Recent content by smee

I used to have a Master 30 which was the earlier version of the Steadfast 30. Unfortunately that was over ten years ago now so my encyclopedic knowledge of the make/type has disappeared somewhat from lack of use! There is a test report done on the Steadfast 30 which gave some history I believe...

Is this sold??

Ditto! 37yrs old now, and although I liked boats before HW, I think what it showed proved you could work and play with boats so it began a path for me that took me from landlocked Purley, to Poole and then Mallorca. I dread to think what I might have been doing if HW had never come to the TV. I...

Actually its 200grt with no length limit for YM Offshore (and probably the Coastal too!).

The trouble with Mallorca is that many rumours spread like wildfire and you have to know and respect the source. Did this come from a govt agency or newspaper or was it a tale over the bar? A couple of weeks ago a rumour went round that Yachtmasters who are commercially endorsed have to be...

Haha..... finding the one and only in a boat is a myth, it is like being 17 and thinking that girl/boy you just met is THE ONE!!! Invariably you soon realise they have far more shortcomings than bargained for! I had a Foxcub 18, when I was 18 and got fed up of banging my head. Then a MG Spring...

Here in Spain we have Ferronet, does rust on stainless or GRP a treat and can brighten teak. It also gets cal off the windows and the skin off your hands! Also useful for de-cal-ing the tap fittings at home.

As I recall they were built in/by Mitchell's Boatyard on Parkstone Bay (Hence the name) in Poole. There were a few variants, from a sort of open with fisherman type wheelhouse to varying size of cabins, 1 to 2 side windows as I recall - I used to work in brokerage in Mitchells Boatyard in the...

A few years ago I had a Moonen steel motorsailer, I had it for a number of years and had it lifted and changed the anodes every two years, which was what a friend with another steel boat in the same marina had done (indeed the longest he went was 4 years without problem). This worked fine until...

I am wondering why you need to have wife with a dodgy knee disembark? I have been working on a number of boats all far too high to disembark from and never needed to as you tie up using lasso or boathook before disembarking. All during my Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster courses not one person...

Bit old fashioned but I suppose you could actually phone up their copy service and ask for the article in the Mar 07 copy? Or even email if you are in a totally different time zone. I believe there may be a person there.

Its when you wake up in a state of confusion wondering where you are and if the anchor is safe, and try desparately to search for your last transits out of the window and then realise you are safe at home in a third floor flat that you really have a problem!

I am in Palma and most of the jobs that sound interesting on the agencies are predomantly Antibes... seems to be much more going on there at the moment.

She needs to do her STCW 95, as her chances of getting on a boat without that are slim.... and then register with the agencies, Crewseekers is rather limited for that (and charges!), suggest Dovaston, JF Recruiting, Yachtloop, Dockwalk, Letitia Van Allen, Crew & Concierge, Bluewater, YCO Crew...

I guess I am Paid crew as Stewardess/cook on motoryachts, got commercially endorsed Yachtmaster (&STCW) which doesn't get used much when cleaning heads and pouring wine!