Recent content by PeterWright

Thank you, Mike, survey completed. Peter.

Hi, Great that you have chosen Daydream's advice and leave the Crouch by the conventional route. I've not done the sums, but it seems to me that the Haven gore bridge is disfunction Al for about 30% of the days in a year, rather like all other equipment procured under a MoD contract. Sticking...

Hi, You won't have trouble getting into the Polash, when we walk past on a Friday or Saturday evening, on our way to one of the places I have recommended, they seem to have between 0 and 6 cudtomers dining, wheras you win't get into the good places ib Burnham if you don't book, that sums up the...

I didn't think the Deben buoys, other than the Woodbridge Haven, were funded or maintained by Trinity House, but I may be wrong there. Peter.

Are you iffering to fund all these new buoys?

+1 for the RCYC I think I mentioned them in my earlier post. Last time I bottowed kne of theit mootings, the commodore came out in the club launch all dressed up in his DJ to fetch us ashore as the trot boat had packed jp for the evening. Peter.

Hi John, Yet again superb photos. It will be interesting to see how they mark the channel now it has a definite dog leg. I look forward to seeing the results of the survey. Thank you. Peter.

Hi Juan,2,3, You argue the logic for this decision very clearly and I have little doubt that you are correct that this change was inevitable sooner or later. I also agree that emotions run high when much loved local institutions are under threat, and I would have hoped that the RNLI understood...

Making the lid of a locker watertight sounds to me like a typical job for a shipwright. No need for any specialism in gas systems for this job. Peter.

Lowestoft to Ijmuiden is a reasonable passage. You need to get through the Greater Gabbard wind farm, which is fairly straightforward, then a slight deviation to dodge one more just off Ijmuiden. If you're headed for the Ijsellmeer and points north, it's my preferred crossing, but not so good...

Hi j & m, I agree with you re the RCYC, but not clear whether by BYC iyou mean the Royal Burnham Yacht Club or Burnham Sailing Club. As far as I'm aware, the BSC only do food for members and mostly on Wednesdays. We do use Bellas, but don't consider it outstanding, we much preferred their...

You're absolutely right there! Of course, to fit a prop shaft on a barge, you will have to pay to dry dock her, but it's still a fairly straightforward operation. To replace rotten timber in a barge, like any wooden vessel, you have to reverse the order of build until the piece you want comes...

I don't believe I ever knew her or her owner, but the info I gave came from the Stella Class Association website. Peter.

Thanks for that, originally named Carina, no. 57 built by Tucker Brown in 1962. Peter.

If you want a fix of Stella photos the best place to look is the Stella Class Assoviation website gallery: Gallery - Stella Class Association Some of them sporting beautiful new Collars spars in varnished sitka spruce, as Kim specified. Peter.