Recent content by DennisF

Well, I’ve just received Suffolk Yacht Harbour’s annual berthing fees for 2024: £467.46 per metre inc VAT, a rise of £26.46 (6%) over last year. As usual a 5% discount applies to payment in full in advance, which reduces this to £444.09 per metre. I would imagine the cartel will ensure that the...

Just a shout out to Steve of Evans Marine Service (Steve65 on these forums). He sorted out my Honda 2.3hp very efficiently this evening and for a very reasonable price. If you are in the Midlands I can thoroughly recommend him. www.evansmarineservice.co.uk No links, just a very satisfied...

Planning a 6 day cruise over the Jubilee period, and cognisant that a lot of others will be doing likewise, I prudently tried to book visitor berths at a few places, only to be told by Brightlingsea, Ramsgate and Bradwell “We don’t take bookings in advance”. Is this a new thing? It seems a bit...

For clarity, I did not say that the existing battery is old. It has just been replaced, and I have bought another of the same type and capacity at the same time to increase the capacity, hence my question about how best to fit it.

Thanks - that’s what I thought. An engineer friend of mine thought splitting the house batteries either side would be OK, but I worried about having long cables connecting them in parallel.

Part of the issue is that most of the storage for food and drink etc is on the same side as the batteries, so there is already a small list to that side. Hence not wanting to make it worse when I add another battery.

I’m looking to add another house battery to the existing one and engine start battery on my Westerly Berwick. I’d prefer not to have all the weight on one side. Is it OK to have one house battery on each side connected in parallel, or would I be better off with house batteries on one side in...

Another vote for Hadlow Marine. They did a cracking job refurbishing all of the windows on my Westerly Berwick 5 years ago. Very pleased with the result.

I can confirm that Suffolk Yacht Harbour fees have gone UP this year. There was also no reduction or refund of fees last year. Hope this helps.

Thanks all. It looks from the replies so far that my own experiences with the Bruce seem typical on the East Coast. I’m always amazed by how poorly they perform in the anchor test videos on YouTube, but as I say I’ve never had a problem (Well, so far anyway :) )

This is a limited anchor thread. I’m not after an exposition on everyone’s favourite anchor, but to answer a specific question. Have those of you with experience of GENUINE Bruce anchors had any problems with them on the East coast? I have an appropriately sized genuine Bruce on my Westerly...

As per title, every year I find that about half way through the season the Nasa Clipper log gives up the ghost due to things growing in the paddle wheel. Boat is on the Orwell on the East Coast. Is there any compatible antifoul that can be applied, or do I just have to keep scaring the crew by...

Thanks for that. I’ll certainly bear that in mind if it becomes necessary ??

The tiller was rather long to begin with in my opinion, and as you can hopefully see from the lash up temporary repair it should hopefully still be long enough. However I was scoping replacement options in case the repair doesn’t work. as it happens though a friend who is an engineer thinks he...

Hi all, the tiller on my Westerly Berwick snapped off at the pintle over the weekend. It may well be repairable but will end up about 8” shorter if so. Just in case we cannot repair it or find the shorter tiller a problem does anyone have a recommendation for a maker of tillers to fit the...