FairweatherDave

It’s man maths so best not to analyze it too closely....for example if someone pays you to take a boat off their hands, doesn’t mean...

Flying kites with my Dad, and graduating to a Peter Powell stunt kite on the beach in Cornwall, and belly boarding in the surf were my...

Others will come along but I can describe my experience of backwinding the main with preventer on. One situation is when goosewinging in...

I have not been but the BVI's might tick your marine life box. I got cold feet once I researched things (crowded noisy expensive...

I've always loved the water and boats, but life got in my way - marriage, children, etc, so I came late to sailing. We had a holiday in...

You could say you've done it, and if people say 'Did you go to Vanuatu?', you could say, "No, but I did get to the Isle of Wight and...

I'm just gonna say it. I love making lists, with pen and paper. ..... lists or more sophisticated ways of organising are fine.... just...

I have all this to look forward to🙁

That's what I do. Combined with teasing out what can be done afloat if I run out of time.... I also find things that should be done...

The main intrinsic problem is that the hull shape means she suffers from weather helm at relatively low heel angles, so upwind she won't...

Each to their own. Paper charts are useful for a wider view, whilst they remain available. But for seeing location on the chart and...

A Christmas poem for you. IT was the week before Christmas and all through the kitchen The...

Heading to Eastbourne, 30th November

17th November . Glorious last moments of the season before I gybed in order to fill the cockpit with sunshine and warm up Mrs.FWD. Was...