Recent content by Yacht Castor

To me the most important thing in my life is peace of mind which comes with confidence and trust in my boat. I have owned and have had great fun with an awb but it can become very exhausting especially when it comes to long passages in heavy weather, struggling at the helm to keep her from...

There is no easy answer to all your questions, everyone of us has a different story to tell and they are very diverse from the final salary pension rich to those struggling to make ends meet by making and selling trinkets and postal cards. We have meet those taking a year off to sail the...

Thanks Macd, that looks very interesting even her-on-board can get excited at that price.

Thanks a bundle Vyv just what my wife wanted to hear! Seriously though I really think your right, if I was back crossing the channel numerous time a year in the fog and fading light I think I would go for it. Our present sailing is cruising around the Med as our fancy takes it. We don't do...

After a long hiccup (8 Months) we are about to go back to the boat in Spain and resume our cruising life. Like most of you out there I have everything but the kitchen sink!!! no change that we do have a kitchen sink but we don’t have A.I.S. Been thinking about it for so long....do I go down...

Once again many thanks for the info both of you, yes, we also are great fans of passage weather, when we can get internet access.

Corsica Crusing Many Thanks for all the info. To arrive in Cannes by the end of September we would need to be working our way up the Corsica coast from late August through to the end of September.

This summer we intend passing a few Months lazing around the Balearics before heading for a new winter location. There might be a place available for us in Cannes so we are considering sailing from Minorca over to Alghero on the West Sardinia coast and then following the coast North, crossing...

Mine is bigger than your! Not wishing to boast but I carry 90 meters of 8mm chain and 3 different anchors on my HR 37 she sits OK but nose dives a bit in heavy seas. As a live aboard in the Med having to cope with whatever is thrown at us I believe my present kit is not overkill

No but my boat is, the guy you want is the Father of the girl that runs the Anchor bar, did you get that! If you Google Almerimar I think you can find lots of Info and possibly a phone number, he charged me 40 Euro out and 45 in the Taxi was about 60+

Just a topical question as today is November 5th, Anyone with sensible ideas of how to dispose of out of date flares in Portugal?

Try the next marina, Povoa de Varzim, very friendly, very cheap, lots of guys on sight doing all kinds of boat repair and maint. very well and very cheap.