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Boat is Swan 46 she is 47ft long 8ft deep12 ft wide. hopfully it will be straight storage, I can normaly do own repairs .

Have a little plan to sail to a port close to NewYork arriving end of May. Have another little plan to sail USA east coast to Carib end of November Anyone any recommendations of good place ,poss on the hard for this time. Simon

Yes I was in touch with Crusader multiple times. the sail was delivered late for a race. i advised at the time we sailed 2000 miles i moaned they did nothing finaly met at boat, told my dynema halyard had stretched, no idea where that went with a sail too long for furler sail could not and...

No attitude, never is and never was.. I trust your new sail serves you well. And Cusader goes forth and multiplies

I remain on this forum I standby my original post, for me Crusader gave a very poor service. The boat is now sold, however I remain in contact with new owner, wretched sail is a thing of the past. I now have an ancient cruiser racer of Finish origin with some super sexy sails made in Germany ...

maybe she will get Hugo Boss to play on next time. could be an eye opener. I have great respect for a brilliant sailor.

Think I spelt it wrong Kama Sutra,

Khama Sutra

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Thanks for everyone’s input, a few helpful pointers. There are a few places to stop that have been mentioned that are hard to identify on a chart. Appologies for an early post questioning tidal gates, I now realise that relative sailing experience and where you are used to sailing effects your...

I like sailing. if the sea and sky are grey, so be it.. If it s cold on the boat it will be better than warm at work. No interest in exposed anchorage, just hoped there was something on route I did not know about. Looks like 3 days sailing and 8 days off followed by 3 days sailing. Where are...

The on going challenge of sailing and the coco virus. We are English in a UK Reg boat. My plan is a quick blast up and down the Irish Sea, Devon to Scotland and back In the next two weeks. Sailing overnight or in force 8 with or without news is not a worry for me. Finding a few places to stop is...

There are many ways to cross the Atlantic. Horta Is not the only port. In the last three weeks there have been at least 4 oportunities to sail to Cork. Nothing easy but all doable. People winge on the forum how there lives are inconvenient, .A massive amount of the world has sacrificed 3 months...