Recent content by moodycruiser

me too please :)

Captain Jack decided to try out his mobo-scoop for the first time.

I think most rivers have a local council bylaw with regard to not making wash that would cause erosion of the river banks. Unfortunately, it appears that there a lot of people unaware of this on the Itchen, but then again there are also a few who think the 6 knot limit stops at the toll bridge...

(from the Blues Brothers) I need you, you, you ....

Back in the eighties I was on a bouy in La Corunna, left her there while I went back to work in Norway for 2 weeks. When I went to pay HM before departing he would only take for the period I was there as he said I hadn't been there to enjoy the town. Bit different todday, I guess.....

I always have the handheld on Ch12 listening for VTS and shipping movements, and keep a 360 deg. lookout.

Seems to work OK in Newtown, plenty of birds still there and plenty of boats.

Got the Otterbox too :) Like the FM idea :)

You can buy a 12v adapter that takes the USB cable so you can charge from a ciggy outlet on board. :)

....erm It's sort of along the lines of the tool that ancient masons used for lifting huge stone blocks - an expanding wedge in a cut out in the top of the block called a Lewis.

I've got to say that I have been using a Cobb for over three years now and never had a problem, in fact the first full roast dinner we had on board was done on the Cobb and not our gas cooker. Always let it heat up with the dome on after the coals/bricks have caught and the flames died down.

My Dad was running TNT across the Atlantic ... makes me shiver thinking about it.

There is a speed limit of 4 knots in the harbour, and also in Saye, Corblets and Longis bays. It is not permitted to tie up to the Commercial Quay or the Breakwater, nor beach on Braye or Saye bays. For Customs clearance, Braye is the only port of entry, and all vessels entering from outside the...

Try acetone, that should shift it.

If you've moved from a house to a boat there shouldn't be a problem. Change your address for your bank and driving licence and once you have something solid like that as evidence of your address you can use it for every situation.