Farting about
I keep my sailing boat in a small yard where from what I have seen the majority of the boat owners...
View ArticlePoor coverage of Olypmic sailing
Anyone been trying to watch the Olympic sailing? They only have TV coverage on two or the...
View ArticleLoos PT2M tension gauge
I have one of these which is no longer required as I am moving to the dark side. In original box...
View ArticleAnyone heading West round Portland on the 27th August?
Hi All Planning on heading West across Lyme Bay on Sat 27th August to Dartmouth, departing from...
View ArticleCan you identify this hatch please
Attachment 59418 (http://www.ybw.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=59418) Attachment 59419...
View ArticleResonance. Not the topping lift!
Have just installed a wind vane, and there is quite a lot of intermittent resonance when the wind...
View ArticleAutohelm pedestal socket
This is the socket for the cockpit end of the drive arm for a Raymarine Autohelm Tillerpilot...
View Articlechristchurch with 1.22m draft
what do you recon. not that we are going this weekend as it looks a trifle windy but thinking...
View ArticleFire extinguisher
Can anyone tell me the price of a 1kg extinguisher sent to Portugal ? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleTillerpilot 1600
This tiller pilot has been lying around in my garage ever since i found it on my boat when I bought...
View ArticleCenturies Old Devon Shipwrecks Given Protected Status
Three historically important shipwrecks, which lie in the sands of Devon's coast, have been given...
View ArticleAnother boat searcher
As with others, I've had a little day boat for a couple of years and finding that living with it in...
View ArticleFenders: One of the weird things...
I’ve just noticed that one contributor has just mentioned in another thread that he dislikes...
View ArticleReplace planking with different timber
Can you do this ? Are there any unpleasant consequences ? I ask, out of curiousity, because for...
View ArticleNear miss, Trying to avoid the Wake?
Wow this was on my local new yesterday. On YouTube Near miss with BC Ferry. On July 26, 2016...
View ArticleWhere to locate a new Spinnaker Guy turning block
Hi I am looking for advise please from formites as the best location for a turning block that...
View ArticleReplacing bad gelcoat in the bilge, epoxy ok?
After 30 years the gelcoat in my engine bilge was in a bad way, cracking and letting oil and water...
View ArticleDipstick in the sump
The end of my dipstick has snapped off and is lying lost in the sump . . . . Beta BD722. Beta...
View ArticleStandard Horizon CP180i to Raymarine SPX5
I currently have my SH CP180i GPS/plotter connected to the SH Matrix AIS GX2100E VGF and all works...
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