football 4.5, and Playboy 6.9. text/html 2008-04-02T19:42:00+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/262/ The Zurich Axioms were originally given to the world by Max Gunther in his book of the same title.What the Axioms Are and How They Came to Be excerpted from The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther Consider the puzzle of Switzerland. This ancestral home of mine is a rocky little place about half the size of Maine. It has not one inch of seacoast. It is one of the most mineral-poor lands on earth. It possesses not a drop of oil to... text/html 2007-05-25T15:24:30+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/239/50/ INSTABILITY Straight line instability: general • Rear wheel toe-out, either static due to incorrect (or backwards) setting, or dynamic due to bump steer or deflection steer • Vast lack of rear download or overwhelming preponderance of front download • Wild amount of front toe-in or toe-out • Loose or broken chassis, suspension member or suspension link mounting point • Dead shock absorber text/html 2007-05-25T15:22:56+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/238/50/ RIDE AND ROLL RESISTANCE-SPRING Too much spring: overall • Harsh and choppy ride • Much unprovoked sliding • Car will not put power down on corner exit – excessive wheel-spin text/html 2005-06-22T20:04:11+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/197/50/ REDLINE REVHEADSIt is amazing how many uneducated drivers rev the car to red-line (or beyond) in each gear trying to extract maximum performance. Most road cars are tuned for mid-range engine torque, therefore excessively high engine revs just waste fuel, make more noise and damage components without increasing acceleration. In fact many computer controlled automatics will out accelerate the manual version of the same car if the manual car driver has no idea where the optimum gear shift points are. text/html 2004-11-13T04:06:32+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/139/29/ 1. Loads of overtaking is boring. You go fishing and you catch a fish every ten minutes and it's boring. But if you sit there all day, and you catch one mega fish, you come back with stories that you caught a fish this big (indicates a big fish), intead of this size (indicating a small fish) - Eddie Irvine on the lack of overtaking in F1.2. You know you're in trouble when the first person to get to you after a wreck is carrying a beer - NASCAR driver, Jimmy Horton, speaking of his accident... text/html 2005-01-31T15:24:50+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/176/29/ A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car. text/html 2005-02-10T22:30:57+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/179/29/ The time has finally come...How many men does it take to open a beer?None. It should be opened when she brings it. text/html 2005-01-31T14:48:59+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/175/29/ Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance! Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinnerthat fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible. text/html 2004-11-23T18:38:02+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/154/43/ Yacht Racing With a Baby Why a Catamaran makes sense for family sailing text/html 2004-11-22T19:02:14+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/151/43/ Full Album of Pictures HERE (http://ftw.msys.dyndns.org/cpg/displayimage.php?album=135&pid=3501&slideshow=5000)If you see your yacht in the photos and are not mentioned above, or if you have an interesting story about the regatta then use the Contact Us Page (http://www.ftw.com.au/component/option,com_contact/Itemid,3/) to send in the information. text/html 2004-05-26T07:37:37+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/58/ Picture Gallery Wednesday Afternoon Gentleman's Sailing in Cairns (http://ftw.msys.dyndns.org/cpg/index.php?cat=27)... text/html 2004-11-13T06:15:00+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/141/50/ The Garage Logic website: http://www.garagelogic.com (http://www.garagelogic.com/) has a neat concept called Cylinder Index taught by the Institute for Cylinder Appreciation: CYLINDER INDEX The total number of internal combustion cylinders in your possession. Vehicles, gas powered equipment, marine aviation all qualify. text/html 2004-02-15T19:54:41+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/5/29/ - You think the primary purpose of wings is to PREVENT flight. - You take your helmet along when you go to buy new eyeglasses or check out cars. - You feel compelled on a road trip to beat your previous best time. - You are happiest when your street car's tires are worn to racing... text/html 2004-10-29T03:52:21+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/129/ The Australian National Anthem is Advance Australia Fair Words and music composed by Peter Dodds McCormickAdvance Australia Fair was proclaimed Australia's National Anthem by the Governor - General on 19th April 1984 text/html 2004-03-20T06:08:00+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/45/43/ THE NEED FOR SPEED, a column by Garry Hoyt In the realm of sailboat design, multihulls have long been the Rodney Dangerfield of the sport. Now, it's time they received their just due. TIME FOR RESPECT 0ne of the persistently amazing things about the sailing scene is the inordinate amount of time it takes for clearly sensible ideas to penetrate into actual sailing practice. Leading in this category of stubborn resistance in the face of irrefutable performance facts are the sailing world's longstanding and deep-seated suspicions, misgivings, and prejudices about and against multihulls. text/html 2004-09-11T18:21:56+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/100/50/ First, some useful info: Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1 1/2 gallons (5.7 liters) of nitromethane per second.A fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced. text/html 2004-03-24T06:55:03+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/53/43/ Amidships:Condition of being surrounded by boats. Anchor: 1). Any of a number of heavy, hook-shaped devices that is dropped over the side of the boat on the end of a length of rope and/or chain, and which is designed to hold a vessel securely in place until (a) the wind exceeds 2 knots, (b) the owner and crew depart, or (c) 3 a.m. 2.) A device designed to bring up mud samples from the bottom at inopportune or unexpected times. 3). The thing rotting in the bilge of every racing yacht (unseen). text/html 2004-08-31T02:32:17+01:00 http://www.ftw.com.au http://www.ftw.com.au/content/view/93/29/ Although cats are the best and most wonderful creatures on this planet, they are quite bizzare... After Conspiring with the Cats Association for Taking over Earth (CATE), I have managed to steal some Top Secret information about the mysterious the guardians of the underworld. This is their rules of life (that every cat MUST stick to) in order to take over the world! But how these rules will help to achieve their objectives still remains a total mystery to humans.