Recent content by johnt

from Grimsby up its easy I did it in one leg single handed Lowestoft to Grimsby can be a bit of a problem at this time of year tho too many northerlies Portsmouth to Lowestoft is an easy one ..with a call in to pick up liquid supplies in France Fecamp maybe?

only if its black, round and flat .nm <hr width=100% size=1>

If you mean Marine Power at Bursledon ..I wouldnt buy it from them they tried to charge me VAT on a YANMAR manual, even tho' books are zero rated! <hr width=100% size=1>

I can comment on single handing a Trapper 500 Its no big deal once you get to know the boat, I've s/handed from northern Holland to Hartlepool by way of Chichester and Dartmouth with several cross channel trips thrown in. Roller reefing headsail and an autohelm are all thats needed...and just...

Hmm, so boatless, you have another bad case of B B B do you ..and if you are in a position that you desperately need 2 bilge pumps.........shouldnt you be getting the life raft out 'cos all the pumps you have arent going to help A 30 mm hole will fill a 38ft yacht faster than any normal...

I note that no-one has mentioned compass deflection by stray magnetic sources! my A/H works fine... except when I pass pass over a wreck ! I became very aware of this problem some years ago when on passage from Carenten to St Vaast.......lots of wrecks, several deviations and a complete 180...

why do you need a Y junction ? I fitted mine straight on to the end of the manual pump pipe with 2X90 bends to step down into the bilge just like a strum box ..it works perfectly ! BTW: why does water flow better in a smooth pipe than a corrugated one ? for the same reason that air...

all this kerfuffle about changing a halyard!!!!! doesnt anyone stitch loops in to the bitter end of halyards any more Takes about 3 mins per halyard when new, stitch loop through halyard end 2/3 times with whipping twine, make a short whipped end and lock off. To use just tie a light line...

I agree with Steve about being there when she grounds ...and I find that my weight is just enough if Im sitting on the side of the coachroof when she grounds (Trapper 500) <hr width=100% size=1>

Its a lot easier to put the electric pump onto the end of your normal bilge line and discharge through the manual bilge pump ,....no extra holes and it works perfectly! and under the rail is the wrong place to put it ....you reduce the output by converting FLOW to LIFT ! <hr width=100% size=1>

Perhaps you have boatless ......... ...but to use the anology of heaving to!... well for a start the headsail is REDUCED and BACKED not stalled, and also you are pointing UPWIND ! so that anology is useless as we are talking at the very least a broad reach ...and you cant back a headsail...

yes I had noticed :-) .....but then, I wouldnt fancy trying to bag a hardened in chute either! <hr width=100% size=1>

I should think not ............fancy trying to snuff a hardened in asymetrical spinnaker <hr width=100% size=1>

130 degree reach? ................oh... you mean a broad reach! nahhh ....im not going to oversheet a cruising chute at that angle .. it leaves the sail drum tight and difficult to get down, Ill just let it fly I think, same as I do me genny when I want that down " dead downwind, use...

"Hoist it in the lee of the genoa/jib with the sheet tight"........... OOOOHHHHHH can I watch.. can I ...can I hoist in the lea of the MAIN ...slack... then drop your genny and set your chute or drop genny b4 hoisting but with snuffer, hoist chute, tack down to bow (loosely, it needs...