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Sorry but I thought I sent a reply Friday evening to say I had sent an email, but it hasn't appeared in my "Sent Items" folder so I'm trying again.

SOLD This tender is in immaculate condition, it has a rigid inflatable floor, seat stowage bag and all original accessories, oars, stowage bag and manuals. Included in the offer are a 12v electric inflator pump with battery extension lead and an additional hand inflator pump. Selling due being...

Sorry, I should have put a price but didn't have a clue if there was any market for these.

Due to its "as new" condition I think it would be reasonable to request £50

I have a "Metermaid" surplus to requirements. It inserts into a standard shorepower cable between boat power socket and marina outlet. It has been used for less than 2 years and has always been under cover. Price new was £131.50, any offers of at least £50 for this as new item would be welcome...

Reportedly now in a Chinese shipyard for scrapping

The Callbuoy Radio you show was niether VHF Nor SSB. It was a 2182kHz DSB MF transceiver purely designed for distress. It would not be legal to use now as SSB is mandatory at MF & HF frequencies.

When I called up a vessel on VHF and reported I was not receiving any AIS messages from them, it was quickly turned on and thanks given for pointing out their error. However, it was a vessel I recognised and I was able to call it by name, which made it easier than in your case.

Datum Error Avoidance There is a way to avoid this problem when navigating on GPS: 1. Always have preplotted waypoints from the charts (papar) you are going to use 2. When plotting waypoints from a chart that is not WGS84 datum, include the datum in the waypoint name 3, When navigating towards...

Another good example for not following the current trend of all crew being onboard before departure, which I presume is taught by sailing schools?

Was it the CMA-CGM Andromeda? If so, she is largest container vessel to ever visit Southampton Container port. The track you describe is not unusual and when taken one begins to wonder if they are heading down the West Solent rather than up Southampton Water. They are not often near maximum...

[ QUOTE ] I tried Googling for an up-to-date schedule of transmissions from Northwood. I found several sites: Frank Singleton 2008 Martin Stubbs 2006 Yachtcom ICS 2001 Marius Rensen but they are all a bit different. Does anyone know which I should rely on? Derek [/ QUOTE ] The most...

I have expereinced this problem but it disappeared when I changed the RF cable between the splitter and the VHF to one of different length. The problem seemed to be frequency related but one wouldn't expect enough mismatch at the cable and unit connectors to cause a reflection resonanace. Anyway...

[ QUOTE ] IMO you are on the button Robin and raise good points. escort/guard vessels or at the very least, cardinal marks. [/ QUOTE ] But if you used an AIS receiver, you would see that the danger zone is marked by virtual cardinal marks....

[ QUOTE ] Anyway, do you have a a bight of shockcord in your topping lift to save you having to actually use it ? Would be interested to know if it works. [/ QUOTE ] Yes and it does work.