RupertW

I left the element as it is and put in a 240-110V portable transformer as used on UK building sites so rugged and cheap. That changes...

Threads like these are healthy - there is no lack of respect. If we followed your desires we would not know that one of the deaths was...

Because all those other issues are with the momentum of your body hitting a hard surface - often with a glancing blow. The momentum of a...

The Canaries are part of the EU and EU Customs area, but outside of the EU VAT area and EU Excise area. Probably needs more...

Does that apply forever in the UK? I wish it did in the EU as we have had the boat out of the EU since 2019 (as I think the Canaries...

I don’t think that helmets will help a lot except for glancing blows - what amazes me is that we all know that almost all deaths come...

We still use them especially for fuel consumption figures as our gauge has been fixed then dodgy perpetually, but do find the...

Yup. There's a lot out there that simply don't care. Had a similar situation in The Saints, South of Guadaloupe. French on a charter...

What you can do is very gently and surreptitiously move forwards towards them until you are just a few feet away, then tell them they...

Lesson learnt, consider a floating thing above the anchor to help prevent others anchoring on it. Moving would be higher risk option...

On similar occasions -and as you have warned them already- I just said 'we are too near, I am weighing anchor so be careful I am coming...

Move. Sometimes reasonable discussions are impossible.

You miss the point the water got hot and the tank buckled .

'second breakfast' is very much a Hobbit thing.