Recent content by FulmarJeddo

We have an off grid holiday home and have always used rain water for washing, washing up etc, but until last year we loaded the car with containers of drinking water from home. After a week of the family visiting we were running very short of drinking water. I did a bit of research and found...

I have been on the outer pontoon about 3 or 4 times in my bilge keel Fulmar. The club has always been welcoming and there has never been a problem with an overnight stay. I have dried out upright when against the pontoon, but heeled over quite a bit when rafted outside another boat. That would...

I have found the file and uploaded it to Google drive here

It was about 12 years ago that I was given a copy of the Simrad document and reset the mmsi on the RD68 I had. It later turned out there were two versions of the RD68, the later not covered in the document. I have just looked on my PC and still have the pdf file. PM with an email address and I...

I have played around with both and more recently found VF seemed a little better at providing past track data. I could look at my speed at different points on the track. Both supply html code to embed on a website. I had previously embedded the MT code on a simple web page. When I embedded the...

I’m not sure about + or - timings. I would guess about + or - 1.5 hrs, although whe I phoned the pub once I was told the slip at the yard on the corner of Oare Creek don’t mind you landing there which is easier than getting to the pub steps. The one time I landed on the slip I couldn’t find...

Ha Ha, that reminds me of the time some years ago that I cut though Ham Gat on our club’s round the Island race in the MG Spring 25 that I had then, with only 1m draft. It all worked to plan with very little water under the keel, except I didn’t realise then the only rule of the race was we have...

I’m currently at the eastern end of Sheppey and it does appear to be in place. It was too murky to have seen Alert yesterday.

Yes, it can be difficult to see. Last year on our Pursuit race one of our club boats managed to sail a couple of miles past it without noticing. He came on the vhf saying he was off Leysdown and couldn’t find it. Being one of the faster chasing boats I had just rounded it and on the way back to...

For those in the Medway and Swale area, we found on Sunday that the Spile buoy was missing from its location in the Four Fathoms Channel off the coast of the Isle of Sheppey. I would guess it is sitting on a beach somewhere. I reported it Monday to Trinity House using their online contact form...

Yes, but they seem to be issued for any tide around the 6m mark. A quick look at the surge prediction and wind direction and speed gives a good indication what to expect. living about 50 miles away, there’s not a lot we can do anyway. Having experienced the aftermath of the 1978 storm and have...

This one on the NTSL site gives a good prediction of surges. This is for Sheerness, but go back to the Storm Surges page and pick Cromer or other local port. I put a page of links on our club website together a few years ago with useful links when there is a surge tide due. All related to...

Uncomfortably close to where my boat is normally moored though. A short time lapse video of its trip. Watch the white object just to the right of the pole at the end of the jetty. Sorry, its all a bit in the distance.

We can normally accommodate visiting boats on our jetty, as long as there is enough tide to get in and out. I normally work on the water reaching the jetty/slip at about 4.2m (Sheerness) to get the depth at HW. Email us to check if there is space. We also get quite a few visitors leaving there...

Isn’t France on the Amber + list, meaning you still have to isolate for 10days with tests on day 2 and 8? Edit. I read it as Tony was looking at going this summer. Oops