Recent content by Keef

Pm sent. Might be able to help you out.

Sad that there was so much damage caused. I've sailed out of Holyhead ( as first mate on a delivery trip) and it is a pretty run down place. If I had a boat of my own I'd be nervous about keeping it in such an exposed location. The staff at the Marina who I met were lovely, but the whole area is...

Sorry I missed an apostrophe in the thread title. If a mod could step in it would be much appreciated.

Hi guys and gals, I was talking about this with a friend and colleague earlier. I guess figuring out all the numbers-logistics would take a long time (must be a PHD in there for someone), but given the UK's huge tides we could surely generate most of our energy needs with just tide? Obviously...

The main reason that schools and hospitals (most EU immigrants are fit and healthy and came here to work) are under such strain is all the Tory austerity.

Hi Comrade I may well be interested. Not problem with nightwatch, nightwatch is my favourite. PM further details if the position is still open. Regards Keef

I've not read it so I'll possibly watch the film first. I prefer books to films anyway. I loved the book 'Life of Pi', very sinister, beautiful and clever. The film was IMHO stupid, with some decent special effects. The only book-based films that can really stand up to written are when they...

I was out on my bike today. The wind is hardcore around here. I was only doing 25mph on a steep hill and it felt like I was doing 70. Be careful, and don't get hurt.

This is where I have been going wrong all these years? I thought it was mandatory to have a bear on board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNuPxAp1V9A Sorry to make this thread even dafter than it was before. I couldn't help myself

Sorry Serin. I think Jumbleduck and myself were being a little facetious. To get back to the thread I imagine a good tool that is compact like a Leatherman or Swiss Army Knife, some decent fishing gear would be good if you got into a spot of bother at sea. You would really want the ultimate grab...

I'm very sorry to hear that, and offer my condolences. I still find it hard to believe that sleeping bags had anything to do with it.

Crikey! Sleeping bags sound almost as dangerous as Dihydrogen Monoxide. http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html DHMO is a leading cause of death in people who like to go out and about on boats. In almost all professional or amateur sailors' deaths, DHMO is a major component.

Uke is different to Mandolin. A Uke is traditionally tuned GCEA- though people do use alternative tunings in the same way that guitar has different tunings, a Mandolin is just like a violin GDAE. Altered 4ths for the former and pure 5ths for the latter. I can play mandolin, but I might buy a...

Sugar Kane, very funny. I just read a couple of posts on your blog, and they're very entertaining. If you're not a professional writer you should be, as your writing is far more entertaining than 99% of articles in sailing mags. I'd like to go sailing with you sometime. I love dogs (and most...

That sounds like the area where I live at the moment. Daily Mail Country! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBumQHPAeU WARNING: RUDE LANGUAGE ALERT. I'm not a commie, but if Cameron and his cohorts carry on like this for much longer, I'll become one.