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the one thing you need to do with the Delta to get it set easily is nothing!..........drop the hook slowly and slowly pay out chain as you drift back in what breeze there is, this should be sufficient to set the anchor nicely assuming a nice sandy bottom. I have found if you try to set it by...

Dont firget to "Burp" the seal regulary, if you dont entrapped air will cause the seal to wear and leak. Also be very careful when greasing it as it can be easily damaged, a flattened straw filled with grease is the safest and most effective way.

Just as well the RAF were not straffing on the air weapons range as you may have more holes in your boat than you expexted to have. As for the Inver inn my Brother in law's Son owns it :-)

The very same Kelpie!!

Word on the street is that he is a young Glasgow taxi driver. The Hunter 19 is his first boat that he only purchased two weeks ago. Prior to the explosion he had run aground twice, once off Oban airfield as he had no charts. The story goes that he was changing a gas cylinder whilst having a...

Arising would be my choice. Bomb proof and great moorings with access all states of the tide.......maybe very low water spring may give your heart a flutter halfway in but I have never found myself short of water during any of my visits. The advantage is good rail connection to Glasgow via Fort...

David Cook is one of the nicest guys around in the Yacht Brokerage buisness in my view, as Salty says a true Gent and not the sort of guy that would do you a bad turn. ��

I would consider Troon. Though I guess I am biased as I live here. I kept my last boat here for about 10 years before I sold her. The guys in the yard are OK and certainly do a good job of chocking the boat up using wooden props and chocks. But if this is the case your mast must come down. If...

Enjoyable video.......one wonders though what future the Seafield has?

GK29

Salen jetty has water and hoses on every pontoon still as of two days ago :)

Remember it well from my early Lifeboat days using the big MF set...........All stations using 2182 kHz were required to maintain a strictly enforced three-minute silence and listening period twice each hour, starting at h+00, h+30. This allowed any station with distress, urgent or safety...

Sad it may be but I think you will find the Fishermen tend not to think too much of us yachties. I guess they have been setting their pots there long long before the marina was built.

I did the same trip two years ago......Troon to Kirkwall via Stromness an Westray and via Cape Wrath. I am with Tesco mobile who use O2 as their network and I cannot remember having any problems with coverage :-)

Brilliant, how lucky are we that have the waters of the West coast of Scotland as our local waters :-))