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    Out of comfort zone

    A lot of that resonates with me. I think Dinghy sailors are usually first class sailors and in high demand so I'm not at all surprised you were a very useful contributor. There really is no substitute for youth, as well. I'm also familiar with crew being way more relaxed about big wind and...
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    Sunken small yacht, Newton Creek IoW

    Yes, I think I have, you've obviously seen my house!
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    What's the difference between a gentle and moderate breeze?

    I'm convinced that for the last two or three years winds have consistently been at the top end or above forecast. I'm sure it used to be the other way round. It used to be a F4 forecast and I'd be suspecting there might be **** all, now a F4 forecast and I'm making the kids put their oilies on...
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    Sunken small yacht, Newton Creek IoW

    Personally, I don't think even that is deliberate, I think he just lives that way. ....but yes, he's responsible for many things, I just don't think he deliberately sank his boat.
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    Sunken small yacht, Newton Creek IoW

    Is there any evidence he dislikes Yotties? I've exchanged a few words with him one one occasion and he was perfectly friendly to me. I sensed no resentment at all. He kept the boat near me for a winter, kept himself to himself and caused no trouble for local boat owners (beyond the boat being a...
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    Sunken small yacht, Newton Creek IoW

    Seems unlikely - hard to see how he gains from this nightmare.
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    Small outboards..

    I assume because single handed you have "room" in the boat to row.
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    antifouling for mud berth

    That's where I am on this. I've just accepted I have to walk down and scrape a few times a year. Last year I didn't even antifoul, didn't seem to reduce the amount of scrubbing required. My problem is getting between the keels, I think in future I'll just suck it up, don a wetsuit and lie down...
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    antifouling for mud berth

    I'm on a drying mooring and after years of soft which never worked I've switched to hard which is definitely what the makers suggest. Too early to say if it works better. My berth isn't mud so there's no abrasion. I notice my hard AF bootline was always fairly clear of weed so I think hard works...
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    Another anchor question 😀

    I use a battered and worn copy Danforth which came with the boat. I've used a *lot* over 10 years. It seems fine in terms of holding. (Admittedly, as it happens, I seem to exclusively anchor on mud.) *However* this last Saturday, anchored off Pilsea Island, I pulled it up in the morning to find...
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    Hard Antifoul Between Tides.

    For anyone finding this thread with Google, I did this today and it worked fine. I'd got it into my head that Hard AF required much more careful prep than eroding AF. In fact, it seemed to me that the hard AF was 'stickier', and easy to use. Easier to stir too. A doddle to apply over one tide...
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    Yacht club burgee identification

    Google lens sorted it AFAIC. It's San Pedro YC. The match isn't perfect but the symbology (fishing rod and line over a wheel) and colours are correct. I'd guess someone made their own.
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    Pentland Firth Scrabster to Kirkwall - CCC tide guidance

    Assuming it's not a misprint are they saying a lengthy stop in between is essential? Or by 'mid channel' do they mean half way along the 15 miles, leaving you 7 miles to knock off in 50 minutes, which still seems a big ask. Neither of those seem very plausible, I'm bewildered and I was hoping...
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    Woman overboard drowned

    100% agree. The *only* reason I wear a LJ is to keep my airway out of the water, unconscious, in oilies and winter clothes. If it doesn't do that, or if it needs to be *very* tight to do that, I want to know. The MAIB shouldn't have glossed over that or the other issues people are hinting at...
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    Woman overboard drowned

    Nothing in the report AFAIK but surely it's not controversial to say Oilies are a serious hindrance in the water and dinghy gear is so well suited to the water that going into the water is unremarkable and almost never fatal. (Which isn't to say she was wearing the wrong gear for the sport -...
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