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Went in today. Not properly secured to the landward stages yet but I guess that’s going to be done in the next day or two. Let the season begin!

We took a land trip to the above last weekend at low tide. The pub is very attractive and the bay seems tenable for a lunch hook stop outside the seasonal moorings. It’s shallow, but around high tide probably not too shallow for our 1.2m draft. There’s a rough concrete wall to pull the tender up...

We were at Dale about a month ago and there were only 3 sections of the pontoon there all covered in rust and the outer one looked like it was waterlogged and sinking. I see from driving over the cleddau bridge that the jolly sailor one is there but haven’t been to Dale. Would like to visit this...

Just wondering?

Ten years ago, when I bought my boat, I noticed that there were a couple of damp patches in a veneered panel which lines the port side of the forecabin. It looked like either a very, very slow leak or the effects of condensation, and looked like it had been slowly getting worse over the lifetime...

Evening all sipping a few artisan ciders for New Year’s Eve, and my idle mind is wandering to cruising next year. aided by the Reeds I purchased today, I am wondering if anyone has ever followed its advice and anchored in the ‘pool’ at the entrance to Solva harbour (Pembrokeshire). it’s a...

I'm trying to do this right now. After a byzantine exercise in scanning documents to "claim my vessel" (which has already been on the SSR for 10 years), I get the opportunity to renew the certificate. The website immediately asks for: Bill of sale CSR Form 2 (?) Cerificate of Incorporation (?)...

Karisma was delivered to Penarth Marina, and photographed on a very old blackberry phone, it’s a terrible photo but I was probably shaking with excitement. I’d done a competent crew course a bit less than 2 months earlier and then crazily bought an actual boat. ten years later she’s still at...

My Penta MD2020 lives inside what must be one of the most carelessly designed and cramped engine compartments in yachting history. Some things (belts, dipstick) can be got at by taking panels off the sides (as Hanse intended) but other things (strainer, coolant reservoir) can only be got at by...

To the immediate west of Jack Sound (Skomer) is a passage called little sound which the pilot (sea guide to Pembrokeshire) reckons is viable as an alternative route inshore of the island for yachts of moderate draft. Has anybody used it and is there experience to support this? Cheers

This is a poll that used to run on the forum every couple of years. Tonight my wife was asking what I thought the average boat owner age was and I said there used to be polls about it but I don’t know these days. So, an interesting review of our hobby maybe. Have there been more young entrants...

My Jabsco compact heads has started to spurt a bit of water from around the pump shaft when pumping. I obviously need to replace a seal of some sort- would some kind soul be able to point me to the right service kit or part to save me trawling through pages and pages of Jabsco stuff online? Cheers

One of my two Garmin 128s has finally given up finding satellites over the last couple of trips out. So today I took the plunge, opened it up, and soldered in a new internal battery. It’s come straight back to life and, as it’s wired up to its twin, by setting both to the ancient ‘garmin’...

I’ve just picked up this: one of several new moorings that seem to have been laid this year in order to save seagrass at Dale. Are we going to have a mini-studland situation I wonder. the moorings seem very tidy and new though. bit more info: Restoring Seagrass in Dale - Pembrokeshire...

Seago 6-Man Offshore Valise Liferaft (2012) | eBay starting at £50. Due a service but has 3 years still to run on its manufacturer's lifespan which a service will cover. Should represent a cheap liferaft for the next 3 years if so. No reason to suppose it doesn't work perfectly anyway, only...

Rather a nice yacht broke its mooring yesterday and washed up at Hazelbeach. Anybody know if it's been recovered? From Angle RNLI: "Angle Lifeboat crew were paged at 14:07 today to reports of a yacht that had broken its moorings and was just off Hazelbeach. With winds gusting up to 58 knots...

Just wondering as have rediscovered mine in storage at the bottom of the stern berth. It’s the compact version and, though I never used it much, it has a clear plastic cover which makes an excellent protection for charts on the table, so I think I’ll pull it out and re-instate it. it’s defunct...

I’ve been on the boat for four nights out of the last six. The boat has a bog standard webasto heater, which in the ten years I have owned the boat, I have very rarely (in fact almost never) used and, sorry to say, in consequence have never serviced. it’s been cold on the boat these nights...

I’m planning on making some longer and probably single handed trips with Karisma in 2021. She is a 30ft Hanse 301 with a 3 tonne displacement. I know that fully loaded for cruising she tips the hoist scales at 4 tonnes (that’s full tanks and all gear needed onboard). In her previous cruising...