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Biggles Wader
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Big bad seas
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Back in the 1970s I was on a 12000 ton ship that got hit by a very large wave. Did a fair bit of damage and completely submerged the...
30 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Turdstones!! Well thats we call them!
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Wildlife crime is treated quite seriously these days so I would not advocate it.
30 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Navigation
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Really? I don't remember much ridiculing a couple of years ago. Who was responsible for that?
28 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Navigation
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Really? I can remember using a (?Magellan) GPS back in the late 1980s along with paper charts. I still use paper by choice especially...
28 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Damaged Russian ship with cargo of explosive fertiliser anchored off Margate.
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Barely remembered now but they set off another lorry bomb in London the next night. Several tons of fertiliser under the Staples Corner...
27 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Boat auction in the Canaries.
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Can anyone bid immediately or is there a pecking order?
27 Sep 2024
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Sandyman (Michael Francis Powell)
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Sandyman died this afternoon from throat cancer in Faro hospital, where his wife Lizzie passed away two weeks ago with septic shock...
24 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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I now never turn on my VHF radio...
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Not the third verse
24 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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I now never turn on my VHF radio...
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Best stay tuned to Ch 16 for a reply on that one.
24 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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I now never turn on my VHF radio...
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Yes but being something to do with the government they take 45 minutes to answer.
24 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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I now never turn on my VHF radio...
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I mostly use a hand held which does OK for local comms. I also have a non DSC mainset down below which stays on for slightly more...
23 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Best antifouling this year?
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Correct. Although these products can be obtained through unofficial sources and I don't believe it is illegal to do so. Local fishing...
19 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Request for help – Drugs Importation via Boats & Planes.
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Looking at the date of the article it was from 2.5 years ago so the smell might have worn off by now. Sniffer dogs are much cleverer...
13 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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Red Ensign Broker
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Maybe they read YBW forums and know that you are just wasting their time. Seems they already know lots more about you so why not?
13 Sep 2024
Biggles Wader
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When did the RYA First Aid Course Become 1 Day?
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I still have a copy of The Ship Captains Medical guide c1975 edition, a bootleg bought in Taiwan for about 50p. Times have changed a bit...
11 Sep 2024
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