1" higher on her marks

[doug748]

Been having a tidy up and removed a pile of charts off the boat, mainly just south coast an northern France. Hell, the weight of the things, thought they might be a few pounds but weighed them:

2 stone - 28 lbs.

This excludes the eight pilot books and two piles of port information booklets and pull out charts from ancient copies of Yachting Monthly. Amazing how junk accumulates.

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[John_Silver]

Been having a tidy up and removed a pile of charts off the boat, mainly just south coast an northern France. Hell, the weight of the things, thought they might be a few pounds but weighed them:

2 stone - 28 lbs.

This excludes the eight pilot books and two piles of port information booklets and pull out charts from ancient copies of Yachting Monthly. Amazing how junk accumulates.

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Once you start, it can become addictive…..

Before Christmas I too had a clear out of paper charts & pilots.

Then moved onto the dustier recesses of the book locker.

Then to the ‘spares,’ carried over from my previous boat - ‘just in case.’

And finally to the outboard. (I always end up rowing, for the silence, ease of beach portage & for fear of putting my back out, getting the Honda off the rail). This also cleared the cockpit locker of a Jerry can, an unwieldy tiller extender and the outboard bracket.

As a result Stargazer is floating plumb upright. Losing her long term 1-3 degree list to starboard (according to how full the water tank is).

An auspicious start to the New Year!