Recent content by bobgoode

Just had same dodgy email...binned

I sailed on Zipper in 1986, she was owned by a Sailing School in Dartmouth. Red hull. I can remember a fantastic night sailing back from Salcomb to Dartmouth in a fresh breeze and being sent to the foredeck to drop Genoa and hoist a working jib in a lumpy sea......very wet leg!

Used that exact spanner. ... 20 beer tokens from Tool Station in UK.....to tighten the nuts on 1.5 inch skin fittings. Excellent, strong and not your usual wobbly adjustable and the short reach was perfect under the heads sink.

Thyme and Chillies ... Excellent food of a more traditional indian style....out of Marina and turn left

Too late now but for future reference ASAP Supplies do an extra flexible, sanitation grade hose that makes the job a doddle. Expensive but worth it

Defoe calorific R drain. There is also a small pipe in that area that leads the pressure relief run off into the bilge. Worth diverting overboard to avoid another source of water in the bilge. You might also note that if you remove the drain plug from the fridge base then that will also drain...

I had a hurley 22 back in the eighties. My set head fitting suffered a crak identical to the one in your photo. Had it welded up at Dartmouth Naval College and was good for many years thereafter. These boats are pretty solid and most issues are easily fixed if you are prepared to have a go. The...

Computer went nuts when I clicked for details on the website....caution

Many thanks ....

Anyone able to tell me the name of the small enclosed wind generator reviewed in the latest pbo pleas? I noted the name but have now forgotten it.... Doh! Opted to buy Ride this month rather than pbo

I would suggest that the correct boat is the one you already have! The important aspect is actually the sailing and ports that you visit not what you are sailing in. In a summer you will expect to lose sailing time for bad weather what defines bad weather is your skill level and personal...

I wonder if he has a delta or do you think he is more up to date and using a ro na.

Try the Jeanneau Owners web site for a greater chance of i formation

Had identical issue a few years ago. Fine for 20 minutes or so the revs would waver for a few seconds then drop off and hold steady at 1500 or so. Switch off and wait half an hour and all fine for another 20 minutes then it happened again. Clump of diesel bug in tank being drawn on to filter on...

M-EW-C209-13 Irish Sea 22 Sept 2007 M-EW-C214-13 Harwich to Orkney 22 Sept 2007 EWC 205.8 Eastern English Channel 1 March 2005 MECNC 201 Central English Channel 1 March 2005 £40 for all four posted to UK address. Please don't ask me to split as it is too...