Minerva

The current crop may think that a headline of "Clamping down on irresponsible yacht owners" complete with pictures of Mr Bezos new toy...

If there is evidence there is already legislation in existence to prosecute. No need for any new legislation.

Excuse the slight corporate speak... but to me the biggest learning to take from this is not the specifics of how you should have got...

+1 New boat, long days sailing New marina In that dark Outside of peak season Nope. “Sorry, I’m exhausted from todays sail, tied up...

You can think outside the box. We've got 1200w on a 39ft mono. And that's old secondhand panels, modern ones would squeeze a bit more...

All a good write up and positive things guys. We don’t live aboard, but onboard most weekends and rarely in a marina. Just launched...

Good writeup. We installed lithium about two and a half years ago and it's easily the best upgrade we have made to the boat. And it...

12 months ago I built a 24v 280Ah lithium battery (8x280Ah cells). This was to replace our 4xTrojan 105s (225Ah @24v). Since swapping...

We switched last season at exorbitant cost to camping gaz, but kept the calor bottles. I would have switched to flow gas in an instant...

I would formally contact Arcona and ask them the questions you raise here. They have a problem, the problem is well documented. They...

No one? 🙁

Blimey. Thank goodness for modern comms to summons help and coordinate rescue. Can't imagine what they must be feeling now.

When we bought our HR in 2000 cockpit tents were very uncommon here, but they effectively give you an extra cabin. We are stuck with the...

I have used Le Tonk and would recommend it to anyone. Can't say I have ever noticed a green colouration though.