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My top tip for a boat that tacks without hesitation is to hold the genny on the old tack until it backwinds and pulls the bow through...

On the subject of cats falling over, does anyone know what happened to Coco de Mer, the Gunfleet that tried a bit too hard on the RTI...

Including myself. :) I like Yarmouth, and taking my Snapdragon in there was fine. Helming my friend's Dufour 385 wasn't too bad going...

You'd never get it under the bridge at Yarmouth. Well, maybe once...

Prices have gone up a bit since then o_O I'm glad I managed to fix our grill! Have you seen these? Pardon our interruption... Why...

This is why you don't want to use an unknown mooring when the wind gets up And, believe me, I've seen worse. OTOH, in calm weather...

I had an obscure fault with a 2T Tohatsu. It turned out to be a poor connection on the coil's earth wire - might be worth checking

I've used these people a couple of times. Royle Jackson Ltd | Marine & Electrical Engineers | Southampton Near the Itchen Bridge in...

Being a lazy git, I just leave my mooring lines and anchor rode out in the rain for a few days

The standing rigging on Jazzcat was the original from 1984 when I bought her in 2021. The mast hadn't fallen down, and everything looked...

Are you sure about that?

Mine is 14mm octoplait. It's plenty strong enough - it could just about pick up my 29ft Catalac. Octo has the advantage that it doesn't...