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Apparent wind is that felt by a boat which is moving through the water. True wind is that felt by a boat which is not moving through the water. Ground wind is that felt by a moored or anchored boat. So the masthead transducer measures apparent wind directly. The electronics then subtract...

I wonder how many of those fishing magnets are securely attached to iron bilge keels.

I don't see a problem as long as you have a phone signal in Studland. The UK departure form is on a web site and on arrival at Alderney the officials just hand you a paper form to fill in don't they? They always used to.

A nice walk at low water.

Also Dover Port Control changed their name to Dover VTS last year but nobody told Reeds. To my mind none of these were broke - I dont see why they had to fix them.

For a bit of reassurance you can always call NCI Portland (07:00 to 19:00) on vhf ch65 or by phone to check conditions at The Bill.

Just by the way KHM on vhf channel 11 are going to start calling themselves "Portsmouth VTS" from 1st May.

Palin's Column 1994. All available on YouTube now. Episode 1

QE2 used to go out that way in her day.

Maybe they should be called Channel Coastguard.

That's how mine are arranged. If you put them all at the helm then only one person can see them, further forward they are available to others who might want to see them for sail trimming, navigating etc. And if I'm on watch on my own I can shelter under the spray hood with a full set of...

Wicormarine is only 10 minutes from junction 11 of M27. There are still spaces on the pontoons but another bunch of us will be launching on the next big tides at the end of April.

If all else fails .......................... read the instructions!

A Sonata in our club had this problem so a gang of us pulled her over onto her beam ends while she was afloat between two finger berths in a marina. The owner could then get at the bottom of the plate case and scrape out the mud, rust, and stones.

Dinghy sailing from Discovery Bay, Hong Kong with a three-year-old crew many years ago we were often close to the ferry port and encouraged the youngster to wave to the ferry. He tried a few times and then gave up saying "Nobody ever waves back!"