Recent content by Capt_Marlinspike

We have just decided to do the same thing. After much research and looking at boats and some test sails we are going to buy a Gemini 105Mc Catamaran. With the current favourable dollar exchange rate an American boat gives good value. The Gemini is very easy to sail and being a cat has a huge...

The reef looks to be about 3/4 mile south west from Boscombe pier. It is currently about 1 metre above sea level and looks to be about 20 metres long. How big is this artificial reef going to be?

I was in Bournemouth yesterday and looking out to sea I saw what looked like a reef! There ceratinly isn't a reef there so is there a new wreck? Does anyone know?

I knew it would be cunning. Got it now, many thanks.

She has a relatively long keel, cut away at the fore foot. She is shallow draft at just 3'1". The boat is a Kent 27.

Thanks John. My sail area is 300 square feet so by your rule it would seem it should be bigger.

I have a 27' 1979 motor / sailer. She sails quite well but the tracking is really bad. Under both motor and sail she wanders about all over the place. Even is a sea state of slight every wavelet knocks her of course. The semi-balanced rudder is quite small, less than 2 square feet. WOuld a...

Help. I am rigging a 1/12 scale model of a bristol pilot cutter and I can't figure out the top sail. It is a four sided sail with a sprit. I have got it all rigged except the corner that attaches to the outboard end of the gaff. Can anyone please tell me how this works? Is the sail fixed there...

WHere did you get one for less than £99?

I need a new fixed VHF radio. I have seen one branded Cobra on ebay for £99, anyone any experience of this radio. Anyone any thoughts on cheap v. expensive vhf sets. Cheers

Thanks Mirelle that sorts it out.

My brother has just finished building a 1/10th scale model of a Bristol Pilot Cutter and has given it to me to rig. I have no rig plan or drawings just some photos of real boats. I have managed to puzzle out most of the details but I am stuck with the shrouds. Can anyone explain to me how the...

Someone told me that there was a TV sailing channel starting up. Anyone know anything about this? Is it satellite or freeview?

I did my yachmaster exam on a catamaran back in May. I was totally converted and my next boat will be a Cat. No heeling, no down wind rolling and best of all no rolling at anchor. Not to mention being much faster than a mono. We were sailing in Plymouth sound the day that Ellen did the Brittany...

I have just bought a handheld vhf radio. I have a fixed set on the boat that I have a license for. Does anyone know if I have to tell Ofcom about the handheld and add to the license?