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Keep your eye on the ball. Have the family shown enthusiasm already? If they visit regularly and take a hand, it is worth thinking...

Says: "You could have changed the mooring style of the barge at any time and brought this to an end... it is utterly irrational." Is...

Oh dear. I did think I was helping matters by removing coolant, as per post 4. It now seems I was wasting my time - not unusual...

There is a half way measure which I often use. Stick a turkey baster down the hole and you can remove most of the coolant down to the...

It's a good question, you have to have a plan B. On that trip I think you would do well to keep somewhat to the West of the target...

A few tips here plus some moral support for your plan:

Just reading the article its by Dick Durham he might know a bit about sailing but does he know the legalities behind this statement? Its...

Do we know the context of the remark? Does not have the ring of a legal professional backed by case law and reads like the type of...

On a long cross tide trip like this it is better to work out the net tide offset for the whole projected sail and apply that at the...

Perhaps if you read the posts instead of attacking other posters you might learn something. The OP posted a couple of days ago, in...

Yes, newcomers who bought an unsuitable boat for offshore sailing and it broke when rested on it's keel. Some readers will recall the...

The Beta engine is well respected and at coming up to 20 years of age is really nothing as long as it has been looked after. In fact it...

Further to the previous thread: What do you think of this one? Pat and Frankie are now posting videos again and are investigating how...

looks perfectly level to me.

A refit of this SJ 320 for short handed sailing and racing should be full of practical tips and fun to see completed: