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dancrane
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"Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes"
28 Jul 2024
dancrane
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Boom Roller System with Boltrope vs Regular Boom with reefing lines and slugs?
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Old die-hard boater here. Roller boom reefing is slated with the poor main sail shape when used. You hear all sorts of remedies such as...
27 Jul 2024
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The answer is “no”. There is no modern production boat that appeals to me, not even the megabucks aluminium alloy “exploration yachts”...
21 Jul 2024
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I like my Nantucket clipper, very traditional. All overhangs!
21 Jul 2024
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What experience made you think about giving up sailing ?
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Lack of time to actually go away, and wife not interested.
21 Jul 2024
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What experience made you think about giving up sailing ?
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You did well. I had spinal surgery in 2012 and it gave me 12 more years of sailing. Now, at the age of 83, I can't have any more surgery...
21 Jul 2024
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What experience made you think about giving up sailing ?
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Getting the bills. (And excessive maintenance that I'm ill equipped to do, but can't afford to pay someone else to do.)
21 Jul 2024
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Beaches with pubs i can anchor off in the summer nearish to Portsmouth.
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As a kid ... on my Fathers boat - we would anchor in the creek and the walk the path along the bankside to the Pub. In those days -...
18 Jul 2024
dancrane
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Beaches with pubs i can anchor off in the summer nearish to Portsmouth.
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It really was perfectly sufficient. I'm a greedy hog and I was very happy.
18 Jul 2024
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Beaches with pubs i can anchor off in the summer nearish to Portsmouth.
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We’re anchored in Newtown right now. We might pop up for a pint, but have brought food.
17 Jul 2024
dancrane
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Beaches with pubs i can anchor off in the summer nearish to Portsmouth.
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The New Inn at Shalfleet is OPEN! :D We drove past heading for the hills in the west, but the chalkboard said they're open, so now I'm...
17 Jul 2024
dancrane
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Displacement speed for planing hull
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Exactly my thinking. I mentioned it here to a motorsailer-fan about ten years ago. It occurred to me that one of those "mooring whips"...
16 Jul 2024
dancrane
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You could get a decent dinghy and a Hardy. Whats not to like? Solo? Something like that has a decent splash of adrenaline without being...
16 Jul 2024
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The noise is something I'm keen to reduce if possible. I too have sat aboard dinghy-club safety RIBs with 50hp four strokes, burbling...
16 Jul 2024
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Fuel consumption of 4 stroke outboards is more closely related to power being used than top power outputs. Of course that doesn’t mean a...
16 Jul 2024
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