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I sailed a Hurley 22 for a few years years and found myself in F7 conditions sometimes, but very rarely by choice. My experience was that the boat was fine and very seakindly for a small boat. Hurley's have a 50% ballast/displacement ratio and I had a triple reefed main and hank on storm jib. I...

Cranking the engine to get the oil round first sounds like a good idea but (displaying my poor understanding of diesel engines here) how does one stop it from firing? On a petrol I'd remove the plug leads I guess but how does that work with compression ignition...

Thanks, very reassuring to know I'm on the right track. I like the idea of adding some glass/glass cloth to the repair so will try that.

I removed what I thought was a very small area of peeling paint on my ply transom, which as always turned out to be more extensive. Water was getting in through the joint where the transom meets the sole and also as it turns out through the backstay through bolt - when I removed this both the...

Now sold

Hi Folks, After selling my boat, the only thing left are the charts. While I'd like to hang on with them in the hope that a new boat comes along that's looking unlikely so hope that someone else can get some use out of them. They are all 9th edition (which I think is the newest?) and in...

The Laser 2 is usually sailed as a double-hander whereas the Topaz uno is really only a singlehander (however much Topper dress it up) so firstly you have to decide how often you'll be sailing with others.. and where you'll be doing your sailing?? The Topaz is a newer boat that is used by lots...

My mainsail has a set of plastic sail slides sewn to the luff (in place of an earlier boltrope). The boom has been replaced with slab reefing and sits lower than the original boom (roller reefing). When lowered, the main sits below the original mastgate which has been covered by a couple of...

As the title says. Selling for my boss (my boat has 16inch winches, his has 58's! Payrise anyone?) http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lewmar-58-self-tailing-winch-alloy-/150597217784?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item23104b2df8...

Thanks all for useful advice. I'll have to do my sums as I'm tending towards getting a larger unit for similar reasons of and keeping one smaller TP as a spare. Something else springs to mind: I'm pretty pushed when it comes to amp-hours due to charging mainly from a Yam 8C outboard (am I...

Right I'm sorting out Huffin (Hurley 22) to make enable longer distance singlehanded sails. I've got two old tillerpilots - a raymarine AH 800 (the newer one with rectangular buttons) and a navico TP 1800. My question is, how do you rate these - in terms of sophistication, reliability etc...

Hi all, This is my first post on this forum however I've been reading it for some time (and always bowled over by the sheer collective wisdom to be found here) Anyway, I'm currently refitting a Hurley 22. When I bought her, she had no stanchions nor a pushpit. I've fitted a couple of...