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To stop small tools etc., or bigger items of gear, from falling over the edge. You have to stop now and again to look after the boat.

Every one i know or come across refers to their vessel as "my boat , the boat , your boat etc"

I understand that and suspect that rotomoulding postdates many of Colvic's boats. My concern is stated at the end of my post #12...

Degaussing coils around hulls were used to negate the ships magnetic field so that they would not trigger the magnetic detonator on...

Knife may be a cause, why not test it to see if it is magnetic, or just move it around the compass and watch the card. It could be the...

Unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket, I would not replace an engine that was running well however old it was. I would...

Do you have reason to expect it to go bang? Look after it and it should just keep going. Even if it does go bang you have a sailing...

Scale, what scale? No need for a chemist. It's really very simple. All that is needed is the minimal effort it takes to flush all waste...

Simple really. The seawater reacts with the ureac acid in your urine to form the deposits in your loo waste pipes. SO, either wee over...

Factor 50 is a relatively new thing (at least in my limited experience). It was not around when I was young, nor when I started sailing...

I would usually take three years from buying a used boat to getting it how I wanted. Initial prep after buying before passage home...

Well Work is comple on my hull and rudder modifications, as per Laminars suggestions. Annoying weather helm abolished and tiller less...

Theres a lot of truthin that, and yet…. And yet… :) I own two old boats, one was slowly done up over two years, and even now is out...

You have asked a "how long is a piece of string" type question. Depends on the marina and the type of berths. A typical layout with a...

It almost became a tradition with my first boat that there would be some snow in the air when we antifouled or launched.