Recent content by anoccasionalyachtsman

We don't know if there is a BoS for the sale of boat #1 from father to son, so you could be right about title. That doesn't affect the ownership though, and the broker was told, in writing, that the boat belonged to the son.

Pretty sure that the broker was wrong in accepting your father's authorisation in the sale of boat #1. It then must follow that he was also wrong to use the proceeds of that sale in the purchase of boat #2.

'Twould indeed.

If the luff tension is T, then the tension in each part of the 2:1 from crane to headboard is 0.5T. The tension in the descending halyard is 0.5T, so the total compression in the mast is 1.5T. With a normal halyard you have 2T.

I know it's not going to happen, but anyone who's tried to get a modern keel off will agree that gluing it on with a polysulphide would obviate the need for any bolts. I've just calculated that the one I needed to get off was 26lbs /sq in, and Tally-Ho's would be a tenth of that. (We undid the...

Definitely off the shelf, and I think from South Western Marine Factors (Sowester). They went bust ages ago, so you'll need to check the second-hand chandleries.

Wasn't Titanic was it? (I'm not completely streamless, but since I have Prime and wasn't watching either much, Netflix got a temporary heave ho).

My Netflix subscription has lapsed - can't see it!

I use a zinc based paint with a 250l tank compressor, no problem with supply, but as @CrikeyChris suggests, keeping the stuff in suspension is really hard work.

As I understand it, they're common in the southern parts of the US. I've been exasperated by all of this since the 1987 storm when I woke up in the thick of it. The insurers could do a bit of insisting on tie-downs, but it's the owners that really should know better. It's all very well being...

Oops, separate website. Heavy Duty Tarpaulins | Tarpaulin | Attwoolls Manufacturing

Upload it to YouTube, and then paste the link to that in the box that pops up when you press the 'film' button in the reply box on here.

I've used Tarpaulins Direct twice in five years now, so after the last one shredded in winter 2020 went to these people. Camping Equipment | Tents and Awnings | Caravan | Attwoolls Outdoors Their 250g/m seems to be appreciably tougher feeling, and has survived Eunice in a completely open field...

I can't see the video? FB suggests that you've got it set to group only?

You're going to hate me. Clamp the batten to the arm of the settee and hang the coiled the backstay from it?