Recent content by E39mad

Some great sailing areas wherever you go in Croatia. Likely to be busiest around Split and Dubrovnik areas. Depends on what you want to do and see. Do you want a marina every night with restaurants and/or night life or a bay to anchor? Do you want to see the Krka falls or see ancient cities...

Cardinals confined to a yacht named "Catholicism" indicates agreement has finally been reached.

Sad news about another quality builder. I really like the design of the Sweden Yachts and the Regina deck saloon yachts. The choice for a purchaser seeking a none mass produced yacht of quality has narrowed even further.

OK - so are the internal mouldings extensive or is there a lot of internal fit out of quality wood. Just trying to ascertain why they were so costly/foot.

Not that I recollect.

Not good news. I assume they are very labour intensive boats to build with no or little internal mouldings.

Luckily Fethiye is the base for the 1st and last night only. We are free to explore further afield in between. Already looking at places south of Gocek such as Sarsala, 22 Fathom Cove, Cold Water Bay, Kabak Cove etc A night in Gocek is a possibility too. Thanks @Irish Rover for the...

Chartering out of Fethiye in June this year for one week - it's a blokes trip on a Bav 51. Not sailed in Turkey before (other than dinghies 25+ years ago). We like a mixture of good restaurants/bars and picturesque quieter overnight anchorages. Don't mind long day sails/motoring to get to the...

Saw F&P cross the line in Southampton - half an hour after Steinlager which had line honours on every leg. They looked rather peeved to have been pipped again to the post. I have a picture of it somewhere crossing the line but not on my PC. IIRC Steinlager had a fractional main mast whereas F&P...

Was going to say that looks like a Rival looking at the bulkhead shape then saw the picture below! Horrible situation.

That's expensive for a boat without a chart table. They must navigate by smoke signals! Don't fancy getting a genoa sheet wrapped around that shiney thing!

If the Corsair is of interest then this Oceanranger as a more modern design appears good value. It popped up on my Facebook page today - I don't have any knowledge of the vendor or the yacht. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Westerly%20OCeanranger

Agree wholeheartedly - used to stay in a South Kensington Hotel of some sort in the early to mid 90's. It was just a crash pad and breakfast before another day in fun that was Earls Court. Mind you usually by 4pm there were more exhibitors than punters in the Guinness Bar. We used to get £25 a...

A couple of medium displacement but reasonably fast solid boats that should fit the budget Starlight 35 or 39 Westerly Typhoon/Regatta 37

So many boats that are able to do it - depends on what they like, most likely their budget and their preferences once at anchor but for monohulls could look at: Southerly 42 or 46/47 - swing keel gets you into areas others can't especially when at anchor Hallberg Rassy/Najad/Malo Amel...