Recent content by FinesseChris

We moored alongside Nancy Blackett at IFOS. Great privilege.

KHM announcing PWB round the island rally:

Just in from KHM: 1. A 60ft catamaran, Coco De Mer has capsized IVO New Grounds Buoy. The hull of the vessel remains afloat and is visible by day but is unlit so will be difficult to see at night. 2. Coco De Mer has been anchored using 50 meters of cable attached to a 125kg anchor in position...

KHM today 1349: 60ft catamaran Coco De Mer has capsized near Bembridge Ledge Buoy in position 50 41.245N 001 02.896W. She is currently with mast underwater and only the hull is visible. Last reported drifting towards Sandown Bay at 2 kts.

"snap at the water level as it will fill with salt water" exactly what happened to me! See 10 above

...then beware. One of the hollow piles I tied up to for 21 years snapped in half. After I'd left the mooring, thank goodness: the idea of 6 feet of 10-inch pipe dropping on my deck is not fun to contemplate. Luckily for the new tenant, it fell outwards, causing a pretty big splash. Looked...

Serinette reefed in a F5 in Chichester Harbour. Finesse 24, 1980, converted to gaff rig in 2017.

Dismantling, cleaning and mantling the heat exchanger was for us a straightforward process. just make sure you have the replacement O rings: there are two sorts, 2-bolt and 3-bolt. Cleaning solved overheat issue for us.

The same writer who outlined the hand held rocket launcher system for deterring jet skis, I expect

Thanks everyone for advice. Will forget Snapp....

The search is on for a replacement for the diesel filter, currently the basic 296 affair with the central rod and lots of O-rings. Which I always mess up when changing . I've been offered a Racor "SNAPP" unit that's effectively a throw-away entire unit, element and all – it unclips from the...

That website....etias.com How official is it? Is it an EU entity or someone piggybacking on the new scheme? If it's an EU Commission site why does it have features on "fairytale wedding sites" and "eating in Italy"? Not official at all is the answer: go to the landing page, before that...

Today's HW at Chichester Bar was predicted to be 4.4m at 1510. At our drying mooring up the harbour, we had a tide I'd associate with a 5.1 at Chi Bar. Chimet recorded a surge of 0.77m and a tide of 5.22m. Atmospheric pressure 1008, wind W F5. Any ideas?

The late lamented Des Sleighthome wrote that nothing should be worn on the boat until it has been subjected to a dousing of engine oil and spent a week in the dog basket. We call a garment "sleight homed" when it has been thus 'worn in'. If no dog to hand, bottom of a damp locker has same effect.

You can if there's something on. After several years trying to buy a sausage or four for the Gaffers' BBQ, to hear in the shops "oh, no, there's been a rush on...." we started bringing our own. The point is the event happened on the same Thursday every year, but the retailers of Yarmouth...