chriscallender

I did exactly that, I made a launching tolley for a leisure 17 (with a car tow hitch) - when I want to move it I piggy back it on to a...

No need to keep it wet. Some brands are 3 months until launch, some are 6 months but I don't think there are any that will be a problem...

I've also worked on standards, not ISO but fairly hardware related. It was pretty much as you say. As well as developing the...

The position of both is spot on on websites like marine traffic etc right up to the point of the collision. That position is derived...

Ditch the projects, get a second hand RIB for diving and fishing and a dinghy for sailing, both of them ready to go out tomorrow? That...

The biggest pod I ever came across was when I was crossing the Bristol Channel bringing a boat from Southampton to the Clyde by myself...

If GPS stops working on a wide scale, sailing probably won't be your biggest worry. A vast amount of critical infrastructure depends on...

The DV20 has decompression levers as well. Hand starting was (at least) an art, I never managed it from cold despite trying. If the...

The Bukh is robust, a dedicted marine engine rather than a conversion. Definitely an old school design, but that isn't a bad thing at...

Quite impressed how well they strapped the mast on

I made one something like 20 years ago from a length of 100mm (I think) square box section stainless which I welded a top and a bottom...

I'm led to believe, (I don't have kids) is to bide your time and wait until offspring have their own places / tools and then to borrow...

I have teenage/young 20s kids with cars and motorbikes. They loose my tools faster than I could ever buy new ones. Every so often I get...

I can't imagine marinas being willing to accept end of life boats. I believe they would have the right to disclaim the inheritance and...

Just different approaches to life.... For me, I don't put a cost on my time tarting old things up (if I did I'd have been bankrupted...