Recent content by shaunksb

I think the difference between sailing performance of a relatively modern design of AWB with that amount of difference in keel depth will be negligible. I seem to recall a test about a decade ago where the journalists were given two boats with both options of keel and were asked if they could...

We did this (spectacular) trip in about a week albeit in a Discovery 55 with a couple fo over nighters but there was nothing my lightweight 30’ er couldn‘t have handled. The weather can change quite quickly, you need to be prepared to break cover even for only half days and particulary as you...

Why not buy a Vega from El Salvador? ________________________

Obviously you need to learn how to do that properly too if you only have a £10k budget… ________________________

Are there any visitors moorings at Aldeborough? I‘ve dug up a few historic threads but can’t find anything current. _____________________________

If it wasn't for the six kids and a pony it would have worked quite well... _________________________________

Perfectly possible then. Hiring a sat phone would help enormously with your weather routing on the way back. In a smaller boat I may be temped to do the 5 day hop to Portugal from the Azores and also turn the corner up the coast and possibly head for la Rochelle or similar to give a shorter...

How many are “you”. What time of year do you want to cross West to East? _________________________

Do you have the WiFi only or Cellular & WiFi model? The Cellular & WiFi is the only one with an inbuilt gps. _____________________

Why did you bring it up then? __________________________

You are aware that Grenada’s one a month equates to twenty a day when compared to UK population? _______________________

I managed to get an “old stock” Raymarine Ray 70 and command mic which networks to my axiom plotter as an AIS receiver. No aerial splitters required. _____________________________

OP, I did just that in my previous 24’ Jaguar. I can’t remember the make but they were a pair of American golf cart 45ah AGM/Gel ones. They were brilliant. They fitted into one standard battery box. Took plenty of abuse, ran everything including tillerpilot and even my eberspacher no problem...

Not all of them do and not everyone sets them up that way. Thats the problem with making a set of rules for a large number of people. _____________

The chances of it being charged at the time you need it are inverse to the severity of situation you need it for. _______________________