Bajansailor

I've got no qualms about lowering a raised outboard if it's causing trouble. No matter who is watching. It's a universal rule that all...

The etiquette of having a long painter is possibly only learned if someone actually gets told it or happens to stumble across it written...

I’ve got no problem with people locking their dinghies. We invariably lock ours here in the Caribbean with a padlock and a wire rope...

That's the problem.....

You tie it fore & aft to the only bit of useable dinghy dock and then lock it in place with a chain. Tying dinghies up on short...

Although I get that to a certain extent, I know which climate we prefer. We spent every season in the 90s sailing around Brittany and...

And if you do this barefoot, you get a lot more 'feel' (and feedback) compared to if you have shoes on.

You can also walk on the deck and bounce on it on your heels, if the balsa core is rotting you will feel those patches give as you...

So many great memories. I'm glad to have done the Cherbourg trip but, done right, it's pretty boring. If it's exciting, you're either...

It's all down to personal choice, plus the confidence and ability to tackle DIY. My comment is based on the experience of doing it...

I bet that the first trip to Cherbourg & the sight of land for the first time, will be a memory you will never forget. Mine was Ostend...

24 fter, actually. :) We had a little Snapdragon 24 that gave us some great times, and we kept her for 18 years. Cherbourg was the...

The old houses in the tropics were built where the trades blow and there be trees.Natural cooling and invariably tucked out of the...

An interesting report on the sad loss of a vessel and the two owners off the Canadian Coast.

Here is a copy of the full catalogue :