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    johnalison replied to the thread Pilotage Done Properly.
    I was unaware that there was a significant group preferring course-up, which to me seems far from my previous chart-work. On my old B&W...
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    johnalison replied to the thread Ferry Boat Inn , Felixstowe.
    It’s a good while since I’ve been there, but the Railway Arms in Brightlingsea doesn’t/didn’t sell food, just its own-brewed beer. It...
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    johnalison replied to the thread Pilotage Done Properly.
    I used to put my plotter onto head-up occasionally just to wind up my wife. Although appropriate in a car, I find it unusable on board.
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    johnalison reacted to wonkywinch's post in the thread Pilotage Done Properly with Like Like.
    I'm a big believer that interaction with the real world (3D space, taste & feel) has been trashed for more than a generation or two when...
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    johnalison replied to the thread Pilotage Done Properly.
    I think that the trouble is that some people just don’t have the ability to create a mental map and have to deal with things in a more...
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    johnalison replied to the thread Proa Sea trials.
    The only proa I have seen was the one built at Brightlingsea for a speed record attempt in the early ‘70s. I think it may have been...
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    johnalison replied to the thread Pilotage Done Properly.
    I did flip through the article and put it into “something to read if I get laid up with ‘flu” category. I think that it does no harm for...
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    johnalison reacted to steve yates's post in the thread UK circum capable <27ft yacht? with Like Like.
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