Recent content by SteveA

The Ship Inn on Piel has reopened and will soon be serving food again. For your rigging I would suggest Andy at Impact Marine or Stuart from Glasson Dock.

I'm based at Roa Island and have taken the trip to Douglas and Peel on many occasions - as well as visiting Fleetwood. I would suggest that there's no need to call into Piel first ( you would be against an ebb tide) and know several who go straight to Douglas from Fleetwood. Unless there is...

I would never have just one strop - I use 2 but see that refueler advocates three. The primary is 3.5m and secondary 4m made from octoplait. The soft eye is just big enough to go over the deck cleats so there isn't a need to lash them as well. I've been using this technique for over 30 years and...

I used Funkymonkeyboatnames.co.uk to get two different coloured and width tapes after I'd been a bit over zealous with the pressure washer. They have application instructions on their website

I had a 21.7 for over 10years and generally agree with Flaming that they go quicker when heeled (a bit). We thought that about 10 degrees was about right. In winds of 15kts+ have the boat set up for quick reefing when going upwind (we did a lot of round the cans racing). The 21.7 has a powerful...

Colin, Yes I used 2mm S/S plate. I also used this plate to beef up the cleat fittings (that also had penny washers) as I kept ours on a swinging mooring.

Colin, You will need to take the drum off and access the slot headed tops of the bolts to stop them turning when undoing the nuts. I did this very job when swapping mine to self tailing winches. I also took the opportunity to swap the silly penny washers for a complete plate the same size as the...

If your aim is to get to Scotland then the Isle of Man is the best option, Douglas has become quite run down but is very sheltered but I would probably choose Peel. If you would like to visit different ports you might consider hopping up the NW coast; Preston, Fleetwood, Piel Island, Whitehaven...

I've a Maxi with a Selden Boom and single line reefing and have taken this apart. It may be that one or more of the rollers on the 'trollies' have failed. There are good diagrams on the Selden site for this system. Ours was a bit stiff at first but after replacing the lines with 8mm Dyneema they...

I had a Mariner 6hp long shaft with high thrust prop on our 21.7 sailing around Morecambe Bay ( with similar strong currents) that worked perfectly for us. This engine could be tilted and lifted clear of the water while sailing to reduce drag. The very keen take the engine off and put it in the...

I had Spearax for 10 years, sailing around the Irish Sea, and in all that time we only once had a greeny join us in the cockpit which quickly disappeared down the cockpit drains; I did consider having it coded for charter and one of the additions was to fit wash boards. It sailed well...

It's standard fit on the Maxi 1000

I would recommended having a chat with John at Bay Sea School - they're based at Morecambe but also teach on the Clyde. No connection apart from being a happy customer.

Our club, on the edge of Morecambe Bay, is registered as a CASC and doesn't favour local people - in fact we have several members who live in the NE but prefer sailing the Irish Sea. We do have non drying moorings but insurance usually only covers from April to November with boats on the hard...

Plum, many thanks this just what I wanted to know - I'll fit a 10 micron on the Racor.