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I use Anchor Pro on Android and it's superb. One of the few apps I've actually paid for. (Anchor Pro is the paid version of Anchor Lite...

Looks like I need some practice at reading the effing thread. :( :D

See post #7 ;)

We always ask if they would like someone to catch a line, a lot do and we're happy to help, others say "no thanks". We usually say, "no...

The best I've heard is "No thanks, we need the practice.". Avoids the problem in the nicest possible way.

Very good point…. A very similar thing actually happened to me 15 years ago… my boat broke its mooring and was found drifting in the...

They can only charge if you use one of their moorings. Anchoring is FOC.

You can get third party insurance without jumping through many hoops from the likes of Basic Boat, just make sure you get one that...

So this Woodskin: That'll be "International Woodskin"? What does annual maintenance look like please? Thanks to you and everyone...

So Woodskin won't peel and look dreadful? It ages/wears gracefully on oily woods? Could I use leftover woodskin on marine ply? (I'm...

Yes, you can apply a coating - but not traditional "varnish". Get it clean and apply a woodstain such as Woodskin, or if you have a lot...

There’s no law against varnish but it just doesn’t work. I had a boat in the ‘70s with a varnished strake that was hopeless. In those...

Yeah. The previous owner varnished it and it peeled right off. The general YBW consensus on teak oil seems to have been 'don't bother'...

Should you varnish teak?

In 2025 it will be 20 years since Contessazeilers Benelux was founded, the association of Contessa sailors from the Netherlands and...