Recent content by fifer

You make a good point here. I suspect local pride is the driving grievance rather than any practical safety issues. No-one currently getting to go out and do lots of fun training wants to see their hobby get downgraded while the local crew up the road keep theirs. Downgrading the lifeboat...

Nice pic. What's the area like as a sailing destination?

I grew up on a farm with tractors and own an albin vega. There's no way I'd bother doing what you're thinking of. If you do decide to go ahead, a tractor around the size of a massey 135 would be absolutely fine for towing . However finding a road legal immersible trailer that would fit the vega...

Yes please. I'll pm you

Maybe not then. Nice idea, but I don't want to fall foul of the airwaves police. Thats taken pretty seriously.

I'm mulling over whether or not to give one of these a try: Maiana It is a 2W SOTDMA all in one class B AIS transciever, GNSS and aerial that sits on the mast head or stern rail. The kit can be purchased from here: AIS kit Pros: Cheap and cheerful Happily integrates with a RPi + openplotter...

Its not a great time of year to be looking to sail. Your best bet is the racing scene local to where you are, wherever that is.

I second this. Its very toxic to marine life

I missed this when it was posted. Who is your MQTT broker. Last time I had a look for one the free services had dried up a bit

Thats a very kind offer thankyou. I suspect it'd be next spring before I'd be able to commit but may well drop you a message in the new year to enquire.

What solent racing do you get involved with? I'll be based in cambridge, so its a good coupe of hour drive to get there.

Can't think of any scrubbing posts per se. But any drying harbour wall or slipway would do the trick. From memory Eigg has one. So does Tobermory.

If I lived closer to the coast I'd love to get involved in regular racing but the closest I'll be to the coast in the next 10 years is 90mins. Too far for midweek but maybe doable for a Saturday if fuel prices drop and I get a load of DIY out the way anyway. I think the main factors driving...

It may be a good time to consider a boat that will take the ground - either a multihull or an ovni type boat that sits low on a beach and can simply be stepped up onto. Will give you a better range of options for overnighting or for just being able to take the dog for a walk on the beach once...

Some people choose the smallest hills to die on