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Sailing season here is well under way. Sunday race very gentle breezes a bit slow but pleasant. ol'will is in cabin helmsman is son...

Your hardware is likely fine; how familiar are you with printing in terms of image sizing, etc? If you're doing images, then pixel...

Thank you :) I think I'd have to upgrade also all the rest of my home IT, from PCs to software to displays, all very basic (12" screen...

Having not found any, I make them myself, in particular for longer crossings. A4 format (dictated by the size of my printer and...

I was once berthed in Sliema in Malta when the Sahara dumped about an inch of sand on deck. Spent the morning sweeping and washing down...

FWIW, they say they will continue to sell/update them during next year, still time to buy/replace old charts with new ones if one wishes...

Pix (of the damage) from Louis Burton here (28 secs in):

If it's the one with the hydraulic regulator, then fuel supply increases by turning the lever arm clockwise, the stop lever moved in the...

During a N-S trans-equator route, all numeric routing will send the boats towards the African coast: models (whatever, GFS ECMWF etc)...

It's the crossing of the Ostar race, have a look here under "Race" for a brief description of the various possible routes Single-Handed...

It's too frightening, one buys a steel bolt and it comes with the warning that the State of California has found it might cause cancer...

Have one from previous owner, works very well to make wounds in the hands when working around the propeller, otherwise basically useless.

Yes, they are as much use as a chocolate fireguard. Had one on a previous boat, useless, honestly.

Did it twice: left Atlantic France early june; july to sept cruising Galicia to Canaries (through Madeira once), oct-nov NW africa (Cape...

that might be the worst tracker i have ever seen