Recent content by tillip

Yaching Monthly from Jan 2001 to Feb 2008. Offers.includes some copies Sailing Today Can be shipped UK Parcelforce fo £10. http://cobra-seawolf.com/BoatsForSale.htm

"Skips R us" is a great place for your Bukh! Bin It and stick a Yanmar in

Spot on. on both counts "The most expensive possession you can have is a closed mind. It will cost you all your life."

Everthing is a subject for discussion otherwise there would not be a need for the forum. Where is your proof that GRP will get osmosis if it does not dry out. Have you ever done any GRP laminating?. Speaking from experience, I built a dinghy four years ago, sits on a lake all year round, no...

yachting monthly always has delivery companies in "ads" section.

You say it lets the boat dry out, so is your GRP soggy? Whilst GRP is not impervious to water, three coats of epoxy resin is. The other side of the coin is the when the boat is out of the water the hull is exposed to a greater range of temparature variations than when left in the water...

Best way to go is strip the old stuff out yourself. It's hardly worth paying £30 an hour just for the donkey work. As you only change an engine once, consider what else it may be worth changing whilst the engine is out, exhaust, goose neck, raw water strainer, anti-sysphon valve, morse control...

"After sales service seems to be a major issue with this company: ge the right man on the right day, you get terrific service. Get the other man (men?) - forget it." That's spot on. Even if something is problematic, Great customer service can still make an average product good That said, I...

If you have 2 speed winches it's just a back and forth movement

Don't think so but as we know there are plenty of ex-spurts on this forum that will soon put us right if needed. We sail ours all year and have a lift out for 2~3 weeks in the summer, while we are away on holiday. Antifoul it before we go and have her back in ready for another 11 months. Some...

"I love winter sailing, the moorings are empty and there's very few pratts about trying to ram you." "I will guarantee that most of the people who say leave it in and use it have plastic!!" Yes to both, Sailed in the wintersun on Christmas day last year, best chrismas present I've had in years

Group Test, Sailing Today, compares 14 hand helds.October issue

It's like most other things in life, generally your get what you pay for. If you spend some time looking through the forum, you will notice that the fact anything "marine" comes at a premium, it's a built in rip-off. However some of the magazines often do tests on things such as life jackets and...

Try this link ttp://www.easternyachts.com/soldtrailersailers.htm or this one http://www.thetrailersailercentre.co.uk

You would get quite a of of boat for £20k, are you going to the Southampton boat show?