Recent content by Lightwave395

I'm 80% through refurbishing a Lark, never actually sailed one but I crewed in 505's for a guy who had been National champ a few times. It looks like it will be a bit of spritely fun with grandchildren this year, It's a Parker GRP boat, was cheap to buy and with the mods to bring it up to date...

The whole of Cowes high street was submerged last night, my OH is currently working down in a charity shop helping to clean up. Power cut affects businesses on flood-hit high street

That's the one I bought, the screws on the bottom of the pump didn't line up properly with the base and I couldn't stop it leaking...

It's good stuff at a sensible price, I've used it on chips and cracks to repair the off white coloured gelcoat on a Lark dinghy I'm refurbing, mixed with a tiny bit of cream pigment it's a very good colour match

Jotun, much cheaper than gelshield and every bit as good

This is a Lewmar large custom portlight / opening window, it looks much like those as used in various Hanses, possibly others with 'eyebrow' type recessed opening portlights I bought this hoping to replace one of my fixed windows to give a decent sized opening above the galley but I can’t do...

There's a rumour - no more than that - allegedly originating from locals connected with the ferry, that the current nightmare was actually not built to the 'spec' but that there happened to be a new one kicking around that was modified somehow and lumped onto the island, assumingly as a 'special...

There seem to have been quite a few of these problems with cats / tri's over the past years

I'm in a similar dilemma, I find my 2.6m tender is a bit tight for 2 people with a weeks supplies to reach the boat (old Mailspeed 265 (?) with slatted wood floor), yet the 3.3hp outboatrd is almost overkill. The boatyrad racks are 1.5M wide, I'm thinkig of going up a bit to 2.9M so it's heavy

This must stay away from any EV thread... AMERICA'S CUP. A fire broke out last Friday in Barcelona aboard Athena, one of the two AC40s in the Ineos Britannia challenge, following an electrical incident with the lithium battery.

Easily available on the Isle of Wight, generally £35 - £40, which doesn't help much if you've run out in Ireland...

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Mercury 3.3hp short shaft outboard for sale, good condition, runs well, forward and neutral gears - note the tiller handle repair... Serviced whilst in use, it has been owned by me since new in 1998 and hardly used more than a few hours in some years, but unused in most. Always run through...

I've had three balsa cored boats, including my current 34 year old one. I've found there are some surveyors out there that don't seem to understand the build type. I have the hull of my current boat surveyed every 5 or 6 years just for reference, it's always had a small amount of damp but both...

After 19 years, I love my boat still, despite the time and money spent which I long ago stopped counting. We've gone from solo and double handed racing to the past 10 years cruising, she's perhaps not the ideal cruiser but she is fast, safe, comfortable and still easily handled by two crew - 76...