Recent content by Timcowen

As a quick aside, read this and it took me back to my youth in the 4th New Forest East Sea Scouts. There would be a regatta held at the Military base at Marchwood on Southampton Water. I recall coxing a gig , all wood , to victory on one occasion. Probably down to a good crew if truth were...

Just returned from a weekend away and picked up on all the replies. Many thanks to all and will start phoning around Monday.

Thanks will give them a try. Tim

Hi all, I am looking for suggestions on Insurance Companies to cover my dinghy. She is a 16 ft montagu sharpie, originally built between 1930 and probably 1935 ish. Restored in the early 60's . She is about to go off to a boat yard to have some work done on her as the initial stages of her...

Further to last, put in reefer and flannels then select the savilerow-style site and you should go straight to the correct page. Tim

Try looking at www.savilerow-style.com. Describes them quite nicely. Traditional 'reefer' now probably replaced with the 'blazer' .

Wow, Fantastic piece of footage. That must have been very exciting stuff.

Last month sailed Dover to Cork. En route had to wait in Yarmouth for two days whilst a gale blew through. Having run out of pubs in day one, decided to visit Newport on day two. I would highly recommend the classic boat museum there. Just follow the river from the town and it can be found on...

Thanks chaps, I will pass this on.

A friend of mine is having a devil of a job trying to extract his keelbolts. Apparently, and I know very little on the subject, they appear to have rusted and expanded therefore making them impossible to extract. I am told he has tried just about everything to date . It was suggested to him to...

So sorry to hear of your loss, but memories don't get much better than that , you clearly shared many great times and adventures.

I agree totally with last, I have crewed extensively from Medway up and down east coast and a trip to and fro the Baltic. Crew and skipper divide food booze marina and fuel costs. And as stated a treat for the boat /skipper. I have always been more than happy with this arrangement to ensure a...

If thats the going rate for gardeners in your neck of the woods I'm living in the wrong county or have got to pluck up courage to increase my hourly rate!!!

back in the early 80's bought a red MGB GT for 2k. Had been standing for 6 months and had an inch of water inside from a leaking windscreen seal. Dried it out with a hairdryer , turned it over, put the wife in the passenger seat and went on a test drive... to france... 1k miles later came home...

quite unbelievable, at the end of the day surely its 'each to their own' and 'look before you leap.' Please don't have a go at me.!!!