Recent content by NickiCrutchfield

My little Hunter 19 Delyth needs to find a new home. She had a rough time 4 years ago (some of you may remember) and needs some simple work to be done on her, a good clean and a repaint. In reasonably able hands, three or four good weekends would have her together. She has a good suit of sails...

Whilst thinking that AIS is pretty useful, i would be very happy if it were to suddenly not exist for all the reasons in your post. We are tracked by our phones and places we use debit/credit cards, but we can take out a lump of cash and then spend that pretty anonymously or turn off our phones...

Robin, just had a very informative conversation with a person who obviously knew exactly what he was on about. He reckoned it was a mornings work with a bag of spanners, gave me the web address for thief retail site, part number and the cost and I've just bought the bearing kit for £25. An...

Many thanks for your swift and informative reply Robin. I will contact them now. Nicki.

My Aerogen 2 has worn bearings and is beginning to make a horrid noise. Before I go trawling the net to find replacements, does anyone know where I can get new ones and if it is a simple or complicated job to replace them. Many thanks in advance for any help. Nicki

I've always used monel rivets and that black stuff. No one I've spoken to has said anything but to use it. May well be hype, but for the little bit more money, less corrosion potential in the boat has to make sense.

Ahem. I was talking rubbish. Never post after the pub Nicki!

I wondered if that might be the case and no I haven't. Oh well I'll pack my bags then.

Silliness on my part.

Oh right, good point, many thanks. I'll check Crewsavers web site. Don't know why I didn't think about that. :)

I've inflated my LJ as the cylinder was out of date. The activator, I'm guessing the name, but the thing which sets the LJ off, shows red in the little window with the date 2010. Does this mean that I need to get another mechanism, or will putting the replacement CO2 cylinder to make it go green...

Depends on the strength of the wind. Even a dinghy can have an oar-overpowering windage if there's a brisk breeze, then add the extra draft a small boat gains with a body on the bow and it becomes really quite hard to be an oar-powered bow-thruster. I've tried it and it's not that effective.

Wow. Thank you all for your swift and informed responses. I'll go and look at your links now. Cheers, Nicki

Hi all, Can any of you refer me to a good, reasonably priced charter on the Broads for may 1/2 term? There are four of us: two parents and two children aged 5 and 9 and we have an Achilles 24 so anything is pretty big to us. I'm thinking 28' plus or minus, wood or plastic, but definitely with...

xcweather.com, windguru.com and magicseaweed. Used in conjunction they give a good picture.