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Just a thought I'd expect to be able to make a test sail, check the sails and mast electrics before I bought a yacht......? Jonathan

The crew number on our IRC cert is 7. The event (in common with most inshore events) allows cert + 2. As a symetrical boat we're all...

That's primarily because they would not bother to talk back.

lol. Come try and beat these ladies in a race, then feel free to make jokes like that to their faces…

Shame on you, DB the neanderthal. :mad:

I don't need to - I can rely on you to add the correction. :) To me, and I enjoy mast work - its part of owning a yacht. Its really...

Stg50 an hour, per person, seems cheap to me and its a 2 person job. Take out your VAT and its not much of a living for 2 people. I...

I was too embarrassed to ask - as I'm meant to know, being mature, about these things. :) Jonathan

We tried a soft shackle but found it difficult to thread the soft shackle through 6mm chain. But maybe we were not using the soft...

We too find a securement device unnecessary, but as the thread indicates some people have issues. If you keep the snubber under very...

They are not expensive - go and buy a clevis hook, like the one in my picture. Cut a small piece of stainless plate and add to the...

You are removing galvanising, reducing the life of the chain. Jonathan

We used an instant gas hot water heater. You can source them such they are not much bigger than a small briefcase - but you obviously...

A 50' steel yacht 'Anaconda' a near neighbour for a couple of years to our mooring unusually had a full sized glass mirror as part of...

I find teak too dark and I like the chart table, the picture with the mike. You do some good work. Different type of yacht, but solid...