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Which really is no joke. I carry mobile and VHF round my neck on lanyards if I'm somewhere a bit lonely single handed and it's a massive...

Agree. We talked about this in detail recently and there is little hope a PLB will be quick enough because of the necesary process to...

Where did the boat end up?

I've also given up on antifoul. I scrub a couple of times a season which I was having to do anyway. A scrub is a fraction of the time...

I've certainly read that in a RTW sailing memoir and I've read a couple of RKJ's accounts so I'd say yes, unless someone else did it...

Went today, ordered some new Raymarine instruments at a good price, talked to Nanni who were very helpful (Peachment are just down the...

"I can't help thinking not so much 'how accurate the rule of 12ths is?' but what an anachronistic lot we really are. " The older I...

I've not come across the Rule of Tenths before. I found a write up at https://classicsailor.com/2018/04/rule-of-tenths/

Hi all. Reupping this because Bob is on his way today! Last time I checked he was doing 16 knots or so and approaching 🇬🇧 coast. Another...

I’m not talking about sailing into a foreign marina - I’m talking about the U.K. (Foreign Hotels often copy passports etc - something...

If he is aiming for the beach then it would take a pretty clued up deck chair attendant to refuse him entry ;)

There is in reality no such restriction which is a well as a gardener and assistant builder I carry tools up and down streets by day and...

Try walking up to an angry man with a sword and report back.

Bad news for you...head gaskets are stainless sheet and reusable on this model

Exhaust valve stems get varbon build up on the stems, causing the ex valve to stick which breaks or throws off the pushrod....very...