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How's he getting on? Can't work out the tracker...

Always seemed that way when windsurfing. I always seemed to need bigger sail when abroad in the hot climes than when in UK for...

Not sure at what point I thought it might be a requirement, maybe it is one of my wife's requirements ....and therefore it is :)

I think I'll add The Fisherman's Arms at Golant to my list of memorable pubs!

No, it's not a requirement to have a liferaft to cross the channel.

Not seen one this year, but apparently they go 'walkabout'. Previous years...

This is a good revision thread for me. I've just been reading about the Douglas scale, which I expect I have come accross before. As...

Singing – you can't be sick and sing at the same time – most always worked for me – mind you the rest of the crew weren't too keen...

We crossed back over the Thames Estuary a couple of weeks ago - Essex to Kent. I happened to look at the sea state prediction in the...

Also, there's the question of the waveLENGTH as well as wave height. A wave height of several metres is not dramatic IF the wavelength...

Yes, that is my experience too. I've used wave height forecasts occasionally such as windguru but more often common sense experience of...

But back to the title and "sea state". I spend plenty of time digesting wind forecasts but where do people go to get sea state...

Last two times in the darkness in Chichester I have seen bio-luminescence. Haven't seen that before (just in the Med). Magical even if...

We don't have a car at the moment, so just hired (Newcastle & Ardfern) or borrowed (Cardiff) a car to do the changeover. The...

I think part of my interest in your off sailing arrangements stems for following Dylan's Keep Turning Left stuff which came unstuck...