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"A long time ago in a galaxy FE College far, far away" ....when for smiles and not much else I taught the RYA's slimmed-down syllabus (...

Probably not until you do serious damage. Last year I had a medical probe stuck up my nose and down into my lungs. Very painful as it...

The old naval anchor emblem - a fisherman anchor with its rode tangled around it 😀

It was called the Flook anchor. It was quite popular in Australia at one stage:

Apart from that joke there actually was an anchor that had an air tank to ensure it landed the right way down!

A beam sea will make life very uncomfortable, otherwise go for it. You could try adding lots of jerrycans full of water stowed on the...

No problem ... as others say - try to pick a good day when sea is calmer ... but even so - its not a problem if not. The boat will be...

It was probably in the 60's an anchor looking a bit like a danforth was being advertised as a kedge to use when the boat ran aground...

Rubbish, they are great anchors - provided that you use them correctly which is definitely not in sand. They have been used on hundreds...

I scrubbed off a boat underwater using SCUBA gear. Anchored in a depth with the keel almost on the bottom. Wore slightly more weight...

I feel like a cruising yacht ought to be ok if it's drying out onto hard sand and just as the keel takes the weight of the boat, someone...

Is a yacht that can't support its own weight on its keel, fit to be called a 'cruising yacht'? I'd say it isn't. Harrumph!

Funds will never allow but I was really coming round to the idea of a much newer boat. If ever there was a put off, then that keel and...

It would be good if this information was always readily available. I must admit it came as a bit of a suprise to me that not every...

Older designs with cut away forefoot and keel hung rudders can usually take their full weight on the keel provided the bottom of the...