Recent content by martinb

I do not know about photography, but that headsail looks a bit baggy. Seriously though, it sounds like a great boat to sail and if IPC need a second opinion I would love the opportunity!

Is the Honda 2.3 not an air cooled engine and therefore what are you flushing? Cheers, Martin

Great, how much do you want for it? Cheers, Martin

I am after a cheap seagull outboard, non runner considered, in the River Hamble area. Cheers, Martin

Twister - undoubtedly the best yacht ever built, in my unbiased opinion. Picture coming of keel - proper job, encapsulated, 2 tons of lead, nothing to fall off. Close to a 50% ballast ratio, not worth calculating the STIX, it'll be higher than almost anything else built in the last 30 years...

I have a wet suit and a dry suit, what I don't have is time, I seem to be racing every weekend and working every hour in between. I did look at Andark's site and they wanted £140. Martin

I have been using RS Divers this year and can recommend their service, although it cost me £270 for three scrubs, but very pleased with the service. Martin

The shallow fin will not go to windward as well as the standard keel, so if you plan to do any racing or if windward performance is important to you then go for the standard keel. These are great boats that sail really well with the standard keel, I think that it would be a shame to compromise...

Hi, I have just started single handed racing and have a single handed race tomorrow. I can hoist and drop the spinny ok, but I have yet to try gybing in anything more than very light winds. I take the bag further forward than you and hoist in the lee of the genoa, I suspect that you will have...

It is a pouting, they are not great eating but better than going hungry! They taste ok but lack the texture of better eating fish but are good if gently cooked or fishcakes. Martin

The Bombard story, a great read. Martin

I always forget and then spend the first half hour of my next trip, the motor up the Hamble, staring expectantly at the log waiting for the paddle wheel to free itself. Then follows the ritual of passing over the helm to my wife whilst I go below, returning a few minutes later wet and saying 'I...

I have one with no patches but it is leaking around one valve, so I guess it needs the valve replacing. Based on river hamble if you are interested. Martin

Wrong! As a general rule the tapping size hole for a metric thread = the size - the pitch therefore M6 coarse = M6 x 1 therefore tapping size = 6 - 1 = 5. M5 coarse = M5 x 0.8, tapping size = 5 - 0.8 = 4.2, M20 fine = M20 x 1.5, tapping size = 18.5 etc, etc. Martin

The transducer did work, I am changing from Navman because the Navman depth and GPS repeater both filled up with water, my fault for using the boat in the wet! Martin