Bodach na mara

Portavadie even had hair straighteners in the gents last time I was there but the marina itself is a man-made hole in the rocks and I...

I blame that pesky butterfly always stirring storms, the over dressed moth.

I am enjoying the discussion between Frank and Lustyd which has reminded me of one of the Institute of Physics conferences at Stirling...

I liked swinging moorings when I had to work for a living. Getting one's feet wet and rowing to the mother ship you felt part of the...

Hmm, trouble is, the more the worthless letter of the law is discussed and scrutinised, the more cornered we're inclined to feel, not by...

Looks to me as though somehow a mix of seawater and exhaust acids has been sitting there.

I have done this a few times on my own boats and it is not a quick job. I have always had the mast down (at the time £75 each way crane...

Seems a reasonable price to me. Basic steps for the job and adding a time element to them, multiplied by £50 per hour, gets into the...

But it is required if the boat is to satisfy various regulations, such as the B. W. boat safety certificate, or coding to allow...

It depends on which side of the sail the sacrificial strip is, assuming you have one. On my boat the strip is on the port side of the...

In theory it has always attracted me. A simple experiment with a hose demonstrates that the thrust when the outlet is clear of the water...

My consultant recommended wearing a hat with a brim - like a Tilley or similar. Works in the sun and the rain so worn pretty much all...