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My impression is these overpriced units are made by one company notwithstanding if you are a raymarine,Garmin or b&g user? It also seems...

I use cut up railway sleeper exactly as per your picture for my bilge keeled Konsort, as do many at my sailing club. Cut the sleeper...

Hydraulic preferably 😀

I would reassure the OP that the risks are minimal but understand the hassle and I dislike the mopping up aspects as well (a stuck in...

I don’t think I would ever trust it but after a few years it’s helpful as you enter the pontoon the bow crew can direct and you can...

I have limited sailing experience on Broads being on on wooden yachts with canvas lifting wooden cabin tops and old masted which dropped...

If you want some racing at a sedate pace many clubs I know on South Island have club boats which are solid old 16-18foot craft which can...

Surely “into deep water” looking at her?

There is a utube website featuring a sailing vicar in a little Cornish crabber type vessel entitled sailing morning vicar -he seems to...

You should have gone to Gosport -loads of chippies

In certain marina they used to employ a bird of prey -I’ve not been into Langston but recall from visits to Chi this problem . I can...

There still are and one of us fixed it :D

Did we learn who fixed it ? There used to be some good marine electricians in Chi marina but don’t know if any still there.

Lovely views today from the Formentor lighthouse -sadly you cannot go inside and the cafe and facilities awful but well worth the drive...

Yes if warm weather ever arrived it might not do the quay tarmac much good -all I recall is all the bilge keelers sat on wooden blocks...