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Those of us who are tied to a work schedule and haven't used a huge chunk of our holiday allowance because we've been too blinkin' busy...

I wouldn't have the brass neck to ask someone whether he was competent or not. As an adult, he is responsible for finding out what he...

I have to say some of you lot are more than charitable, I am afraid to say I belong to the there it is give me the money now Foxtrot...

This exact same thing happened to someone i know in troon recently. The guy didn't need to know about compasses etc, he had savvy navvy...

Has anyone ask to see a current driver license when selling a car ?

Is there a risk the “instructor” could in some way become liable, or perceived as such and therefore get litigated against? I would...

The last time I sailed in winter I found myself wearing socks over my deck shoes to try and avoid slipping on the ice covered deck. An...

Have in the past but unless you can get out regularly the barnacles take over the propellor and the hull quickly becomes covered with...

I seem to remember an article in PBO long ago describing how to make navigation lights out of jamjars. Halcyon days.

I've gone back to painting in the style of the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship. I also paint the last 3 metres with red as a sort of...

However you mark your chain......any combination of colours or whatever will do....... top tip is to write your code in indelible pen...

To add to my post, if you click the "Black and White" tab on the met office site, you can see the table, top left for the geostrophic...

So one day skipper passed and you found them to be lacking and then you damn the whole scheme?

Here's the standard yachtie cost analysis, 1. Divide the current requested price for something by the cheapest they've ever got it...

Round here they are just after lunch. Simple folk on the East coast.