Recent content by CondorAA5A

Hi Lustyd - Many thanks for the link and details - I'll get a spare or two and self service it. Always useful to see how to repack a LJ and what it looks like when inflated and they have the videos to show how to.

Anyone know if Team O Lifejackets is still going as a business - was thinking of getting mine serviced and/or getting a re-arming kit as spare and the website "news" seems last updated in 2021 and there is almost no stock to sell, with last Tweet in Feb-22? Phone goes to a private mobile...

Arthur Beale Chandlers in London closing - sign of the times...

Doing the RTI at the weekend and we were berthed on Pontoon E in the river. Single fare to/from Town Quay was £3, but on Sunday at 8:30am because it was before 9:00am was suddenly £5 which felt like a total rip off. Given that the majority of yachts berthed there were in the RTI, most had five...

has just opened: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/marine/consultation-on-the-third-tranche-of-marine-conser Fact sheets for each of the areas at the above link

As others have said it's normally not that strict, other than for your own peace of mind to have your log book available showing the needed miles etc. You can record the miles on other peoples yachts as well, even if it's not signed off as such. Typically, from what I remember the instructor...

Well done you’ll have a great day out. My advice is that you need a keen crew and it’s better to have everyone dedicated to a single role – so that they can concentrate on this alone and do it well and immediately, as when you need to manoeuvre you’ll often be pushing the helm over as you’re...

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Aside from the politics - I love the video for the Ofcet 32SC! http://www.chantier-ofcet.com/ofcet-32-sc/videos/ Makes me want to go sailing...

Last news I saw was: 29 November 2017 The Isle of Wight Council (IWC) stated in a press release on 8th November that the findings from a review into the design, build and delivery of the new Cowes Floating Bridge (Chain Ferry) will be made public in January 2018. Alongside the review, major...

Can only stretch back to early 70s but first exposure to all things boating was a week’s stay on board the HMS Foudroyant, moored in Portsmouth Harbour (now Trincomalee based on up Hartlepool) – when I was about 8. I remember being let loose in Portsmouth harbour in a longboat and rowing it...

Many thanks for everyone’s comments and views – I’ve found them very interesting to read. alant ’s comment on old and bold made me smile as I remember this from when I was learning to fly (if you’re not familiar with it - There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old...

Couple of weekends ago I was coming back from Alderney, headed to Cowes. I had timed my departure to give myself the option of either coming via the Needles with a fair tide (or possibly North Channel) or via the eastern route into the Solent if the weather was not great. We had a Southerly F6...

When I took my collection from several years, which I'd been accumulating in the garage, the Coast Guard examined each one separately as he said they could not take excessively rusty ones! Luckily my very old ones "just" passed muster.