Recent content by samuel

Thinking that my 39 year old avon Redcrest would not last a long trip to the med 3 years ago I bought a Wetline dinghy 2.300 long & bought the round tail for extra bouyancy plus extra leg length when rowing. It ought to be called Death trap 2000 Firstly I cannot row it because on the push stroke...

Reply to OEN Sorry but I disagree I went to a local hardware supplier for a set of boltcroppers & when I told him what they were for he told me they were no good. I felt he was wrong so to proove otherwise he produced a piece of 8mm wire. I cut it as clean as a whistle & very easily in the shop...

Re: Make sure that ... I assume that you have 2 rings sewn each side of the sail with a bit of webbing joining them passing through the cringle in the sail. All you need to do is to replace the webbing with a longer piece so that one of the rings reaches the horn without removing the slides...

Years ago i had a tricolour light that had a 225mm long flourescent tube in it. ( I forget the manufacturer) The real handy thing was that it had a drain hole in the bottom ( I assume that is what it was) 7& the light shone through the hole like a small beam. The beam lit up the front edge of...

Bradwell based plus sail to Biscay plus Dutch waters Blakes Ocean Performer every time Dead easy to sand off at end of season. The only problem is that where it settles in the mud at low water in the marina it tends to get clogged slightly & bottom 18 inches of keel gets some slime Do not seem...

I seem to remember that you had a section of pipe split due to frost & that it was 15mm diam Is it possible to cut out the old bit & leave enough each end to get a compression fitting on ? i know you cannot put a straight bit between the 2 ends but you could manufacture a length with a loop in...

Thanks Will try it like that I have been trying it approx like that but the large amount if movement in the tiller needed to correct the course seems to be too much. for the servo. Ie I get about 9 inches of movement but need more to get the boat back on course because by the time the servo...

Thanks for comment I will give it a go. (Sorry meant windpilot not monitor) Everyone says balance the rig but I cannot rake the mast forward as it is fitted with a Facnor roller reefing & it cannot be adjusted. It is tight to the deck & does not have any adjusting thread. Reefing the main is...

Not really practical to alter rig. I do have a large genny but for single handing I rarely use it. ( twice in 3 years) The Hanse does not round up like a lot of boats , probably because of the big rudder , but you do need 2 hands to steer it sometimes. It seems odd that some people swear by...

Can anyone give me some tips on the Aeries. I have a second hand lift up model. I did not purchase it from the current manufacturer & a query to the old supplier did not help. The problem is that I have a Hanse 311 qwhich is so heavy on the helm that I have found the Simrad TP30 for tiller...

I tried Scopoderm & fortunately I applied them the morning before at work. By 10-30 AM I was feeling so sea sick ( At my desk) that I had to leave the office & go & lay in my car for a while. I carried on with them for that day & the following morning I was OK but in the night I found it had...

In the past I have kept my wooden boats on a swinging mooring & at the end of the season they have been stored under cover for ease of maintenance etc This year as I now have a new Hanse 311 I keep it in a marina. The marina owners charge the same annual fee if the boat is in the water or out of...

See you took the wheel option!! Wise choice!! Check the hose to the engine water inlet. Mine was too short & had a kink in it ,restricting the amount the engine could draw just above the inlet valve. You are right about Hanse service though. They spent a couple of hours going through everything...

Thanks for all the comments. I hope the RYA read this thread!! I have just purchased the name & home port signs at a cost of £ 15-00. I suppose in the end that is the best way to do it but I do wish the RYA would give the correct advice & take the matter up with the Belgians.

Just returned from Oostend. Had a run in with authorities who stated that I should have name of boat & home port on stern of the boat. I had this last year when belgian TV boarded me for an interview with Belgian police. they were doing a feature on a combined operation between Dutch, Belgian &...