Recent content by philhopson

Wanted! Main sail for folkboat

The plan at the moment is to run south and transit the Kiel Canal. The vessel is equipped with: VHF, EPIRB, NAVTEX, recently installed Raymarine system and a full compliment of charts for the Baltic area. As skipper I hold a M200t, NOE for Chief Mate 3000t and a GOC/LRC Radio ticket. Draft...

Hi, I'm looking for crew to do a delivery on a 25m Custom Motor Sailer with me next week. The yacht is currently in Esbjerg, Denmark and the delivery is to finish in Riga, Latvia. Weather depending I'm hoping to leave next Thursday night/Friday, passage should be 5-6 days. Although not pretty...

Thanks! Haha- no rather the opposite (hopefully :~S ) No leaks - but no speed!... But hey, old saying as derived from my classic landrover business is probably pretty relevant, for me again, in this case!!! - "you can go fast, I'll go anywhere!..." Cheers

Chart plotters are only a navigational aid - not navigation!! The real nav lives on the chart table!

Dromengro is my current big project... fedup with doing other people's projects for them! So time to do my own.... Im keeping a blog of progress and plans for her - www.tallship.org.uk - click DROMENGRO ADVENTURE She's a 30ft Colin Archer style, Double ended Gaff Ketch - with a 10ft...

There's quite a bit a few appeared on www.ebay.co.uk (dreaded word I know)!! Well worth a look sometimes..

Deffinatley, I made a very stupid error in buying totally unseen!.... and was VERY lucky! Although, I picked a well known builder and sensible hull shape - which I geuss probably helped the equation somewhat! But yes, I've been aboard DROMENGRO during a Mistrale - Abeit onland... It was...

Thanks Peter! Im planning on heading over your side of the globe one day..... so who knows! You may even see Dromengro Adventuring! Cheers, Phil

[ QUOTE ] You will need fur & bling for the Sunseeker stand, not a DJ!! [/ QUOTE ] From memory, last year at the stand, I was clambering over russian and eastern european entrepreneurs clad in dead animals!.. Of the bling variety ofcourse

Hi, Something which I think might be of interest! I've recently bought a 30ft Colin Archer Style double-ender, Ferro, Gaff Ketch. My intentions are to renovate, re-fit... and bugger off round the world for a few years! Im doing a blog of my progress, if you click DROMENGO ADVENTURE on...

Oh dear!!! this is going to be awfully tempting!!

Hmm yes - you will want something with a little bit of weight and umph to it to be able to safely move something of that size. My Morris Minor has recently had to be towed, and my Landrover is currently off the road, so a friends 1litre Corsa was inlisted..... things didnt go too well, even 1/2...

Haha.... where have I been on this forum... talking about varnish and all.....

oh dear.... dear liverpool doesnt stand a chance!! lol You really just hav to go off the beaten track a bit...