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In salt water, sluice the decks with sea water to remove frost. If chosen the right day the sun will soon heat you.

Speak for yourself. Believe it or not there is a world beyond the Blackwater. Just off to the boat now. Clearly the long nights can...

No im not missing torque or failing understand how gearing works. Im mostly telling you it is possible to get electrical power as the...

The highway code thinks differently. The sentencing guidelines also think differently when you get it wrong. They are pretty...

Which is utter nonsense written by people who have proven to be inadequate..... Back on topic. Hurrah if you can charter a boat. I have...

Before reliable diesels for small boats, people went sailing. Go back a century, and engineless boats were how stuff got moved around...

Most people WITH Diesels never go anywhere!

When I passed my driving test, my instructor said, "Well done! Now you can learn to drive." That was well over 50 years ago, and I'm...

I don’t know that we had sides! I’ll try harder! Your point, whatever it was (but if we are on the same side it must be right ;-)) is...

underway - but not at anchor?

Actually they are now! Provided they are accompanied by a qualified instructor who feels they are ready for the motorway!

You might think that but the evidence seems to suggest that training people not to fall off stuff actually helps them not fall off...

Absolutely not, there’s plenty of big currents here - but: 1. We don’t tend to anchor of moor in the areas with 3+knot currents. My...

The solas regulations require any vessel capable of carrying a radar reflector to do so. Radar reflectors DO work but perhaps not as...

😲 even if RYA are “happy” with this - you have to wonder what the club are actually thinking in terms of equipping their crews to...