oldbloke

I can say they are/were awful. You'll be drummed out of the cvrda if they find out that you said it

I don't know how many people a Skipper can carry, but 4 people should be able to carry a Skipper, hopefully to the nearest landfill...

Yacht insurance companies are very different to car insurance. I am sure that if you ring up someone like Noble Marine or Craftinsure...

The America's Cup has always been pointless from any logical, puritanical view. It has always beèn willy waving by very rich men. Its...

There are , of course, one designs and one designs. When just about everyone is sailing one of Dave Winder's masterpieces there really...

Lots of useful experience offered and all useful in the planning stage. However as the old saying goes; man plans and God laughs. The...

Most of my sailing is one design. It would be nice to have a bandit handicap to blame....

I'm sure there is no such thing as a bandit boat in IRC because if there was a, the rating office would do what they do, and adjust the...

Water power started the industrial revolution, you just need to add a water wheel

A Lark won't easily take an outboard. Enterprise, Gp14 or Leader would and could be found in your price range. The thought of a dad and...

Title says "two adults" and then "pico alternative". For 2 adults pretty much anything is a better alternative. .He needs to come back...

Cancer Research UK has a very good site about melanoma which I will not try to precis. It confirms my understanding that rrisk of...

I suspect most of us on here are too old to worry much about cancer inducing behaviours. What we did in our younger lives is more...

There is a lot to be said for learning in a sporty dinghy , as long as it is not too sporty to be impossible, much more responsive ...

I have had a boat with this(rs Aero) and it can be a bit of a pain. The reasons for doing it this way are:- 1, if you cleat at the...