Recent content by Elessar

I did the crossing in my 25ft single engined Bayliner plenty of times. Force 4 max for the day of crossing and the 2 days before crossing. The chance of sudden failure en route is tiny. Don’t worry about it. The boat won’t capsize either n any weather you’d be prepared to take it out in. The...

Amazing. In the parallel universe that is the San lorenzo parking lot, yours is the little one! On the Hamble it would look like the latest from Cunard.

That’s the 90 that was at dussledorf. It’s J’s boat’s baby sister.

And book a year ahead. Worth every penny if you go on a sunny day.

Very. Dinghy at high tide basically.

I’ve no idea. But it wouldn’t be the first time.

It’s quite a leap that anything in the paper is true at all!

Woodvale hotel in gurnard.

Don’t know anything about them but had to post a photo of where I was sat when I read the post. Cockpit small for a boat of its size.

True but not on the weekend. So they went and got it for me.

My windlass packed up Marine superstore had one at a very good price. It was Sunday and I wanted it that day. Only in stock in their warehouse sadly. “Don’t worry give us an hour and we’ll go and get it”. Amazing service I thought. GRP work was needed to make the deck hole smaller and...

I rely on marina WiFi as much as I use marina showers. ie I use my own. (Although the WiFi at premier universal where I’m based is very fast and very reliable this is unusual in marinas)

No. Thankfully. It’s not changed since I first went there in 1982. And that’s what I like about it. Ok you can walk ashore from the outer pontoons but I can forgive that.

Brilliant news. Sad that it’s surprising.

7 fenders total. Same as me. Round turn and two half hitches. Same as me. Are you sure you’re still a proper sailor 😂