BobnLesley

I don't wish to appear picky, but as you are repeatedly quoting from a source which you've 'read, but can't remember where' it would...

AN eBay search will come up with several suppliers, some with UK stock. Toolstation and Screwfix do A2 stuff, but little if any A4.

Go for it anyway! Sailing from Greece to NZ Bouragreg-Rabat was one of the best places we stopped off and an easy train journey to...

Not really, I'm pretty sure you're obliged to die as well.

Trouble with those is that solar panels aren't keen on them either

I'm glad I didn't know that when I used the technique on our boats (1.2m & 1.6m drafts) I might've drowned 😲. To be truthful, the...

You can breathe through a snorkel with a hose/float attached, though you need to use a one way breathing technique: In via the snorkel...

Based on the photo I wouldn't bother to over-plate it, though if it worries you, get a larger s/steel backplate welded onto the fitting...

The corrosion area will be near the bottom of the mast. Not an area of real stress (concern) unlike areas between the cap shrouds and...

As I was advised some twenty years ago: "You're wasting your time; any that dumb are long gone, the Med's been getting fished by experts...

NO! Excel (I went twice) was boring and Earls Court always gave me a splitting headache. I've no idea what my problem with the place was...

No, but take that video as a warning; one of these days you may need to provision with enough beer and prosecco for more than a day-sail.

Replacement OME antennas are a bit of a scam: Our Garmin 128 had a mushroom type antenna which died while in Suriname and a replacement...