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Not quite - I'm thinking of the chemistry in the zeolites, not solution of carbonate rocks.

Looks like a Picton 18 Kingfisher Cuddy. Sort of irrelevant what it is when buying things like covers as they are individually made.

There won't be anyone who will do you a Picton 17 cover off the shelf. But that's OK because you or they will measure up and decide...

I should, perhaps, mention that atmospheric CO2 dissolved in the water would also contribute to the chemistry.

Being a bit picky but I think you mean de-ionised water. Yes it is cheap.

The dissolved solids wouldn't be zeolite, it would be breakdown products of reactions between water and zeolites. Probably things like...

Clarity is not a reliable indicator of dissolved minerals. A saturated solution of salt will look just the same as drinking water...

Apart from military boats, most leisure craft of that era were built to order, and even boats nominally of the same design might differ...

OK ... first OK ... fully with you ... Second about the Berth - Why did you pay for a berth without confirming with HM that was...

And you mentioned hypothermia. That is NOT a minor matter at any age, and more so for the elderly. Being warmed from hypothermia puts...

One of the crew was 80....things can go south very quickly at that age

Those were usually the toughest jobs. They tended to come back a bit short on the banter that normally floated around. I remember one...

A much reduced team could do that - maybe only one person.

It is maintaining a team of cartographers that is expensive, not printing. Printing is the least expensive part of the production...

I doubt it. As covered earlier, printing is cheap and easy. The costly bit is all the cartography work creating the raster charts that...