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One thing's for sure.... Those new plates are a darn sight stronger than the thinner one I'm replacing - provided I 'don't spoil the...

Perhaps to round off this thread, and as it's dank, grey and cold outside today, I though to share the (nearly) final iteration. and...

There are various other options to the more traditional Blake Slip, depending on what you want to achieve. Some may not cosmetically...

It's just a couple of weeks back since we first looked here at backstay rigging plates, then clevis pins and their variants. I...

A traveller positioned there has pinned many a furiously-cursing yottie, with hurt. It's certainly practicable to retrofit a robust new...

Been watching their YouTube and now following the tracker and noting that they're all the sort of crazy I admire. :)

Prof Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University in the US, has responded to new temperature records being set year...

Beware, gentle readers, of the interesting range of 'folding basins and deep dishes', etc. using silicone rubber and intended for...

He's sussed me - good and proper!

Though a spinnaker could, don t ask how I know :(

What I love about this kind of thread is the number of different ways people enjoy the water, from classic wooden boats to new AWB...

I've always loved the water and boats, but life got in my way - marriage, children, etc, so I came late to sailing. We had a holiday in...

You could say you've done it, and if people say 'Did you go to Vanuatu?', you could say, "No, but I did get to the Isle of Wight and...

There was certainly a degree of confusion, over a number of years, due to some people's inaccurate use of language. The 'Chandlery...

Faulty wire locking very nearly killed me, and my pilot, when a plug on a hyd reservoir at ~3000psi came out in flight - followed by...