Recent content by Robin

Room to anchor ?

sounds about right. we are long gone but #1 son was there yesterday to have boat lifted for clean scrub and survey and said similar.

in administration as is the breeze restaurant. if you ring do so in mornings they tend to go home early if nobody about or boats moving. rumour is lock gate problems causing operating time reductions. Folly inn is walkable and open for meals. Shame as its a great place with nice staff

ISLAND HARBOUR NO LONGER ACCEPT LIVE ABOARDS SO WE HAD TO LEAVE FRIDAY AT END OF OUR CONTRACT. SAD DAYS AS WE REALLY ENJOYED THE PLACE AND ESPECIALLY THE FRIENDLY STAFF. IHBR CURRENTLY UNDER ADMINISTRATION WITH NO INDICATION OF SALE IMMINENT THOUGH BOATFOLK RUMOURED TO SHOW INTEREST BUT NOT...

my preference was for lazyjacks that were lowered and pulled out of the way before a proper 'old fashioned sail cover was put over the lowered sail, now tied with a few flat sail ties. sail cover rolled along the boom before hoisting and unrolled back to put in place over lowered sail using a...

saw it once on a fishing trip off newquay as a sprog. didnt see another until one day anchored off Houat watched for it again in subsequent nights but no luck, camera in hand probably stopped it dead...

Yes to all but most important is to discuss with the sailmaker what you personally want/expect from cheapest to longest lasting and just adequate to truly excellent performance even when reefed the end cost is often mostly in the labour so upgrading cloth may increase the overall cost less...

Been years and several more boats since our Then w33 ketch was given all new sails, in our case high spec ones made from Hydranet cloth and superbly made by crusader sails in Poole. triradial roller headsail with added foam luff and fully battened mainsail with a loose foot to fit in a...

Had problems with our 4 year old eberspacherD5 failing to start and behave over the holidays. Fortunately our excellent local dealer In Cowes came up trumps and took it off New Years Eve got a full service delivered from the mainland 3/1 fitted it and refitted the now new again d5...

Years ago we had a Maplins little gizmo like a mini satellite dish, worked really well but maplins long gone. problem AIRC is you need 2 way transmission source to receiver and receiver back to source, there must be a similar device out there and most likely even better.,

I thought by law they can only charge what the marina pays itself plus a service charge. we are currently paying 17.4p but for how long who knows have not been told, we pay quarterly, and marina is in administration so who knows. we run our Ebberspacher D5 diesel heater an hour each day to...

AS was I as a n owner of older TS37

nope Westerly Seahawk.

The exhausts run through grp tunnels bolted on the external aft quarters, leaky bolts? our surveyor on purchase investigated the rust stains inside on ours but found no actual leakage problem. Otherwise we have PSS type Stern glands on ours and some types of such face seals can move under...

There are some other very minor differences between std and pro, like card slot location on front i believe but nothing that bothered me. Paul Rainbow of this parish might add to that as he knows his Raytheon stuff The remote for me avoids the need to stand up or risk my hand through helm spokes.