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The lateJonathan Raban wrote that he engaged the services of a retired naval Commander for two weeks to instruct him in all things...

Yes, the CR**P piece of cast iron delivering hot seawater to my Volvo Penta D2-55 exhaust elbow ( the main elbow having been replaced...

A cruising boat needs a bookcase or two, I am firm on the subject. You can solve the problem by buying wine boxes, they stow better...

What I have. Books to port, glasses ( all glass - no plastic - no stemware) to stbd. Top row wine/spirit tumblers, bottom row dedicated...

and a small dram for medicinal purposes post drama.

Some of the thirty year old plus plasic lenses I see on boats woul probably not pass the legal requirement either. As there is no MOT...

Admittedly it is scary the first time you do it - remove paddle wheel whilst afloat that is, but a long as you are well prepared it is...

Like others have said on older boats it is mounted so as to give a good run between the engine and morse lever. Mine is mounted like...

I think the cooking fat tried to catch a fish. Splosh, "meow" was what I heard. Fortunately, she managed to get back aboard without any...

Disappointed that so many posts without the obligatory bottle of beer or glass of tipple so to redress the balance

No one has mentioned a Vancouver 27 maybe just within your price range or Vancouver 28 but more expensive. Both superb Ocean going boats...

East Coast Pie Apples from a “help yourself” box near Pin Mill yesterday. Blackberries gathered at The Rocks this morning. Baked at...

I used to have a mooring opposite the Glyn Garth flats. There is an old slipway by the Gazelle Hotel from where I used to launch my...

I would have thought it better not to fall off the boat. The reality is single handed MOB = Dead.

I was convinced to go for water mist extinguishers. Good on oil and electric as well as ordinary fires, without the powder problem.