Recent content by mainsail1

I don't understand why you want to go 60nm offshore with all the extra risks that entails. The risk from Orcas is minimal at this time of year in that area. They are happily chewing rudders much farther South. Anyway, even if there is a small risk I would take it (as I did 2 years ago) and have...

Many thanks for all the advice.

I paid Hamble Yacht Services.

Hamble yacht services did a lot of work on my boat in late 2019/early 2020. I am afraid I was not impressed with quite a lot of it. In the course of the work they became Ancaster Yacht Services and I do not have a good word for Ancaster who refused to fix the renewed copper coat which had...

Anyone had problems with Flexiteek? My deck was laid with Flexiteek by Hamble Yacht Services in early 2020. Some bubbles appeared within a year and the number of bubbles has become quite large now. Recently I have also noticed small cracks appearing in the surface. Contact with Flexiteek has...

Have a look at the date the video was posted. Much nearer Springs than you might think.

If the marina has insurance....does it not cover this type of damage?? If so why not claim on your insurance and leave the arguing to others?

Apologies

Oh dear, please say I am not the only one who has lost interest already?

Looking at the seat of the fire I am not so sure this is arson but I don't have all the facts. I wonder if he had any Acetone onboard? Rags contaminated with Acetone can easily self ignite and have caused fires on boats in the past.

Jeez, not worth it. Build a new one!

Well, I tried mine and took it back. It might work for you but not for me.

On the Raymarine Element series, beware! There is no backlighting for keypad etc. Useless on a dark night unless you have cabin lighting on.

To me To me, that is great news. I don't want the seas around the UK industrialised any more. Simples...

Don't get me started on wind farms or oil rigs. The difference is that you can navigate through them but this seaweed farm will have thousands of buoys (press report) so the entire area is a no go for others to enjoy or use.