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By definition, an aft cabin is going to be close to the steering gear. Mine has a lateral double so on passage I can lay either way...

I find 7" cotton disks don't work too well in battery powered electric drills, to get the torque, speed and running time it needs a...

Yes but being something to do with the government they take 45 minutes to answer.

When my children were young, they and my wife used to get bored on the long 14 hour passage from Weymouth to Cherbourg or the CI's so I...

Do the Radio Stations have telephones?

Frankly, no. It's the sea, if you're not comfortable with self-reliance and a level of risk, then stay ashore. You're deluding yourself...

Shore lines are useful, and sometimes essential in some places, like when taking the sun in the Calanques off Cassis, South of France

If you don't want DSC alarms / functionality don't program the VHF with your MMSI, it will then behave like your old set.

Also check belt tension.

Seamaster 23S - Seamasters Club

Hammer a wedge down the U (steel rod or could be the shaft end of a drill bit) of the diameter you require to give you a V shape, leave...

Im going for a Bridle for any instance that requires a central fixing point eg stern anchor, sea anchor, tow line etc with the bobbins...

What occasions do you consider special?

I just remove any loose items and the engine, attach halyard to the painter then haul it up until the tubes clear the guard wires 😁

Maybe a confusion between HW / LW and Slack Water, for any given place they are not necessarily the same.