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I'm with 'St. Margarets'. Again I have no load for keeping the boat in all year. <hr width=100% size=1>

I wholeheartedly agree with 'Sailfree' and his comments. I gave up PBO a couple of years ago after 18 yrs as a subscriber because I had a fear that I would eventually see an article advising on how to choose an acorn and grow an oak tree from which to build a boat ! I also subscribed to YM for...

I had a Mk.ll and loved it to bits. (I just needed a bigger boat because of my mates' & my size- 4 big 'uns) Watch out for the point where the bowsprit meets the foredeck as this can be levered up & through the deck if the boat gets badly moored and the bowsprit catches ashore as the tide...

I've seen jokes on this site before and as it's a bit quiet I thought I'd share this one :- A dad is in the bathroom cleaning his teeth and his little daughter walks in and sits on the toilet without embarrassement, as kids do. Eventually she looks up at dad and says, "Daddy, what's poo made...

We keep our boat at Town Quay, Southampton. The deal was that the berth holder was given a free parking permit whilst guest's cars payed £2 per day in advance so long as they displayed a notice issued at the marina office. Suddenly and without negotiation, the facility for guest's cars has been...

Early days yet but I thought this worth a mention. We applied 'Seajet' antifoul (2 coats) about 20 months ago. We tried this brand because of their boast that it should last 2 seasons. Last week we had the boat out for a survey and the bottom was pretty well clear save for the usual beard round...

To Johna - I was 'constrained' because I'd wanted to tack for some time, the other boat was doing about the same speed and more or less sitting on my quarter. I only mentioned the circs. to illustrate a point. (Also, I'd hardly class the confluence of the Itchen & Soton water as 'Constrained'...

I always pride myself in keeping reasonably up to scratch regarding Col.Regs. BUT I have noted several times on this site,complaints from Power-Boaters and, (a few posts back about dinghy sailers) and the lack of signalling intentions when a sailing vessel is about to tack. Is there any...

They'll always squeeze one extra on the raft at Cowes Yacht Haven (W.Cowes) BUT watch the price! I think one our boat partners took his teenage kids there last year & our 33' boat cost £65 overnight- but that did include tickets to the onshore festivities music and similar entertainment and...

I still remember an aged craggy-faced instructor defining the meaning of an upside down cone as " A foreign registered vessel motor-sailing" <hr width=100% size=1>

A pretty decent anchorage with good holding just a spit round the corner from Cowes (If you don't mind all of the bloody small power boats from 1200 to 1600 when they feel obliged to investigate the anchored yachts etc at 20 kts!) and Osborne House (Up the hill), the retreat much loved by Queen...

I'd certainly risk a decent wager that most of those you saw motoring were charter boats. It might be that they simply want to squeeze in as many ports-of-call as they can during their long weekend break. No harm done 'though. <hr width=100% size=1>

I love Yarmouth - but it is the cost of the water taxi which does make it expensive. It is, after all, £8 (might be £8.80) for 4 blokes to be carried only 30m or so there & back, to some of the inside pontoons. Also it doesn't run before 0800 (or after) so a shower before an early start is...

I've always laboured under the impression that the registration authorities have this sort of problem in mind when registering boats' names and that they sometimes refuse a name for that very reason. I was chatting to some RNLI blokes recently and they suggested the most confusing names for a...

Although I do not wish to sound condescending and I know my opinion is of value to me only, I think the reply here by James J. is one of the most sensible I've seen in my limited experience of this site. <hr width=100% size=1>