Recent content by crown22

I have read on another forum that there is a two year waiting list at Pwhelli.

Hello Nudgie my boat is on a drying mooring near Menai.I have PM d you.

Have PM'd you Ridgy

I know where is a bilge keeler for sale.Only about 8K.It sails faster than my Atlanta Viking 8.5

Neap tides in the summer.Might need two nights on board.Atlanta (Mcwester) 28.Experienced sailor required who is able to fit in with the tides and the weather.I have 3000miles logged mostly around the Irish Sea.No contribution required.Your own cabin. No smoking below.I can send across my...

Don't forget loss of interest on the money you spend to buy the boat and pay for mooring repairs etc.Im a boat owning Accountant unfortunately.

Over two High Waters on a decent day in the next few months. Macwester(Atlanta) 28ft bilge keel accessed by dinghy at Penrhyn.Ideally leave on an early morning tide so as to return on a late evening tide. Experienced person needed to sail with me on a boat that is fairly new to me. I have about...

Hi everybody, Lifted my bilge keeler in yesterday and the paddle wheel log has a small leak inside the boat. About one pint every three hours. The water should find its way eventually to the very good up to now Whale Smart Bilge Pump and go over the side. Am trying to avoid the expense and...

Hi Capn Creosote I'm not very good at measuring by the look of things. My Atlanta Viking 8.5 is near Bangor just around the corner from you. I try to sail with my mast not far from vertical you must like a lot of wind.Stemar my Colvic had gate valves on the cockpit drains.I think they were...

Nice point about barnacles

Yes the outlets are below the waterline with the cockpit sole only about twelve inches above the waterline.I have read that Atlanta altered the stern of the original MacWester mould so maybe its connected with that.

My Atlanta Viking 8.5 cockpit drains below the waterline and there are Blakes seacocks in use. Would it best to shut them before leaving the boat for a week or two? Any ideas what a surveyor would say. Hoses are double clipped and appear to be in good condition.Thanks

Hello Everybody I want to remove the R&D connector on new to me sailing boat. My last boat had the same connector (not rusty) and the hole shown in the picture had a grub screw in it. This hole doesn't seem to have a grub screw or roll pin.There are no threads that I can see or feel at the top...

Hi everybody I compared the smell of my Ford Mondeo Diesel dipstick with what came out of the Yanmar sump. Fairly certain that the Yanmar oil smells of diesel. It hasn't separated in the sample jar I saved. So maybe I checked the oil level correctly before my short 90 mins of motoring?Thanks...

Hi everybody a follow up thread. The contents of the sump are now in a clear container in my garage.About 2.4 litres pumped out maybe 0.2 litres that the pump couldn't reach and maybe 0.2 litres that went into the bilge when I removed the dipstick. Yanmar 2GM20.Capacity is supposed to be two...