Recent content by Grumpybear

Would those be the ones supplied with my new Raystar 125 GPS? If so, they can't be any good (though mine have functioned perfectly for the last six years - I must have installed them wrongly!).

Listening to some of the mouthpieces of the west country tourist industry, preserving an uneconomic industry is the duty of "Government".

Cynical Scots engineers....

Yer but who is the average boat owner? New boat owners and old boat owners seem to come from very different age, profession and income groups. The industry will follow the money, and those of us who sail smaller, older boats on limited budgets are simply not a profitable market any more. If...

Sob....you really know how to wound a chap......sob

Journalists and facts don't generally mingle unless a lawyer is involved!

I can see the headlines: "Caribbean tourists suffer as humanitarian rescue assets are reserved for fat cat yachties".....

Isn't the Sunfast 32i a bit too young?

Too much detail....

Take back control of the chart table - do the cooking. You know it makes sense.

It might be. However, the combination of shell or missile hit and flooding would more than likely take out any equipment in the compartment, and damage control would concentrate on restoring watertight integrity and maximising the usefulness of remaining equipment and systems until the ship was...

A Dan, surely??

I am reminded of that VOR boat that hit a reef in the Indian Ocean. If they, with a big semi professional crew and shore backup could get it wrong, it seems a little harsh to single out an amateur family crew for such criticism.

Falmouth town marina charges £1 per metre for two hours, including for a tender if you anchor off.

It doesn't affect the caulking on my teak cockpit sole and seats (1998 Jeanneau).