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In general it was used for I think 3 seasons for around 10 days each season so not heavy use!

Ok, I've managed to resize these ones so hopefully they give you an idea.

As you can see, we had a titchy boat, the tent would have worked for a bigger one than we had!

Ok, I have more detailed photos but they're too big for the forum and I can't shrink them on my phone! I will try to figure it out but in the meantime there is this one. If you send a couple of replies to this thread you will eventually be able to PM me and I can maybe email more photos across!

Hi Lucy, annoyingly I think you have to make something like 5 posts on the forum in order to be able to PM or receive PMs - so you could always go and comment on some random forum posts to up your numbers! I was about to put it on eBay for around £250 + postage (I'm in Yorkshire - although...

Hi Lucy, are you still looking for a Habitent Sirocco? We have one to sell. All the best, Laura

As a millennial, you won't find me arguing with the idea that we're worse off than our parents' generation! I'm just saying that the lack of interest in boat ownership is not *only* down to limited funds, it's also down to choices around what to spend those limited funds on. When people have...

I think there's a dual thing going on here. A lot of people can't afford boat ownership, true. Mortgages eat up a lot of income. But at the same time there are a lot of younger people (often unattached or without kids) who are quite happy to spend their time going on adventure holidays all over...

*Waves* Depends how you define youth, I hope we still qualify being in our 30s 😂 But in all seriousness I think you're right and we're in a bit of a minority. Most people our age are either chartering or there seems to be a small cohort who have been inspired by YouTube to take up liveaboard...

A few more details here: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2023/may/10/torbay-rnli-assist-yacht-following-may-day-call-off-berry-head

We had a Manta 19, nice wee boat. 750kg so easily towable.

I would say do the Comp Crew where you most desire to sail in the future - it'll be a good introduction to the area and give you an appetite for future trips. We're in Yorkshire and our future plans involve sailing on the West coast of Scotland, so I've just done a Day Skipper Course up there...

Lots of snacks! Small things in pots like blueberries (or Cheerios if the parents' healthy eating standards are as low as ours!) keep them occupied for a while, and biscuits are useful to pull out of a hat when difficult moments arise (or at the moment when they're deciding whether or not to...

If you can work from home and commute in occasionally from much further out (or even once or twice a week) you will save a fortune in living costs versus living in London or the main commuter belt and will have a much wider choice of sailing areas, for sure. East Anglia is lovely, the trains in...

There are hundreds of sailing clubs around London, on the Thames, on reservoirs, all over the place, so where you find will largely depend on where you live in or around. When I lived in Southeast London I sailed at Shadwell SC and later (briefly) at Erith YC - one was more accessible for me...