Recent content by guernseyman

However, dogs, cats, and ferrets should be more than 8 weeks old. Dangerous dog breeds are not allowed. Above all, do not visit a foreign port on the way.

Ventilation is the key. Clean up the mould. If there appears to be a location particularly susceptible (e.g. a cold location with little air flow, try painting with anti-condensation paint. When we bought our boat 30 years ago there was one such. After cleaning and painting the mould has never...

Lobster pot rope.

I append my reply to a similar question: If you do move on to Normandy or Brittany you should be aware of the new requirements for a Form variously called Preavis Police aux Frontieres or Preavis Douane - Immigration to be emailed to your port of arrival before you depart. It requires details of...

If you do move on to Normandy or Brittany you should be aware of the new requirements for a Form variously called Preavis Police aux Frontieres or Preavis Douane - Immigration to be emailed to your port of arrival before you depart. It requires details of your boat and crew for entry into the...

The behaviour of a GPS on rollover depends on the software, i.e. basically the manufacturer. On the first rollover my GPS slowly lost satellites as they disappeared over the horizon (as per usual) but was failing to find replacements. A neighbour on a pontoon at L'Abervrac'h suggested that it...

Plastimo Galvanised Anchor Connector is said to be suitable for use with articulated shank anchors - like CQR. I notice some people are using Maillon Rapide Chain Link to connect to their anchor. These are available in all sizes up to impossibly big.

My spectacles and the spare pair both have lanyards for hanging round my neck, where they normally are when in the cockpit. If I venture out of the cockpit they will be placed on the passage plan adjacent to the compass or on the other side of the companionway.

The vast population of this earth, and indeed nations themselves, may readily be divided into three groups. There are the few who make things happen, the many more who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every human being is born into this third...

On a Garmin GPS.

A few years ago I found a way of printing a list of GPS waypoints in each of a list of routes. Unfortunately it was so easy that when recently I wanted to repeat the exercise I could not remember how it was done. Having spent many hours searching the internet I have had to give up. If anyone has...

I aim to get the anti-fouling, etc done in April, then have a shakedown cruise to Diélette for 3 days. It is usually an idyllic 5 hour trip as Guernsey and Sark protect from the westerly swells.

What the OP's son, and another couple of posters, may have been referring to is the possibility of the earth's magnetic field flipping, i.e. reversing north and south. This happens on average about once every 200,000 years. The process takes about 1,000 years and during that period the earth...

One recalls the accident eleven years ago when the Condor Vitesse travelling at 40 knots in thick fog collided with a French fishing boat, killing its captain. The Condor crew were just not paying attention.

As I said in the original post, the (sideways) movement may have been due to the water I was in. But it makes little difference to the peculiarity.