Recent content by janetp

Hung on pop bobber June 2001 we were sailing Grande Greve to St Peter Port across the spring tide. Log reads.................................................. Half way across Big Russel it started to rain. We were broad reaching at 7 - 7.5 knots and passing a bobber to starboard were brought...

Re: French Customs - Don\'t Panic Regularly travelling between CI & French coasts over the years we have found that friendly respect for their position is reciprocated. All they have ever been concerned with are boat registration details & nos. of people on board and their passports - which...

It\'s all in the mind Don't you think we tend to look back wearing our tinted specs and conveniently gloss over the grot..... We used what was available and did what was possible years ago: is that not what we're still doing today?? How lucky we are to have such a choice of products to take...

I don't recomend Vigo - not very friendly capitainerie and not much room for visitors(got the feeling they didn't encourage them) If you're put in the normal visitor place bows or stern to on the outer marina wall, security may be a problem if leaving boat for a few weeks. (Ideal if you need...

Baie de Morlaix & area anchorages We regularly anchor in this area when westward bound and eastward returning - it saves time and tide v. going up river to Morlaix. Anchor off Penn Lann - avoiding large buoy which is used by dredger. There are three white buoys tucked around headland - but...

Check seals and inner frame for minute salt crystals/dirt. We have experienced leaking probs after hatches are washed by heavy seas. Even the smallest grain of salt or dirt seems to cause subsequent leaks. Try regularly wiping seal and hatch inner frame with clean damp cloth.

After checking that the connecting valve between the two tanks is open, from experience with our similar set up on a Westerly - after first tank is full it clangs and water & air bubbles slop out of filler hole - the trick is to then reduce flow to a slow trickle and wait until the 2nd tank clangs!!

When we purchased our 1992 boat 4 years ago we found the Roller Reef system hard to operate and we experienced just about all the traumas possible in the worst conditions possible during our first season! We also identified friction as the major problem and after studying the manual and...