Recent content by Catherinen

Thank you! I had a nice message back from Jon last night :-).

Does anyone have any recommendations please for a company doing boat cleaning and basic maintenance on the Orwell? I appreciate that might be two different companies! We've had several big jobs done on the boat over the past couple of years, but that means that the basic painting and varnishing...

Yacht spinnaker from a 32' cruiser. Good condition. Luff/leech 11.12m, foot 6.45m. £300. See advert for more info and photos. We are in Cambridge, but our boat is in Brightlingsea, and we are also going down to the Southampton Boat Show in a few weeks, so I might be able to deliver to either of...

We'd love to be there but the chances are pretty slim... we took the boat out to anti-foul her at the end of May and discovered a rusty hole in the (steel) hull. Problem is, the hole is very close to the rudder, so we have to drop the rudder out so that the welder can get access to patch it, and...

I always pack underwear into a plastic bag before putting it in the main bag. Then, towards the end of the week you won't be hunting through your bag in the dark trying to find that last pair of socks that is now mixed in with everything else. A bin bags for the dirty washing also helps keep...

Whatever next? A pot noddle perhaps?

We've been on a mooring at Pin Mill for four years, no problem with theft but we've been hit twice. Both times it was near the end of the season. Both times no one got in touch with us or the yard. The first time they twisted the pulpit (also bending the steel it was bolted to). The second...

Watch out for us going in the other direction! You could have our mooring at Pin Mill for the night if you didn't need to walk your dog :-). My crew is an asthmatic with a tendency to need an ambulance urgently, a non-sailing vegan, a four year old and a seven year old. So despite five people...

Thanks, great ideas, should be enough to keep us busy for a week :-).

We are planning to head for Brightlingsea and the surrounding area from Pin Mill for our 10 day holiday at the beginning of August. We've only explored the Orwell, Stour and Walton backwaters so far so I would like to acclimatize the rest of the crew to slightly longer passages. (Crew = husband...

We would love to meet up with some other families sailing with small children (ours are 2.5 and 5.5),especially if treasure hunting and BBQ is in order :-). We could probably make the 2nd Aug, 9th Aug and 30th Aug but we can't do the bank holiday weekend. There is a slim chance we could also...

If you spot a couple trying to stop a 2 year old and 5 year old from drowning themselves whilst simultaneously lugging a tender, outboard, toys, nappies, clothes, food and beer out to the water then say hello! We looked proper Pin Mill last year but have just bought new oilies at the boat show...