Try this, bound to be open to offers and Peter Gregson of wooden ships often has stuff not listed on his web pages!
http://www.woodenships.co.uk/motor-sailers/vintage-mylne-motor-sailer
It has to be gimballed in any kind of seaway, but with locking bolts for when static. I find for making hot drinks at sea being able to have the mugs on the other side of the cooker
top (unlit burner side) means its easier to make drinks and less spillage with everything gimballed. We have a...
Commonplace for these guys and I guess AT was getting fed up of having nothing to say so thought this would make a story. In the last race if you saw the state of the winning boat its hard to imagine he finished. It really was on its last legs and Mich Desj had nursed it all the way back up the...
The Hillyard Tonnage measurment does not relate to the Thamse Tonnage measurement and does not relate to the weight of the boat either. We had a 13 ton (though we were told it was a 12 ton) its Thames Tonnage was about 11.2 and its deadweight according to the crane at the last yard it was hauled...
I agree there will always be violations but when I race offshore its a no brainer to avoid the TSS and if i saw another competitior infringing this then I would protest. However having never raced at the level of the VG skippers (never likely too either) I cant really appreciate the pressures...
This courtesy of Sailing Anarchy:
'Today the VG Race Director, Denis Horeau confirmed a report that as many as 8 boat were protested by the Race Committee for violating the Traffic Separation Scheme off Cape Finisterre. While a solo racer’s adherence to COLREGS is something of a joke (sleeping...
Snake..... you lucky B""""""""D nothing at all on ours. The rest of the gear looks like whitlock hardware I have worked with previously. Definitely not Edson.