Buck Turgidson

Sad indeed, both the passing of the era of paper charts, and the absence of Imray charts in particular. I've had some good times with...

He can absolutely carry it, just not as efficiently. I’m more concerned if they can tie the 2 skins together sufficiently to deal with...

And Sam looking well placed again. The doldrums look ok but the may end up a long way west.

Pix (of the damage) from Louis Burton here (28 secs in):

Good news, @Buck Turgidson : Apparently (from Andi Robertson's live today), after a daylight inspection, the problem was that the...

Yes the fish farms become a hazard if you plan to go inside Tabarca. If you go outside they are well inside the track to Torrevieja.

The island would be Tabarca, you can go inside it. The reserve there is marked by buoys which can sneak up on you a bit. The main...

This Saturday, November 16 at 2200hrs UTC when he was sailing in the leading group of the western option Louis Burton informed his shore...

Yes, 30W is usually the target at the equator and I think it will be the same again this year.

During a N-S trans-equator route, all numeric routing will send the boats towards the African coast: models (whatever, GFS ECMWF etc)...

Arguably there is more skill and work in doing a good job with vinyl or carpet that with wood. I have just done mine using vertical...

Photocopier?

In these "enlightened" times, I'm not sure if that question is appropriate! I'm feeling a little triggered by your non-hate non-crime.

Not necessarily......could be others that haven't commented.

The French did try to decimalize everything, and if their original plan to link the metre to the Earth's circumference hadn't fallen...