Recent content by tonywar

Thanks everybody, I think I might just bin it. By the way , I am a nurse, but the joke wore a bit thin about 1988.

I,ve acquired a boat with a meths cooker. I haven't the slightest idea how it works. There are no markings to identify manufacturer. It has no pump so it isn't pressurised. You open the tap and meths trickles into a small tray. There is a small pipe in the tray that leads to the burner, but no...

Hi everybody, Could anybody recommend any books or websites which deal with rigging, particularly running rigging. I have just launched my yacht, the mast has been stepped, but all the running rigging was sat in a box and I just don't know where to begin. Thanks <hr width=100% size=1>

I was wandering around a boat graveyard, sorry I meant boatyard, today. What was interesting was the prices that where attached to some of these vessels. "A bargain at £3000", £3000, that's how much you would have to spend just to make it float! You would struggle to give these boats away, never...

Don't forget lying down is important as well. Especially if your intending to overnight regularly. Make sure you can stretch out in the births. I think having to sleep in the foetus is considered a form of torture. I sail a westerly 22, and I'm 6 ft tall, no I can't stand up straight in the...

Thanks for your input everybody, unfortunatly when I went to buy the boat someone had beat me to it. It was sold for £750, a bargain I think. The lesson is, be more spontaneous. <hr width=100% size=1>

I was not looking for a traditional wooden boat, until today when I saw a beautiful Whitby Fishing Boat, which had been rigged as a gaff cutter. I was wondering is the Whitby Fishing Boat, a class of boat or is this a wooden boat that just happened to used in Whitby. It was built in 1950. Also...

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If you're not smiling by the end of this, then what were you doing when you were young? Just for a minute, forget everything stressful and read this............... Close your eyes and go back in time... Before the Internet... Before semi-automatics, joyriders and crack.... Before SEGA or...

Anybody any idea how much it would cost to have a 24 foot yacht transported by road from the Orwell to the Humber? Any companies that come recommended? <hr width=100% size=1>

I was wondering if there are any forum members who sail the Humber. I am looking at a mooring on the Humber but don't really know the area. My sailing has always been either further north or further south. Is a bilge keel the most appropriate for the area as I understand there are a lot of...

Re: Tacking away And I thought clean air was when you where the first to use the heads, and dirty air when you where the second. You live and learn.

It was more a reference to the other responses about the ins and outs of racing.

Speak to your GP and ask if he will prescribe you some Dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), it does work and it doesnt't leave you with a mouth like sandpaper.