Recent content by Neddie_Seagoon

Only photo I've found of her (she has AIS, so her MMSI is still showing as sat on the Carrick). Foto van ALB, Pleasure craft - Genomen op jan 1, 1970, Van {0} - VesselFinder

According to reports she anchored off the Carrick rock when she lost control, but the anchor / line gave shortly after the crew were taken off, and the yacht was blown / thrown onto the Carrick, lost her keel, capsised and sank.

Obvious from the AIS track that she came in to the bay and lost control (snagged pot markers) around 04:30 this morning. Would have been pitch black and choppy - almost no chance of spotting them and the bay is littered with pots. Sad that the boat was lost, grateful to the PSM Lifeboat heroes...

http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/03/02/naut-your-average-yacht/ Is it just me? Even considering some of the ugly-stick designs of the past few years I think this one takes the biscuit.

I suspect the biggest lesson is to have a mobile phone charger & batteries. Sunday was a bit breezy, but it died down. Monday & Tues were light airs and flat calm. The sailor concerned apparently had some issues with overcoming currents, leading me to suspect that the wind simply wasn't obliging...

As already recounted, both are drying, so to float you will need to use the visitor buoys in Castetown Bay or anchor off St. Michaels in Derbyhaven. Castletown Bay can have a nasty short chop due to the currents. Derbyhaven is generally calmer. Derbyhaven has NO nearby facilities, shops, etc...

Seems to me that if this is a concern there is a business opportunity for a private sniffer dog operator to vet boats before departure.

Suspect it's already been said, but Google QROPS. If you haven't taken a lump sum you can transfer your pension abroad to a QROPS scheme, living there or elsewhere outside the UK. Some people have quoted tax rates, here in the Isle of man it's 10%, but we still allow married couples to be taxed...

I have a Quicksilver 650 Weekend - similar but with a larger cabin. Fast (30 knots with 115 hp) & fun. We have had a great time with it, see my little blog, Carraghyn, in my sig. Not the best sea-keeping, the stern third of the hull is pretty flat, so it has no "bite" into the water. In...

AndieMac, I promised you photos of the legs on the mobo behind Ameera, here y'go. Note these are extending legs fitted thru-hull. Probably ally.

Timber is held loosely against the hull by a couple of rope loops, but yes we are thinking about how to line the legs where they meet the hull to reduce wear. I'll take a pic of the mobo next time I'm there, it has a short pair of conventional metal legs fitted through the hull either side of...

See DrewsTwos post in the Mobo forum, "Ameera's Legs", where he recounts the creation of some DIY legs for my 28' yot. Not wanting a thru hull fitting we made up an arrangement whereby the legs transfer the weight to the chainplates, with chains from the chainplates to the legs, enabling us to...

Cheers Drew. Sod's law that when I got my camera out the memory card was full! I have been nervously checking her each day, not sure we have the perfect DIY yacht leg recipe yet, but getting closer with each tweak. I came up with the idea of trying somehow to fix the legs to the chain plates...

:D Wot, no VHF, oil-burning nav lights?

Well, as the OP I took this Navionics Android sw out on the water today, just to move my saily boat from Douglas to Port St. Mary. V. impressive. Displays SOG on the chart while you're moving, and a projected track, so whilst no XTE or autopilot hook-up, I could just glance at the screen and...