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Lila - the follow on book from Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig combines sailing and philosophy. It's bloody...

On the other hand, being able to think about nothing at all is very useful on lonely night watches.

Fwiw, when I changed my through hulls, valves etc a few were distinctively pink/red, a-ha the dreaded dezincification thought I...

Fwiw, this is the one I copied from a commercial one, same rectifier diodes + radiators, some beer can foils as additional dissipators...

I think "Sumbrella" had nothing to do with real Sunbrella and was sold by some to take advantage of the real one name being so...

If frustrated by price, then rigging fittings like sail hooks, reefing clew hooks etc. Have a look at Karver catalogue, I think there...

It s actually my daughter, since she was 8-9yo? :) Again, use the regular boathook pointy end, keep the tube section tied to the...

I think that's a clip from the world match racing tour from possibly over 20 years ago. If you look they are in the process of hoisting...

The corrosion area will be near the bottom of the mast. Not an area of real stress (concern) unlike areas between the cap shrouds and...

Kong make two different ones, one needs a permanent metal support piece on the boathook, another one can be used by simply inserting the...

There was a cafe/restaurant in Seaton in Devon decided to use white blank paper table coverings with a pot of 🖍 crayons For the kids to...

Supposedly healthier, I still have a couple of these, they later became Nestle's Quality Street and had to add all sorts of health...

Or 'Gitanes Mais': yellowish corn paper, slightly burn the brim, draw the plan of a secret island with an X in the middle and sell it as...

My older SH HX270 was a very nice radio to use and felt well made. It was marketed as submersible but failed it's first ducking. The...