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Re: Diver survives 58 hour ordeal after being presumed dead off Guerns [ QUOTE ] Don't talk rubbish, any wetsuit will keep a warm layer of water between the sea and the person [/ QUOTE ] Come come dear boy, the whole point of a proper fitting wet suit is to ensure that it "trapped" a...

Jez, I have same and was a factory fit by Fairline. There should be a sensor(pencil type) that measures chain count at the capstan. You will need to set the system to "read" your chain diameter at the gypsy. I have recently replaced the original 2003 for a new head unit 2006, but find it...

I was denied access in St Vaast three weeks ago, The harbour was very busy... and boat too big! No problem in Cherbourg but was rafted up most of the time as there is only Q pontoon available (unless you want to wait on the inner waiting pontoon with no leccy and no shore access other than by...

Big Girls blouse!!! Stop being so dramatic! Just get on with it. Anyone would think you are traversing the southern ocean, let alone no more than 5 miles off the coast! Geeze!!!!

Hi B, Ja, had a really good night and was nice to meet the whole gang. Stayed on for a couple of extra nights. Lumpy trip home though. As for Martin... maybe it was the Gateau that got him in the end..... and I thought all "Northerners" were hard drinking men.. Pah! Thinking of changing the...

GC1, For many who have been boating for many many years, there is a natural "fall off" of use. From personal experience and annecdotal evidence, the first 3 years of boat ownership gets the most use, then there is a slow and inexorable decline of use, until one finds a status quo with the...

Very good read this. Storya bout Nicolette Milnes-Walker, who in 1971 became the first woman to sail singlehanded non-stop across the atlantic. She sailed away in a 30' sloop; virtually a bare boat other than compass and sextant. None of the teary weary stuff we have become accustomed to...

Bravo Bravo FC. Couldn't have put it better!!

[ QUOTE ] as a sailing chappie, I try to avoid them like the plague, which is more than be said for them, what!!. [/ QUOTE ] I say ol' bean, 'tis perhaps fortunate that you have retired from teaching.... Wouldn't do to have individuals like you influencing our children with your narrow...

The most recent MBY has an article on the new Bavaria 42 and its full of the usual poetic journalistic clichés..... My point however, is that they have managed to mention IPS no less than 18 times in the article.! I read and understood it was an IPS equiped boat the first time. Did I really...

I have been discussing wind direction with a buddy of mine and he corrected me for stating a wind was Northerly. He said you're wrong its a Southerly. I have always quoted the wind in the direction from which it originated, so: Blowing from N -> S is a Northerly wind...blowing fron E -> W =...

I am thinking of up-grading my Navnet 1 (10" colour screen with radome) to a 6kw open array and Navnet 2 system. I have been quoted various prices for the new fix, but was curious to know if any forumites know what the value of my old system (2003) would be? I'm aware of the rules re selling...

[ QUOTE ] There must be someone else out there who has taken their boat out in the rain, I have a windscreen wiper so that will help. [/ QUOTE ] Nah..... we all just go out when sunshine and blue skies, no wind and fab viz! No one else on here has EVER ventured out in the rain. Most of...

T, This is all very noble etc, but isn't it a bit like the drunk full of remorse who says " it was the drink".... Thousands have given up smoking wthout recourse to foul temper and verbal abuse.... Very Poor excuse me thinks! All IMHO of course.

The bacteria that cause LD are unaffected by PH but they do struggle to survive in both heavily chlorinated water( tap) swimming pools etc and in Salt water. That doesn't mean they can't survive , it just means they struggle to survive! Anyway worry not as there a very few cases to report.