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How about a Halycon 27? Similar to a Contessa, but a bit more roomy. You could probably pick up a Twister for that price, if you were prepared to do some cosmetic work.

Yep, it should be longer than a spinny pole. You really want the genny held perpendicular to the boat, so that it presents as much area to the wind as possible (In reality, not quite perpendicular for stability). So even for a non-overlapping jib you want a pole that's significantly longer than...

Where do you fly from?

Sounds like a Canadian canoe would be ideal. Something like: http://www.carlislecanoes.co.uk/prices1c.htm They're much lighter to move around than a duck punt, very stable (most are deigned for Scouts/ families with young kids and so on. Can normally be picked up second hand very cheap - look...

Hope you're feeling wealthy - even an old punt in bad condition sells for several thousand. You could try contacting Scudamores (01223 359750) and the Granta punt hire company (01223 301845) - they're the two main punt hire setups in Cambridge. Contacting Trinity College may also be worth a...

<Sorry, but any country who’s people have little or no common sense and who's judges can rule against a motor-home manufacturer, because some complete idiot, whilst driving one, put the cruise control on and went back to make a coffee or something....obviously it crashed! as anyone with an ounce...

I think he meant the other Yarmouth.

Well, thats OK then. Because 114 degrees is aceptable? Don't think I'll be buying a Catalina (or even sailing one anywhere other than on the local boating lake).

Plenty of anchorages in Denmark - I typically anchored 4 nights out of 5. Sweden has endless anchorages in the archipelagoes, but not many elsewhere. However, the Marinas are relatively cheap, especially if you choose the smaller ones. In both Denmark and Sweden there are free publications...

Like you, I've seen divers surface a long way from their boat, and on a couple of occasions got on the radio to call the dive boat over. I've never understood why divers don't carry some sort of waterproof smoke flare to attract the boat - such a thing should be easy enough to manufacture, and...

Have you seen this? http://www.btinternet.com/~stella.association/index.html

Most the companies making plastic tenders seem to advertise in PBO - probably worth having a flick through a copy, if you haven't already.

I left my boat at Roomassare Saddam near Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. Its a small harbour with excellent facilities, and two very helpful harbourmasters who speak excellent English. The harbour staff carried out the whole laying up process for me, and the boat was in...

Re: Well maybe Reading the website for the Virgin Flyer, they've spent huge amounts of money on research, the aircraft's built out of exotic composites, but (quote) "Steve will need to sit on cushions as the seat isn't high enough". Can't they make him a new seat that fits?

Re: Now it\'s... The "captains" of many of our warships are Lieutenant Commanders, so its pretty high up.