DoubleEnder

Lovely! The pace of the commentary is very gentle, and I like it

Ha ha yes not sure where the Farming prefix came from. I have ploughed the occasional furrow in Faversham Creek but don’t think that counts

A little bit of context on this situation by someone who has some "insight" potentially. I'm not saying this was the perfect rescue or...

The boat came with one of these. I haven’t tried to fire it up yet, I’m guessing the cable may be a bit past it. But what is it? Is it...

The boat draws only just over 1metre, board up. So I can choose quite shallow water. Mainly Solent, possibly a little farther afield. I...

Thought that I might do an overnight passage from Falmouth, round Lands End to Padstow Any reason why not? Any tips or hints?? Like...

New to me boat displaces 2.2 tons. 25 feet LOA. I removed about 50kg of 8mm chain, half of it rusted into a nice big lump. There was...

That looks just the job. Thank you

How do you actually use these? Just put the crocodile clips on the starter battery terminals?

I have a little dinghy, lightly built of clinker spruce. Generally in pretty good condition but I will need to do a few jobs. Some old...

Exactly. Buy with your heart and you are never wrong 👍

Unless you're going for a junk or similar unstayed rig, which do have some advantages, I don't see a keel stepped mast offering much...

Yes I knew of someone who did just this, in a Sabre 27. I like those boats! If you can get one with a decent engine they are good, great...

While there are exceptions, I reckon that the difference between an offshore cruiser and an ocean crosser has far more to do with the...

Great. Thank you. Good point about the keel/hog taking the weight. The boat is all framed out and has thwarts etc fitted. She is...