Recent content by Joker

I have one of these from eBay, and it's worked very well so far. I've been using it with Open CPN, but having reinstalled the program, I've lost the settings for the device. If anyone has them to hand, I would be very grateful for them.

I think my solution is going to have to be to have the boat trucked to Cherbourg, put ashore there, and use a delivery crew to bring it back. Tedious.

I have a boat sitting on a trailer in Dieppe. The French customs are not allowing it to travel to the UK without some form of customs form. The lorry driver seems a little vague on this issue. He thinks I need to fill in some form in the UK, but I have tried in vain to find out what. Meanwhile...

Thanks for all your input. Most helpful.

Can anyone recommend a rigger in Gosport [other than Jerry or Kiwi]?

Dinghy's gone -sorry. Only a cool box left.

1. An Avon dinghy, with accessories, not having been used in the past 10 years. 2. Two twelve volt call boxes with cigarette lighter type plugs. They probably use a lot of current, so not entirely suitable for mooring on buoys, but may be useful in harbour if you don't have a fridge. (Only one...

When the water begins to seem a little shallow, I summon a member of my crew, and send him forward with a lead line. 'By the mark, 5 fathoms,' he cries, and I know I am safe.

I dropped Saga when they charged an outrageous sum when I changed cars. I told at the time that they had lost a customer for good, and I haven't been back.

I've posted this before, but here goes:

The first seagoing boat I ever had was a Virgo Voyager. It had an outboard on the back with a petrol tank sitting in the cockpit. The major problem was that of range. The outboard/petrol tank combination was good for a few tens of miles, but not much more. Also, the idea of having a petrol can...

" get yourselfan EU country passport" Ummm .... how?

I have had a two bladed Radice folding propeller for 14 years. Almost certainly, it gives a great boost when sailing. However: at 2000 revs the boat, which is 30 foot long and quite slippery through the water, motors at about 4.7 knots. In reverse, it goes backwards very nicely and I can steer...

I have owned two Trapper 500s, and they were a delight.They were fin keel [and lead, rather than cast iron]. In the first of these, I managed to win the round the Island race. Not around the Isle of Wight, but instead, around Alderney. More by luck than anything else. If you are looking at a...