srm's latest activity

Hello GHA, back to your specific case, I made myself a "not-MOB harness, I am usually singlehanding so no need to lift anyone out of the...

I used to use alloy bar, around 30mm x 3mm (or whatever the local engineers have in stock) as easy to cut/drill and would not compress...

For around six months I ran a "signature" saying my boat urgently needed a new owner. This, somewhat indirectly, resulted in said new...

In one of the narrow sounds north of Bergen. Long time ago, the lady may be a grandmother by now.

Depends where and how you are sailing and how clear they are about risk and outcome. I used to run skippered charters between Shetland...

W Norway, a warm sunny afternoon, between the islands, quietly drifting along in light winds, watching a topless young lady, rowing.

After I received my registration I sent s link to this thread to the UKSR and I received the following reply. "Thank you for positive...

That's near the truth, although 'interest' isn't so much lacking, as beaten into retreat by unanswerable discouragements. Golden...

If we are honest it is very difficult to justify the private ownership of a boat in material or financial terms. The true reasons are...

Much like the device I mentioned earlier. However, rather than just hope it works could you not give it a try, perhaps on a fine day at...

Prevention being better than the cure.

But, imho, going back to the first post - only after you've done every last think you can realistically think of to stay onboard in the...

A reasonable suggestion, except that boat would happily jog along at one to two knots when hove to in normal conditions. It would also...

Many years ago there was a recovery device advertised in the UK that did just that - without the need to handle a big sail over the...

To misquote the bard: "Methinks you doth protest too much." Who exactly are you trying to convince?