oldharry

There's very few helmsmen who dont weave a bit in a following sea either. Specially if you cant feel your hands in the cold!

Used to do it, and some of my best sailing memories are from winter sailing: beating out of Newtown River into a blizzard, and being...

Galvanic corrosion is a major issue, but between stainless and both aluminium and anything galvanised. Try putting a stainlkes...

They both polish the surface and do a good job. Tcut does it by cutting in to the surface to polish it while wax and ceramics achieve...

T Cut scratch remover is not the same as a ceramic car polish. Ceramic polish provides (or is supposed to provide!) a chemically...

Gives the seahorses something to fight back with.....:mad:

Its a Halcyon 23. Heres another, fin keeler though. Its predecessor the Crystal 23 had different shaped windows, and only one in the...

I had the same problems in neighbouring Chichester Harbour. It seems to have become much worse in the last eight years or so. I...

Mast, boom, sails, rigging, engine? If its not there you are looking at a good deal more than the value of a good Halcyon, and thats...

Halcyon 23. The rudder may well be aboard as it was transom hung.

Fairey Atalanta was hot moulded strip wood construction, very light, very strong - and a total pig to repair if (when!) rot got in!

Overpricing is often reflected by the length of time its been on the market. Unrealsitic expectations lead to too many zeros in the price.

Third party is fine if another boat is involved, but check the small print carefully to see that it fully covers consequential losses...

Eliminate the simple bits first.... fouled prop is quickly identified and easy to rectify for example. Partially blocked fuel...

Why are there so many time wasters? Because there are too many dreamers: the perfect boat for next to no money..... I think its...