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Inn on the beach, not strictly a pub, on Hayling Island also possible in good weather.

Bembridge, pilot boat inn just inside the harbour , and the Crab and lobster on foreland point, you will need to be careful with weather and tides given the proximity of local hazards but both are possible.

Not the same boat, but on our SO 37, 2001 vintage the Webasto air heater is installed in the aft of the port cockpit seat locker and the ducting is fed from there along the port side of the boat to the outlets in the heads, main cabin and forecabin. your need to look carefully at where...

We have a similar sized SO 37, and new main and jib from Peter Sanders in Lymington ( I would strongly recommend ) was just over £5k , 2 years ago for good " Hydra net / Vectran" type cloth cruising sails which we occasionally race, Slab main and roller Jib. Overall I agree with your costs...

I find you can get small pots of it ebay Fosroc Galvafroid Anti Corrosion Paint (400ml/800ml/1.9L) | eBay I use it in very small amounts on things like keel bolts, car paint chips etc. a 400ml pot lasts many years if stored well.

Having made quite a few covers and various other Canvas work. Use PVC Coated Acylic canvas, V69, jeans needles, and Double sided tape to put it together. All of this can be obtained from Profabrics .co.uk, who offer a good price on most things you need for marine or similar canvas work. A...

Watch out many blocked exhaust elbow are not easy to clean, and if its the high-rise version you may want to renew with a suitable aftermarket version. Quite a few threads on this subject eg: Exhaust elbow

See if it has a draining plug, remove thermostat, drain current raw water from the engine, work out how to keep the raw water passages empty or filled with anti freeze. I am rather sceptical of schemes that require running with buckets and waiting for the thermostat to open, as you don't...

Hunter Medina, or Hunter Formula one, very capable little boats on the speedy end of the Spectrum.

Did one on the Lawn mower, and while it work well, the float needle does not seal in the way the old one did, and the tank empites over the 2 weeks between using it! For the money and lack of hassel I'd say still worth it.

We bought a couple of years ago from Boatshed Portsmouth our similar 37ft yacht, I found Samantha Cassell easy and straight forward to work with.

Not a bad summer in my book, last 2 weeks in July saw us across the Channel, St Vaast, Alderney, Herm, St Caast, St Malo, St Quay, Lesadrieux and home to Chichester Harbour. We had the holiday cut a little short by F7 in the channel on the first and last weekends of our 2 weeks but had...

If your buying on line Cactus Marine are good too, based in Plymouth and usually less than the main online Chandlers. Currently £ 161.95 for the Standard horizon GX 1400. I installed the next one up the GX 1800 with a remote mic at the start of this year. Really usefull...

Our single line reefing, 1 at mast ,1 at boom end are 8mm on a SO 37. I have upgraded them to Dyneema but I doubt that is necessary!

We had a Hunter Medina, lovely and simple and upgraded it to the Hunter Delta 25 for 5 years. So I and would strongly recommend you look at one of them. Same flush bottom lifting keel arrangement with all the ballast in the keel. We had some excellent sailing, with all the ballast in the...