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Where is the vomit emoji when we need it?

Similar in that respect to the free anchorage that used to be there :ROFLMAO:

The really sheltered bit is by south beach. Nearly flat calm and blowing well over 20 knots from a SW'ly direction when further out.

He’s quite familiar with the subject, if you’ve not spent a couple of decades researching then it might be better to listen to him.

I am quite simply disgusted by anyone who claim we destroyed 90% of seagrass stock. It is SIMPLY NOT TRUE. It is one of the two...

Studland didn't requires protection. Seagrass, seahorses, etc were all very happy together. The seahorses disappeared when all the...

The anger is about the arguments for putting them there in the first place. The whole exercise is a total waste of time and resources...

I’d wait and see if anyone comes and asks. Nobody wanted the moorings installed so I’d say it’s on them to collect. Or pop a knife in...

Not at all sure what this has to do with the moorings in Studland? I could equally well argue that Yacht ownership is a symptom of...

So how much is it - for non-IoW residents?

I fling line ends down into the cabin when sailing. Doesn't everybody?

You don't actually need to move the lines. Many prefer them forward, since there is less friction. Hoisting is easier when you can use...

Try sailing the boat for a season before making any serious alterations. Your ideas will probably change with the experience and any...

As others have said, it is not a problem even singlehanded, raising the main and reefing at the mast. Indeed that is the set up I much...

Not so many years ago the chinese charge controlers had a habit of going up in smoke. The noise in virtually no wind from some of these...