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This is a huge collection of the earliest sailing videos available online. Should keep many of you entertained over the winter months...

There is the beginning of an amalgamation of interested groups to take action. This is from the Sailing Cruising Scotland group on...

The last two posts describe the situation in the Medway and the Crouch. What does the fee entitle you to do? I assume that it is to...

Thank you for the update. It is much welcomed.

Peel Ports have been charging a fee on the Medway for over 10 years. There has been no apparent benefit to the yachting fraternity. The...

I had a similar problem with a varnish. I bought it some years earlier and never opened the can. When I applied it, it was sticky for a...

Welcome to the forum. I cannot definitely confirm the deck structure but it sounds like it is balsa cored. It is a common problem with...

I found details for the Lewmar 44STR which should be very close. Lewmar 44/STR Two Speed Racing Self-Tailing Winch

Possibly a crash helmet to protect you from the boom.

What about a Westerly Typhoon. Designed for fast sailing and certainly a lot more spacious than a SS34. Certainly not a typical Westerly...

Westerly used a 30% sheen in the Morrells 450 acid catalyst high build up low odour lacquer. When I refurnished Concerto that is what I...

A spinnaker should have a luff equal to the I measurement, so this one is fine. The foot should equal twice the J measurement, so this...

Wooster, being 70 should be no problem to learn to sail. I am 70 and have been sailing since 1965. Two years ago I sailed singlehanded...

If the galley front still has the veneer fully bonded, you can clean the surface and bond the new veneer to this. You have choices with...

What you have described is a typical Westerly build. Westerly were very good builders and did not skimp on the quality of materials. The...