jbweston

Whirlaway made regular crossings over the years and the owner did push her (and the crew !) very hard, too hard sometimes, so damage was...

That's interesting. I can remember thinking back then she was a throughbred, even though in need of some care to make her look good...

Any product can have an issue, my garmin plotter left me in the dark with frozen software after an update a few years ago and took me a...

There are some boats from the 60s and 70s that still look great. I remember going aboard Nic 43s when they were 'just secondhand boats'...

Funny how some of the staff have said to me that they don't understand why I'm piloting every day when they are giving assisted...

There are at least two types of 'overpricing': - One type is where a seller asks more than any likely buyer is prepared to pay. That...

I've had a look at the information about SafeTrx on the RYA website and as far as I can see it has nothing at all to do with HM...

I don't get this at all. Surely you might as well notify your mother-in-law or the landlord of your local of your passage plan? I'm not...

Expectations are important. Informing the Coastguard who you are and where you're going is all very well, but what do you expect them to...

Grey looks good (although I appreciate that's a matter of opinion) and is somwhere between low maintenance and ultra low maintenance...

I offer help and don't mind at all if it's refused. When alone or shorthanded I like it when someone offers help. I think there are two...

Is it just me? When I am on my own I am only too pleased if someone offers to help. I have fixed dock lines at my home berth, so I can...

I have on several occasion had 'helpers' do the wrong thing, or more often nothing useful at all, but as one who has often sailed...

I will usually offer to help....but I take my cue from those onboard...unless it looks like an inexperienced crew, which is often the...

I think only once has a willing “helper” actually caused us problems (on that occasion spectacularly so) I’m always happy to accept...