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Well I’ve got down today and apart from the festival of green (which a lot of boats seem to be competing in) she seems pretty tidy...

My chart says you’re wrong. Even as the crow flies it’s shorter, and it’s hardly a straight line out of Weymouth. Then theres the speed...

Poole to Brixham is a long stretch at about 80 miles, and with westerly winds against you and lots of tacking, that will hardly be...

Big question is why do you want ICC? I have sailed to France and Ireland and no one ever asked me to have it. If you pass your Day...

Portland has the The Cove in Deadmans Bay, quite close to the Marina. It has nice cafes nearby too. And best of all its not Weymouth...

Riggy, I take it you dont have RYA certification? Coastal Skipper would do.

The gearbox is £600 trade price. You will want a gearbox to join engine to prop I think, so add £1000 to start with plus the labour...

The advice on line makes no suggestion that a uk citizen doent need to report arrival back in the uk. Indeed both exit and entry advice...

Of course, but he is not suggesting there isnt, though his explanation is a bit overly dramatically simplified on that point. He is...

My first boat had a lifting keel, and that retracted fully inside the hull. So to dry out you were settling a bare hull on the ground...

Its basically a diesel powered fan heater throwing hot air down a large pipe to get to far end of boat with the ability to draw fresh...

Neither have I but sometimes people think theoretical but vastly improbable issues need addressing. Doom merchants everywhere -...

Yes, mine do too. But to complicate things they don't flicker when the bilge pump or various holding tank pumps run. And the main cabin...

If the exhaust was facing into an unbaffled very strong draught then it just might help if the inlet was exposed to the same draught to...

Any motor will cause small fluctuations in its connecting wires ie interference, as the motor has a commutator which makes and breaks...