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I know people who’ve had excellent results with this : Bona Traffic HD | Tough, Fast Drying Two-part Lacquer for Wooden Floors

John Masefield has quite a few, most famously Sea Fever, but also Cargoes, One of the Bosuns Yarns, and Cape Horn Gospel

Christmas at sea, by Robert Louis Stevenson Christmas at Sea.

So it seems like we are focusing in on the Algarve then. Also has the added advantage that I can drive down there with any heavy bits. I...

Late to this party but enjoyed skimming through much of the above. I lived on a Rustler 31 for two years or so, did an Atlantic Circuit...

Another Algarve option is Sopromar in Lagos. They seem to have every capability. Possibly not the cheapest but very good indeed (in my...

Can recommend Vassille and Johnny at Slickhull in the boatyard if you decide to go to Portimao. You won't be disappointed. He's been...

The Air Tables for me. It might be that they were what I was used to, or it might just be that I used to be able to ‘borrow’ them FOC… 😜

Not sure if it helps you but we carry AP3270 Volumes 1-3 and are very happy with them. But it’s what you get used to I guess.

Sorting through my shelves of sailing tales, my collection of pilot books for far away places, my multiple editions of 'Heavy Weather...

We spent the entire crossing on twin poled out genoas. No shenanigans of putting chutes up and taking them down. The sail plan stayed...

Looking back at Halcyon's opening post- minimum budget to sail round the world- I would say that a windvane, despite the cost, is likely...

The discussion about the power demands and the physical strains on autohelms prompts my post. I had a Cape Horn wind vane self steering...

I’ve met (and heard of) many autopilots failing on ocean crossings. People don’t realise just how hard they have to work on downwind...

A hydrovane is tireless. It never sleeps, never wants feeding or a cup of tea, pilots hundreds of people on ocean passages and doesn't...