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Can a stainless steel turnbuckle like this seize, please? It's only 4½ years old. I have to inspect and, no doubt, replace my...

If I'm correctly interpreting OP's comment, the joke is that you should, yes.

Wikipedia claims that the wings have aerodynamics which pull downwards, increasing righting movement.

If everything else is right about it, don't worry about the keel - presumably the keel works, the technical details are irrelevant...

Excuse me. I think it used to be a little cheaper, like 10% or 20%, than MDL Queen Anne's Battery and others on that side of the water?

Yeah, I mentioned that in my 2022 comment that I linked before. Message 27 is transmitted every 3 minutes, but the 3 minute countdown...

Carbeile Wharf also has the same owners, apparently.

Dartmouth and Salcombe are lovely, but also kinda small. Someone else suggested the Fal, where I haven't been, but Plymouth might also...

I'm not sure they make 'em like that anymore. I'm sure I've seen numerous complaints on here about the aluminium casings and stainless...

Surely just a bad connection at one end or the other - inspect and wiggle the connectors thoroughly. If that doesn't show anything...

Any decent Car Factors ......

I think the increase is less significant when expressed in dB though? And dB reflects the actual strength of sigma that can be...

I think B may be received, but message 27 and specific radio channels were added to B+ (and maybe to A?) to ensure satellite reception...

A satellite 1000km above the earth's surface has a fairly big footprint - a message sent from a ship at the nearest edge of this...

B+ also does Space AIS, so your track is being recorded when you're mad offshore or mid-ocean. I assume it'll be picked up by Marine...