Recent content by Gwylan

Stock up with booze too! Generally much more expensive than UK.

Carefully and remembering to attach a line before launching.

No, it's the old Whitworth standard. The Imperial ones were made in blue.

Water maker suggestions may be right. Have you got a filter in your fresh water system? Looks like the spanner for changing it.

Carried two and was prepared to use it. Never came to that though just took it out of the wrapper to see what it was like. Why two? Well I'm that sort of a sailor. Also something else for the kit - suppositories and pain killer suppositories. Trust me they are a good idea

A couple of these. Worst case, but the ability to immobilise a break will be very welcome. HypaGuard Flexible Emergency Splint | First Aid Online In French pharmacies there is a diahorrea treatment that also contains a small amount of opium. It works beautifully, dealing with the pain...

Bit more than "tighten" the shrouds. What tension have they put in the shrouds? Is the mast set properly? Vertically relative to port and starboard and fore and aft angle relevant for your boat.

Several years enjoying the Netherlands experience taught us several things. Relevant here is the coloured board that was somewhere on your pontoon. Red on one side, green on the other. If you were going for a day sail you left the red side showing. If you were going for longer you turned it...

Well done!

Kent is overwhelmed with peers, All mincing about in their burgundy cords and racy slip on boat shoes. Then there are the Captain Corelli mob, or have I got the name wrong. Regulars up and down the High Street up the Creek. Seems to be a shortage of matelots offering a bit of rough.... why is...

I bought one because it was the right price. Great fun. You have to like being near the action. Get a good set of waterproofs. Sort of dinghy sailing with a bed and a loo.

Well, been there, done that, got a dirty boiler suit. We got the hull soda stripped. Let the boat stand. Then when typical daytime temperature (important) was above 10c we went for it. And no rain! 2 coats of epoxy and another week standing around waiting. Rinse off with acetone on cloth. Do...

Yes, the Old Harbour. Well we were there in a 7m and 11m bilge keelers. Didn't dry out. Jack Sound is OK. Just have to do the sums. Seems that the boat involved is a motor boat so that's a bit easier.

No walk ashore? Were visitor moorings in Lower Fishguard. Can also anchor comfortably off Lower Fishguard. Could take a chance there on the wall or raft up against something. We were interviewed by the authorities after arriving in the dark. Locals thought we were up to no good. Dale is a...

It's on the guff that used to come with the registration. Also the seagull site does them correctly. At the same time add your home port. That keeps foreign jobsworth happy. Even prior to BREXIT they thought it meant something important. You may wonder how a brush with the Belgian authorities...