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    Great Boat Names !

    Seen in Portsmouth - Betty Swollocks.
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    What is the 1 check you always do

    Yes, absolutely! On one occasion the better half WAS onboard, at the helm, whilst the other half was NOT. He decided to untie the lines...from the pontoon ?
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    How to get my boat home from Spain?

    19 boats arrived in Southampton by cargo ship on Friday - took 5 days from Palma. Would love to have seen them all being off loaded. Never seen so many Spanish courtesy flags outside of Spain ?.
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    Royal Southampton Yatch Club, death of

    We joined as temporary members for a year. We were looking forward to frequenting the OV clubhouse and meeting other like-minded boatie folk. Sadly, the OV Clubhouse closed just after we joined, and at any events we frequented we felt sooo much younger than the rest of the membership (we’re in...
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    Marine gas engineers in Solent area

    Like Tomaret says "get a firm quote" from any supplier before you agree to the works. Apollo Gas visited my boat and charged me £102 for identifying the requirements and providing me with an "estimate" for replacing the gas pipes. After a number of months, I agreed to the work and he promptly...
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    Gas engineer needed - Southampton area

    Hi Paul - how’s it going? Hope all’s well. Was it the 760 or 980 you saw in St Kats? Funny place for either of them to be. Cheers - Stacey
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    Gas engineer needed - Southampton area

    Hi all - it’s time to replace the gas pipes on our boat. Can anyone recommend a gas engineer, ideally based in the Southampton area? Thanks - Stacey PS Also posting in other forums for additional feedback.
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    Spinlock XS Rope Clutch

    Hi there Sailor22. Would an XTS work for you? I've got a brand new one, still in box, for £50. Thanks - Stacey
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    3 or 4 step Boarding ladder, bolt to transom type.

    Hi Fred: it's 66cm wide, 23cm deep. (Closed it's 60cm long, and it opens out to 120cm.) Thanks - Stacey
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    3 or 4 step Boarding ladder, bolt to transom type.

    Hi Fred - sorry, I can't figure out how to PM from mobile, but I've got a SS ladder that we've just removed from our Swift Trawler 34. I've added some pics below. This the type of thing you're looking for?
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    Motor Yacht A off Brighton

    The Wallt is sleek & gorg...not the big A
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    Motor Yacht A off Brighton

    It's been at anchor outside Bembridge today, playing with all the toys. It's got a Wally (or summink very similar) stored in the garage which they briefly cruised into Bembridge harbour - very sleek & gorg vessel!
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    Anyone got cheap tickets to SIBs?

    Completely lost track of dates and missed the deadline for purchasing the 1/2 price SIBs tickets last night. Anyone bought some but not going to use? Thanks - Stacey
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    Lagoon 440 Cat liveaboard for sale

    After a fantastic year sailing around the Med on our lovely Lagoon 440 owners version, we've decided to sell her...sadly, it's too expensive to keep a cat moored in the UK :( She's great for liveaboard cruising, hanging off the anchor for weeks on end, with lots of solar polar, wind generator...
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    Using 4G mobile for data and around the Med

    Hi Trident - I'm really interested to learn you managed to use FaceTime on a 3G sim in the Med. Sadly we were never able to get FT to work on our Vodafone 3G sim around the Balearics :( Do you think the difference might have been the 3G booster ariel you were using?
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