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It's a slippery slope. It starts with a few drops of red...

someone, at some point, may have actually loved her

Am in a similar position as sold my ocean capable boat a month or so ago after finishing chemo and accepting that I would not use her...

my 2p's worth. After several batches of wasted money on the flimsy control switches sold by the marine suppliers, I went for something...

My wife, who attends to such matters, merely winds in some chain, and the catenary then pulls the boat forward. OK, if it's blowing a...

I can only say that my electric windlass has been on my bow, with forward and aft control, for about 25 years now. I did suffer a...

If you're placing a biggish order it's worth looking at the European sites. I've just ordered stuff from this German company for...

I don't have much occasion to buy stuff in Ireland but I've bought from these in the past and it was satisfactory CH Marine | EU...

Does anyone have any recommendations for efficient online chandleries in Ireland?

What I don't understand is why cleaning an anode with an ordinary (steel) wire brush is apparently a no no. That's not going to change...

Steel (iron) inhibits the action of anodes. The hydroxide can be removed by non-ferrous tools, angle grinder, abrasives, brass wire...

I have an old anode I removed a while back. It is covered with a white salt, which I assume is Zn(OH)2. Is it possible to remove this...

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The sunken yacht was struck by lightning in the big storm. From the bank folks seem to think it then caught fire

We were back there again this weekend. This time with my wife. We actually found a good place just above the last of the Calstock...