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Weather was so good yesterday I caught sun burn!
13 Apr 2024
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Hi all, Quick update: my brother came over from Ireland to crew for the day and we took the boat from Poole to Portland marina. We had...
13 Apr 2024
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yacht aground
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Our ancestors moved 10 ton stones from Wales and then overland to Stonehenge with just rollers and levers We with modern jacks, planks...
12 Apr 2024
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Replacing bearings in a B&G masthead wind unit
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About the same cost as the tacktick bearing replacement kit and the same difficulty. But as B&G agent told OP, it saves £400+
12 Apr 2024
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Cockpit enclosure
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The new canvas with see through bits for our 27ft yacht using existing hood frame, was £800 as part of a package with sails. The frame...
11 Apr 2024
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yacht aground
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We have extracted boats or brought them onto a parish wharf by use of firemans type pump ( as also used by drain diggers to emty pits)...
11 Apr 2024
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New engine
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They need to be marinised as they are originally keel cooling which gives a stable non-duty situation that does not depend on cooling...
11 Apr 2024
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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...
10 Apr 2024
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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...
9 Apr 2024
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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...
9 Apr 2024
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I need an ICC practical test to apply for a small sailing craft Sailing ICC as I will be sailing my yacht overseas soon
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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...
9 Apr 2024
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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...
8 Apr 2024
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I need an ICC practical test to apply for a small sailing craft Sailing ICC as I will be sailing my yacht overseas soon
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Riggy, I take it you dont have RYA certification? Coastal Skipper would do.
8 Apr 2024
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New engine
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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...
7 Apr 2024
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Submit a pleasure craft report service - Permission to travel
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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...
6 Apr 2024
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