Recent content by Jon Stacey

There's 8 minutes difference to Plymouth Devonport times for the Yealm. If you follow the route on the signs and it's springs you will have no problems. Whether Billy will actually be at the Yealm ferry is definitely more of a challenge than the Erme crossing!

Went through recently in a Shrimper at low water with the Garmin on max zoom and eyes peeled. We as pretty twisty channel at that state of tide but we went through with the centreboard down. Like you, I've only seen a couple of bigger boats do it but, given the recent experience definitely think...

Surfline actually bought MSW in 2015 but I couldn't agree more. Windy is different but pretty good - you can change the model to look at wind, waves etc

There are plenty of landing places around the Yealm and the walk from Wembury to the ferry steps on the Pool is probably 20 minutes of lovely coastline - easy pick up from the steps. If you have a look at the search for Wembury waves you will see that while it could easily be tenable in flat...

It depends on what you're trying to access it on and in what conditions - loads of kayaks and paddleboards during flat periods but it carries a lot of swell in from the prevailing SW and, as one of the local surfing beaches you can imagine what that means. You can get in and pick up in a rib but...

I didn't know what the remedial works were. So there's probably a survey too you could "discuss" to get a guide. The 345 is a lot of boat.

Is this the same 345 that was for sale in Guernsey a year ago, was then advertised and "sold" in Torquay and is now having remedial works and will be then back on the market?

We bought one in 2018 so original one. We have had no issues and would not go back to petrol. Amazingly quiet, great range for us using around the river and along the coast, my daughter and wife have no qualms about using it unlike petrol outboard.

We've had an ePropulsion Sprit 1.0 for two years. We looked at this and the Torqeedo but choose the eProp because of the sound - they're both quiet but the Torqeedo has a whine because it works on a reduction gearbox (I think) small prop spinning fast where as the eProp has a bigger prop which...

Thanks Jamie, I saw a video of that online called Speedy Purge from the pump manufacturer Pompe LS and agree that would save a lot of mucking about. Trouble is my boat is in the middle of the river...

As suggested. Thanks. Now just need to get hoses and fittings, fluid and bleed! I say just...

Thanks, will check this afternoon.

There are some pretty substanitial rocks around between Wembury ledge and the Mew Stone and then the Inner and Outer Slimers are pretty horrid too. There is definitely anchoring outside the bar to the west on sand and then weedy rocks. It's fine when it's flat but...

Just been out and having left the mooring realised that the steering was ridiculously light and had to be really careful how we got back on the mooring - found that one of the hydraulic hoses to the outboard (Suzuki DF150) had perished where it bends towards the cylinder and was leaking...

There were probably 30 yachts there this lunchtime along with a number of motorboats of various sizes. It does get pretty crowded and Doug is right, you're better off behind the bar but there is good sand holding right across the back of the bar but it does get more exposed to the easterly teh...