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Well it could be an elaborate scam to get you to spend an extra £20 a winter, or it could be that compressor dehumidifiers can be a fire...

Mooring and overnight costs do NOT go up “exponentially”. They generally go up linearly by length - so a 37 footer only 15% more than a...

On the boat now. A bit breezy. Might go out tomorrow for a sail, or I might doze beside the heater.

We had our winter sailing in June this year. 🙁 Temperatures in single figures, and hailstorms, but hey ho, that's sailing in the...

It's amazing what you can do if you have to. At the age of 82 I had to get right inside my Twister's cockpit locker to rewire...

Lying on ones back fiddling with ones tool can be an extremely pleasant pastime or so I have been told.

Sadly a tragic ending. Bill was found dead on his boat two weeks ago. [Content removed] - W

The NEC show It has 4 main problems; Firstly, to get there by train from here (Scottish central belt) is 5hrs 30mins by train at £200...

Do you know the copper coat is as old as the boat? I would see copper coat as a bonus. If its still working whats the problem? If it...

You have said it yourself - it the sail is ancient and the UV strip in tatters then the sail is probably well past its best - or...

One of the YouTube channels put up a video in moving to dyneema. Seemed that it loosened up when the temp drop So had to be retightened...

In true PBO fashion I had very impressive results with Sandtex masonry paint on a previous boat. Nice and grippy, but not destroy your...

If not mistaken .. damage is on the luff where it slides in the furler .... I would be looking at the furler as well .. see if any rough...

Surely that is impossible! It isn't possible to cross an ocean unless in a monohull, built before 1980, with long keel, two masts and...

Much as I admire Mark on Wildling with his Warram those older designs don’t have any of the luxury or space of a modern cat so to me are...