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His Mrs mentions him now and again in her occasional column in YM. So I guess he just doesn't feel the need to do this corner of the...

Is he still around? Not seen him here for a while so assumed he'd hung up his boots, but just been given a book of his published 2023 on...

Registered letter followed by court action.

These people believe that they're offering a fair and reasonable price for this. Of course I didn't buy this, I went to another company...

I read the title as "Morning delight". I though to myself "it's just like afternoon delight, but in the morning".

Think of it like this:- When you tension the halyard, you are pulling the sail up, both on the luff and on the leech, so you are...

Jag 25 rudder is fixed and has a semi-balanced profile (with the leading edge a couple of inches in front of the fulcrum.

There should be a bit, but you should be able to hold it with a couple of fingers. Any more and you are putting the breaks on.

Take a reef in the mainsail. You will find that the boat sails flatter and is more balanced.

Why not call Lewmar up and ask them. They are vrry helpful.

Try letting the main out a bit to start with. The Jag 25 is quite a light boat and the fact that it has a transom hung rudder makes the...

It's not a big deal. The Hamble is very sheltered so long as you're above Warash. Best moorings are off Universal.

Main halyard is much more difficult to adjust when the main is under load, than a cunno. On the Formula One we don't have a cunno, so...

My point is that failures of a single clipped hose joint in far more adverse conditions than a seacock just don't happen. If it did the...

There are millions (billions?) of cars on earth, not one of which has double hose clips. Despite the fact that they carry almost boiling...