Recent content by JesseLoynes

Yes, that's us. Sorry for lack of info, but after a good few years on here, and a lot of friendly help from many people, I do my best not to splurge company branding all over the place.

We spent a couple of days there last year, and seriously impressed. As others have said, it's huge, but I was really impressed by the complete lack of wicker furniture, knife sharpeners and and "wonder" polishes that have proliferated around London and Southampton in recent years. Dusseldorf...

This one is an early test sail, first time playing with the asymmetric, and it was just a great day on the water. I'm lucky to have a couple of pro photographer buddies, and Toby Adamson came along for a sail and took some shots as well. This one was obviously never my boat, but I did have a...

Yep, definitely worth the visit, and definitely need 2 days (or more). We went last year, and we were just astonished at the size and content. There was no one selling knife sharpeners, bean bags or the latest garden furniture, and that gives it a different atmosphere to the "day out...

With a quick read through, I'm not sure anyone actually mentioned the variety of depth depending on how close to the marks you are. It's not a simple "U" or "V" shaped channel into the harbour. We draw 1.8m, and I've nosed my way in at low tide on a spring, and about turned when it's read less...

Okay, "Classic and Wooden Boats" Playing it safe to start with, she's 67 years old now, so should be acceptable. Sadly doesn't get much use now... ... because I became rather busy helping build this one: And that in turn inspired the build of this one: She's the same length and breadth...

She's still around, and still white, and very well maintained.

As this is "How do you define wooden?" as opposed to "How do you define classic?", I'd say anything where the majority of the structure is timber, be it ply or "solid" timber. Arguing against ply is ridiculous. We've been laminating timber to increase it's strength around curves and across...

Well, I saw this thread, and thought I should help answer a couple of the questions. As a few have pointed out, the Arbor is not a logical buy for someone looking for the most practical or largest boat for their money. That's absolutely fair, and perfectly reasonable. That being said, if...

Nope, it's for the new boat developed from CS. The bob stay on CS had the outer cover on the line so it gripped much better. I had another look at my knots, and actually I'm pretty sure it's creep I am dealing with here, not slippage in the knots. I'll re-tie it with load again, and see what...

Hi folks, Hoping someone here can help. I have a dyneema bobstay, which seems to loosen however I tie it. The line is only the core of the dyneema, with none of the grippy outer weave. There is a loop spliced through an eye in the bow, and then a single line from the end of the bowsprit. Last...

Try Shaun at Fabtech http://www.fabtech.co.uk/ Good folks, and excellent welding. Very happy customer here.

I haven't seen many boats in there... You'll only get a couple of metres of water at the very most on a high spring, and there are enough channels and streams in there to mean it would be tricky to dry out on a nice firm flat bit. Why would you like to try? And in what sort of boat? Guess you...

And Demon Yachts are worth a mention too... Demon Yachts www.demonyachts.co.uk

You haven't got any "a"'s on the list, so can I jump up and down and ask you to add: Arbor Yachts Ltd. www.arboryachts.co.uk. Based in Chichester Harbour and launching our first yacht at the end of the month. :-D