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Och Bilgediver,, my humble apologies and thank you for correcting my erroneous ways. I guess this also rules out using a plumb line to hang the wife with. Soddit

Thank you all for your kind input. So it's wet finger out the porthole and boy on front with plumb line It's not overly critical as I generally give a wide margin of error with a draft of 1.4m. However, I was suprised to see 300mm difference on heights.

Afternoon Folks In checking some tide times on Easy Tide for Tobermory - Easy Tide - Tobermory I then came across another website giving tide predicitons (www.pol.ac.uk) so punched for Tobermory again and got - POL ac.uk - Tobermory They are different. You may or may not argue they...

I too am hoping to spend time on the west Scottish coast (predominantly Isle of Mull) and having internet access is a priority to get sorted. This GPRS seems to be adequate for what I need, though at 50kb it'd have to get used some to download 5Gb

Re: Carry on Boating - I don\'t think so! It looks like I may be spending a couple of years living on my boat as from this summer, so - "An allowance for domestic use will be permitted". I would hazard a guess that my heating useage will be about 90% of fuel used. Somehow, I can't see a...

Mustard powder,, plain ole Colemans will do. Well it works after gutting and skinning rabbits etc.

Apart from being colder and the seas rougher in winter months, would a trip, Scottish coast, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland be viable? Oh, and the icebergs

Think your'll find Series II/III Landies and some early Disco's were rated to tow 4000kg. I can't recomend the Series for that kind of weight when fitted all round with drums as it used to get a bit precarious !! Jap stuff has never been good for towing.

Is that a full displacement hull on pic no.1 ?

http://www.marlowropes.com/cordage/yachting/downloads/splicing_document.pdf Hope it throws some light

Also check your insurance. Quite often, the value of what ever is on the trailer and the trailer itself, aren't covered on the average policy. Usually, a quick call to your broker is all that's required to arrnage it and give them a max. value of what is being trailored.

Hope to catch you for a mo then. Regards

Hi Paul, Glad you had an interesting trip to and fro from LIBS and you're now back at Emsworth. I have to reflect what you say about the Trader staff (and owners) in how helpful they have been. We are relative newbies to this and are having to learn fast. James especially, as he has been...

I'm no motor engine expert, so please don't take what I say as anything other than one mans opinion. Petrol engines are inherenly more complex, especially the ignition side of things. Diesels on the other hand tend to be more agricultural thus simpler. Whatever over stressing from obtaining...

Thx Mike, Going to view an Avon 345 this weekend and having considered the points above, will go the two craft route (Little and Large). I'm having built a rear sundeck roof for the Trader and feel there will be ample room up top for stowage of 'Large' although still need to figure out the...