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Update I changed to a spanish sim card and the cost of going on line is 30 euro cents an hour, 40 euro in advance buys around 130 hours. though I cant get a 3G signal, GPRS is OK

Has anyone tried a spanish Vodafone pay as you go(tarjeta de datos prepago) 3gsim in a UK Vodafone data card? ( In Spain ) The rates advertised look far lower than Vodafone UK 25MB 20 euro 200MB 40 euro 1GB 60 euro Paul

Its sometime since I left Almerimar, but Agua-dulce 10 M east has locked and gated compounds for stoage ashore, often with livaboards on site <hr width=100% size=1>

I have a hydrovane that was brill on my last boat, c/cockpit 8 ton cutter, but dont work on pressent junkrig scooner. have removed air vane, and mounted wind generator, and use small tiller pilot to control hydrovane rudder, works ok. am in brighton, east arm <hr width=100% size=1>

I recall 2 occasions of the S/E coast of Majorca being not far from directly under lightning storms, very very pretty

Has anyone any info regarding the New Lochin 366, I understand the first off the line is due this/next month?

Are there any Benford Badger owners/builders out there, I have a problem with the rudder on mine and would like to share and hopefully solve this problem

I've just bought, from a sunday market a solid fuel (coal-anthracite) cast iron heater, for the boat. I now need to obtain and install a chimney, any sugestions? type of tube, cast/stainless/galvanised?. and what about a tray for any hot coal falling from ash pan.

How can I have been so slow? On my last boat (steel) I fitted an Autohelm ST 50 compass, it worked very well. When I was fitting out ny new (wooden) boat I transfered said compass, the fluxgate went into a cuboard next to the fridge, fridges have a magnet strip under the sealing strip on the...

what ever material a boat is buit of, there will be mantinance. i,ve had sail boats of (in chronilogical order) grp, carval-mahog. on oak, steel, and now epoxy sheethed ply, (a badger). the order of amount maintenance needed,-(carval, steel, epoxy-ply, grp)

I'v used both ALMERIMAR and AGUADUCE, they were both o.k. and low cost. I will use them again, maybe this winter.

I wonder how many others out there feel a bit deflated after completing a major re-fit or build, I've been living on my badger clone for 10 months. Now that all that's left to complete is the internal paint work and curtains, the drive to finish and go cruising has faded. Instead Im thinking of...

It might come in handy one day, if I could only find it

has anyone had problems with mikuni heaters, I baught mine for the last boat and it gave out after 5 / 6 months. it was sent back under the waranty, but by the time it was returned, I had sold the boat, 3 years later I fit it in my new boat an it gives up after 3 months, £60 for a repair, and...

I had same problem with a sestral compass, and inded did use baby oil, though I did change the oil completely