Recent content by Roberto

Downstream, forming nice Von Karman vortices. Exceptional image :) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/85989/canary-islands-kick-up-von-karman-vortices

Embouchure de la Vilaine : 12 M€ de travaux à venir sur le barrage d’Arzal d’ici trois ans [En images] French friends keep their boat there, the marinas do not know anything in detail so they took the information directly from "Eaux et Vilaine" company. Interestingly, apart from general...

Robert Redford was saved shortly after having set his liferaft on fire; mind you, he also whispered into horses ears, had a love affair with Meryl Streep and contributed to Nixon fall, perhaps a bit ambitious to take him as an example :)

Reminds me of a joke after the movie "Finding Nemo" They Have Found It

The French maritime SAR air patrol used to make very interesting seminars about their activity at the Boat Show, among other things, they recommended an individual pouch with a plb, fluoresceine, a day-night signal (smoke+flare), etc. When offshore I use one around neck/waist, all equipment can...

Not exactly "dropped", but anyway: I once removed the mainsail to do some repairs, full batten and all it's quite heavy maybe 40-50kg, I rolled and left it on the concrete quay beside the boat. Gale during the night, the following morning the sail had disappeared. Who might want to steal a...

Sorry posted this already, one can do funny stuff with Marinetraffic :)

About 10years ago Florence Arthaud fell overboard while singlehanding, she was on her personal boat at a few miles from Corsica, she called by phone her mother and then his brother, who eventually called the MRCC. She was rescued by an helicopter. La navigatrice Florence Arthaud a frôlé la...

A similar signal is mandatory in some races, see Offshore Special Regulations, I made one with some leftovers of hi-viz fabric; it's rather for boat location than for an individual it's bigger than a square meter..

This is the CLASS 40 at Ste Marine, Pogo 40s4, they were commissioning a 44 too

Yes, an SART Indeed (not MOB, different AIS coding). AIS SART: caso reale Sorry no time to transate all of it, but while in my marina I saw this message on my plotter coming from a few tens of meters away, nothing apparent, I contacted the CROSS/MRCC, they have antennas everywhere and they...

Hello, is the commercial name for example Petzl "Connect adjust" ? Quick adjust gives countless internet results... :)

IIRC the OP is into racing, he will be in Pogo's motherland :)

Yes, I do not know if this marina has an exceptional traffic 24h, but except for the berth older being beside you I see no reason to move until the following (maybe early) morning. It can be useful to walk and check the destination berth position before moving. Sometimes I come back impromptu...

I have my father's 150d; it has not run for maybe 40 years but my father is still convinced: just put some petrol, push the start pedal and off you'll go. :) In the 50s he drove Italy-Sweden and back with his brother, a sort of pilgrimage to the North for then boys in their mid-20s, land of...