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Yachtdatabase
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We only take boats on brokearge if we can photograph them ourselves, so proably 98% are our own photos. A very few photos are "owners...
Today at 07:52
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Yachtdatabase
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I'd be delighted to add Dehler 37 and 37CWS if anyone wants to list them on our brokerage. The Seawolf 26 and 30 are more difficult, as...
Yesterday at 08:30
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Citizen science request – UK watercraft duty cycles survey
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Where I live in town with on-street parking (sometimes close to house and often much further away) an EV is as much use to me as a...
Monday at 16:44
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jwilson
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Yachtdatabase
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Far too much AI - which generally is not actual "intelligence", just a non-critical trawl through and regurgitate from other sources of...
Monday at 16:34
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Axiom + v Axiom Pro
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I have an Axiom+, quite like it. Annoyed at the time though that it did not come with a cover for when panel-mounted, and had to buy the...
Friday at 17:31
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Expensive watches on boats.
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About 50 years ago after a backdated pay rise I went into a Rolex-heavy shop in Bath intending to buy a Submariner. On hearing that I...
3 Dec 2024
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jwilson
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Emergency start packs ?
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When my diesel auto Volvo's starter battery went overnight from fully charged after a 200+ mile run to 3 volts, it took TWO of the the...
3 Dec 2024
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jwilson
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Buy a boat for the future, now?
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The biggest question is are you mostly sailing off and back to a swinging mooring? In which case size is no problem. Some marinas...
19 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Mooring Buoys - How to Find / Best Practice - Can I just use any?
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There are two sides to this - so everyone please be a bit flexible. Lots of often empty moorings are now cluttering up virtually every...
12 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Tacking issues on Halmatic 880
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The OP is not saying he can't tack (not uncommon in a few poorly designed early bilge/triple/keelers) but CAN tack but then gybes and...
10 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Mooring Buoys - How to Find / Best Practice - Can I just use any?
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Once very long ago on a calm evening in a sheltered bay, I picked up a good sized mooring buoy for the night. Around dawn I was woken by...
9 Nov 2024
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How many coats of antifouling paint
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I have always been very mean with antifouling quantity, but not mean with the quality. With a boat ashore every winter I have got away...
3 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Which celestial navigation software?
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You can do a lot of practice on a calm day or night with the reflection of sun, moon, brighter stars on a calm night in a tub of water...
1 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Urgent advice needed... GIBSEA 84. Can she take the ground on hard sand?
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Really not designed for what you have in mind. Any swell/waves as she settles aground or lifts from heeled over and hull side on bottom...
1 Nov 2024
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jwilson
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Sun Fizz Boom Bracket
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This is called a gooseneck fitting in the UK. Mast and rigging suppliers can usually find a spare part. Welding not a good idea unless...
21 Oct 2024
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