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Ok it looks like we might be about to switch from marina storage to mooring. What are we likely to have not thought about? there's a pontoon with sufficient depth for loading crew or suppplies, it has water and waste collection. the pontoon has space for dinghies - i'm thinking we probably...

The v-berth has two large wooden pieces under the matress, which are removable to give access to lots of storage. They are just loose and fit in a recess not hinged. If you know where something is and can find it you can lift matress, and one of the bits of wood and grab what you need with...

I’m toying with Orca (on my existing tablet). The routing function seems a really nice idea which claims to take into account your polar data, weather and the tides to work out optimal route (or optimal time). That would elevate it beyond Navionics for me BUT I tried a free trial before and...

We have a Bavaria 32 (2003 model, J&J design not the newer "Cruiser"). The sails that are on it are what came with it when we purchased it - we had assumed having been there since new. It seems that the genoa that was on it may not have been the original as we assumed - long story short its on...

Mrs Ylop has a problem. She has a pathological requirement for tea, and is quite particular about it. I asked her if there was anything she would change after a recent two week cruise. Apparently the flask gives a metallic taste to the tea. Any normal human would live with this - but see the...

When we bought our boat (Bav32) we didn’t think we would use an autopilot much so weren’t concerned that none was fitted. We now realise it would actually be quite nice to have, although far from essential. So I’ve been trying to get my head round the options. The instruments are all...

Last time I was heading up Loch Long I called KHM on Ch73 as indicated on the Clyde Port leisure instructions, but I called them I bit early. I think I used the handheld from the cockpit and they seemed to hear me but their response was difficult to hear. So this weekend I thought I'd leave it...

Did YBW remove the thread on "Me Too on Boats" ? I can see that it might have been heading towards a direction that probably wasn't anticipated by the original poster but do we really think that women's safety onboard and potential risks for crew matching apps which the guardian article was...

We are believers that the simpler it is to just jump on the boat and go the more it will get used, and the more value we get from it (and in general use is better for it too). to that end we were looking at how best to provision for short overnight trips etc. Going to the supermarket...

When we got back from the boat tonight we realised that we have left the forward hatch on its “vent” position rather than closed. Won’t be back at the boat for two week. How worried would you be? Enough to make a 3h round trip on a dark November evening?

To my mind the main advantage of single line reefing is that you can reef from the cockpit without having to go forward in what may be poor condidtions. The reefing system on my boat is AFAIK Standard Bavaria factory issue. There are three reefs each with a line through the cringle at the luff...

I see a lot of tenders motoring ashore with nothing more than their credit card. Now the fact I see them means its probably a relatively busy area and a breakdown or similar would not be a disaster but I suspect those people do the same when motoring ashore for a BBQ or to walk the dogs etc in...

Wondering if anyone can give me an idea on how to value a second hand mooring? Assuming all the gear is in good nick, its been serviced this year, its in a highly desirable part of the west of Scotland... part of this is obviously just "availability" but I'm also interested in what it would...

We have some friends who will occasionally come sailing with us for a day or a weekend. They aren’t sailors so don’t have proper waterproofs. Typically we somehow manage to make to with old ones or whichever family member isn’t with us etc. but I’m wondering what others do? We aren’t going...

Given the cost of boats at the moment and a desire to add some extra feet of length (with consequent extra storage/maintenance costs) but the reality that a yacht owned by working people spends a lot of time tied up doing nothing, my better half raised an interesting point. People we know with...

I've never been the lucky person to deal with holding tanks before (I've had joys like cassette toilets, or no toilet so not that lucky!). What are the rules / etiquette / good practice* on when holding tanks are opened/drained? How long with say 4 adults on board can you normally last before...

Since it looks like by this summer we might have reached some sort of normality we are seriously considering a charter this summer. Having never chartered before the advice seems to steer us towards flotillas - that seems to push us towards the Med. I'm not overly sociable and certainly...

I am aware of a couple of “clubs” which own more unusual boats/operate on unconventional basis: - Brighton Belle: where members own a 1/64th share in a 55ft Oyster Ketch - Offshore (Overlord) Cruising Club who sail a 1930s 58ft windfall boat - with around 200 members in both cases membership...

To varying extents wife and I both suffer from sea sickness on board. I’m not looking for your magic cures - ginger, medication and acupuncture type bands all have some level of effectiveness but in a big sea there is a limit and it affects our thoughts about what we might buy. For West of...

I wonder if anyone here can restore my memory? At some point in the last 6 months or so (definitely no more than 12) I remember seeing in a magazine some yacht interior soft furnishings (perhaps in a renovation) which I particularly liked. They were in the saloon. Essential a sort of...