Buck Turgidson

I asked directly: Good morning David, Thank you for your enquiry about your Navigator subscription following news of changes to Imray...

Not heard much from Sam D, so far (en Anglais, at any rate). Her week, plus routing analysis and a Q&A, with proper English subtitles...

Sam G, still ‘Zen,’ still boat-most-out-of-position-by-age (in a good way), takes rudder bricolage in his stride:

All well and good, but there are a some failings with the above (bearing in mind i'm not a "lithium is for everyone person). Most...

The isolator is dual circuit. The advantage is space, the disadvantage is you can't isolate individually but I would pull a fuse if I...

You seem to have a different perspective on mobile technology. Most people I know use their phone as their primary /only camera and...

Looks like a J-pole antenna, the shorter section is the tuning circuit, so it doesn't need a tuning coil. Interesting design. Monopole...

Looks like the front 4 will ride this low to Cape Leeuwin but the other boats will fall off the back starting now. There is the...

Look at that grin, from Charlie Dalin. Asked (by Andi, on today's 'Live') about his his call to stay south. The gamble, described by...

He hit an Island when leading one of the Transat races too! I do miss that crazy guy!

Avocet is a 52 year old fibreglass boat - like a smaller version of the Ohlson, with an encapsulated lead keel. To be honest, if she's...

Mine’s 46, also with no signs of weakness - can’t say the same for the owner though…

Precarious position, for Louis Burton, with rig problems. (Sounds like new issues - not deterioration of earlier hull / deck crack...

By the logic of some here, wood floats .........

My mate did the honourable thing when he abandoned his Vertue on the way back from the Azores. 25ft of lovely wood didn't float long...