Recent content by Jonny A

Hi everyone, I'm about to dive back into doing celestial navigation after a 25 year break, and am looking for some suggestions for sight reduction tables. I remember previously using a single volume, one of the ones for Air Navigation, which I always found very easy to use and covered a large...

Check the halyards have a clear run through the masthead pulleys with nothing getting close to chafing them.

Yes it can. I used to race on a boat, regular winner, mast had broken just above the spreaders and been repaired.

I use generic white marine grease and mine never leak a single drop.

Yes, I have the Pacific Light and if so I'm happy to be corrected.

You may well be right, but I would still check what you intend to do with Peter. In my experience he is very quick and helpful in answering any emails.

I've had mine for a year, and as an engineer myself, the standard of design and manufacture is very high. It took me a little experimentation to get the best out of it, but quickly found it to be reliable and accurate.

As far as I know, Peter at Windpilot specifically warns against using a tillerpilot acting directly onto a Windpilot, as it isn't designed to take the loads. If you haven't already, I would talk to him about your plans first.

My insurance company is 'encouraging' me to have my gas installation inspected by a certified engineer, can anyone recommend an engineer that covers Poole, please?

I love her deeply, she is the apple of my eye! OK so she's not in her first flush of youth, in fact she's an older woman (by a single year). But each year I make her just that little bit better and she's well worth the time and money.

Thanks Monty

Going Canaries - Caribbean I was forced by southerly (!) winds to start heading almost due west several days earlier than I wanted... at that point the great circle route did still matter.

Welcome!

Thanks for all the Pants suggestions, which lead to a follow-up question, can anyone suggest an inexpensive (hah!) valuation surveyor in or around Poole?

I'm looking to cover UK coastal waters and northern France, possibly Biscay down to Coruna if the forecast is good and I'm feeling brave. I have wind vane and electric steering, AIS, liferaft and two forms of GPS navigation.