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I had a similar problem years ago. After motoring the full length of the Caledonian canal the house batteries had not charged properly...

What does your voltmeter tell you? Is the voltage the same at the alternator end and the battery end? If not you will need to test...

My usual set up was two halyard winches on the mast, plus a reefing winch on aft face of mast or under the boom. Plus an assortment of...

Many years ago a visitor visa for Turkey was for 90 days, but you could leave the country and return the next day and buy another 90 day...

Many of the countries that are mentioned as outside shengen and therefore not needing residencia or visas may well have their own...

Remember the days of yore when not only did one have to go to the mast to deal with the mainsail but also onto the foredeck to change...

A trick I devised with the original Windpilot (semi balanced auxiliary rudder and vertical axis wind vane) was to use the smallest...

First question - visa requirements are up to the host govt. or the Schengen community as a whole, not the remit of UK govt. unless they...

This is an important point. Reducing complexity is usually a good idea when at sea.

We have no fear of going on deck. We do all the adjustment we need at the mast. We recently sailed Azores to Ireland in 7 days. Antigua...

Essential for single or short handed sailing. Either electric or one of the windvane self steering devices. Fitted the later to my...

If you do move lines aft you either have to use a lot more effort - more winching to overcome friction - or have to work hard at...

You don't actually need to move the lines. Many prefer them forward, since there is less friction. Hoisting is easier when you can use...

Interesting: EU has a fairly strong legal framework for data protection and before Brexit the UK was party to that framework. Hence web...

That is similar to my experience. On our first boat, some of the lines had been led aft (but there were no tack downhauls, nor was the...