Recent content by JonA

Bowsprit traveler .

Thank you- I would find any information interesting. and add to my understanding. Having looked again at some of the writeups , I think some are a bit misleading about who was below deck, but I guess it was only me that knows. I did not know exactly what happened that led up to the sinking of...

I can only say what I remember and what I was told. It was a dark warm august night, calm sea and not much wind. 50 years ago there were very few boats on that part of the sea. It was around midnight but I am sure the Mayday was sent after midnight so the incident is dated 26th August. As I...

The trawler crew were taken to court a long time later. I do not remember what happened to the trawler skipper and crew but thought they did not get much of a sentence (perhaps six months). It was change of watch so there were 5 on deck and four below deck when Nicollete was rammed. As cruise...

Was she in Salcombe in the early 60s, Chinese lug rigged? Jonathan

I think this might be a Tops'l sheet bend. Jonathan

Unpasteurised milk, very dangerous full of TB and brucellosis, although I was brought up on it. At the age of 11-13 I would work all the Easter holidays harrowing barley in on a fergy 20 to earn an Arthur Ransome book. Father must have been tight. Jonathan

Can you hear a radio in a series Land-Rover?

As far as I remember "Winwilloe of Portlemouth"was owned by Sir Harry Jeffcott who owned a holiday house and a farm at E Portlemouth. The church at E Portlemouth is dedicated to St Winwolloe. Sir Harry was something to do with Glaxos. Joathan

We had a tractor tube with an ovol shaped piece of wood with holes about 9 inches apart all around the edge. This was tied inside the tube, with sisal baler cord (biodegradable), as a floor and pulled the tube into a basic boat shape. Best beach toy we ever had. Jonathan

This is nothing new I'm afraid. I resigned many years ago as what was then called auxillary-in-charge over a poor management issue. Jonathan

Provi is pretty well balanced but is under canvassed, in a couple of years as mate (one full season and lots of bits) we never reefed. Have sailed in F8, just down main tops'l (mizzen tops'l goes earlier). She is reputed to have lost some sail area when converted to a yacht. Not always a bad...

Gulliver's travels, latest remake.

Re: Where\'s this? Roscoff. The landing for the Isle de Batz ferry. Jonathan