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Back in the 70s I sailed up the sea wall at Burnham, on a very HW, in my Stella & scattered some crowd. Slid back in & carried on...

So no, or only minimal, structural requirements and specs for watertight integrity??

The Categories are largely determined by stability. The things you talk about would not be specifically different between categories.

And a welder while I owned a steel boat. An engineer friend said my welds looked like chewing gum, but nothing broke while I owned her.

And a mechanic, electrician, bosun, navigator, commander, purse, rigger, doctor, dentist, cook, painter, labourer, or whatever the...

I first saw boats like that as a child. I would take my toy yacht to the local boating pond. At weekends grown ups would bring their...

Breathing progressively gets difficult as you use the reserve air in the tube, (its slightly different to SCUBA gear). Sufficient to...

Have not looked at the regulations for Class A, but having looked at the companionway washboard fittings on two large class A boats. As...

Take a couple of minutes moderate exercise, brisk walking, trotting upstairs etc. Then after taking a breath keep going and really...

The Jordan Series Drogue is intended as a 'last ditch' survival device and, like a pilot's parachute, it MUST work when needed. There...

Its a long time since they were published but you can probably still find Jordan's original design notes on the internet. Worth going to...

A series of breaking wave strikes one after the other, third strike filled cockpit, fourth had us surfing sideways with a ton or more of...

Reading Jordan's original design notes he recommended chain plates and ruled out using cleats or winches for a very specific reason...

Sea state forecasts do not take account of local effects such as tidal streams, shallow water etc. The only time I really looked for a...

Go for it, that is what cruising boats are for. When you go around the top of mainland Britain in two or three years time I can...