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Not unless they have to for some pressing reason. A quick Look at the routing charts for the N Atlantic will show you why sailing S...

On a long cross tide trip like this it is better to work out the net tide offset for the whole projected sail and apply that at the...

That's expensive, as you only get the solar panel and controller. For a shed you only need a cheap panel and controller, plus the...

When we got rid of the gas on board we bought a low wattage toaster from our local camping shop . It’s perfect for running off an...

The only reason not to use a toaster would be if you can't spare the space.

Toaster? They use electricity too!

Put up with a smaller diameter to have some stretch. It’s a big part of what makes the system work.

An advantage of climbing rope is that it has a braided cover specifically designed to protect the inner core from abrasion. A...

I can support NormanS comment. I used one of my old climbing ropes as a snubber, and it no more promoted boinging around than did the...

Perhaps you are confused by my terminology. I used the descriptive word "elastic" to differentiate the type of climbing rope. There are...

Fair one. But my career background means there was no room for speculation. Investigation, yup. Guess, definitely not. Killer. So...

I’ll always mildly disagree with your dislike of speculation - I think we all learn something from discussing all the possibilities and...

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I think it's more of a lifestyle issue than cost. We have our own boat that, of course, has continual maintenance problems but we like...

Just picking up on oldmanofthehills' comment re weather helm and centre of effort of sails. This concept of cof e of sails versus centre...