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In my experience tiller pilots aren't over dependable in terms of holding a course especially in windy weather or any kind of sea...

Interesting thread. Nice that so many admit how much they don't like low-season sailing. I love seeing sails on the water on a fine...

Sorry, but that’s a load of nonsense. My 2 year old spent an hour splashing about of an afternoon several times this year on the west...

I've swum a lot on the West Coast of Scotland in March and April and I just dived in. I've seen young kids swimming up there and staying...

With a wooden boat, my strategy is now to take her out every second year. So will not be sailing through the winter this year. Last...

I think Dunedin is suggesting that part of winter is your mental approach to it. If you assume there’s 8 months of grimness you’ll have...

That's your opinion, and your story is horrific which is likely why you have such an unhealthy bias in the matter. You're not helping...

I 'inherited' a Pascall Atkey ( Cowes ) 'Tansey' stove. Silly me, I sold it. I'll probably purchase a diesel-drip stove such as that...

Perfect. Thanks for clarifying.

It's the standard (modern) setup. House bank has a main switch between it and house loads on the positive cable. Engine bank has a...

Thanks all for your input. I’ve 3x100ah lifepo4 batteries to install with a max continuous discharge of 100a. I’m pretty confident that...

Thanks Lustyd. Your emergency parallel switch set up; is that just in effect a cable from +domestic bank to + engine start bank with a...

There are a few variations of isolator switches, VSRs with over-ride function, 1B2 switch, jump leads if you like. The thing to be...

Well, you could make a really, really tiny one easily enough, but it wouldn't put out enough heat to be worth the bother. There used to...

thanks all - looking at the t&c’s it looks like the seller should be on the hook for returns postage too so I shouldn’t be out of...