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First boat, never sailed and needing advice please
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I have a PLB and supposedly water proof phone - not that I quite trust its proofing - and as often rowing to boat on big fast estuary...
Yesterday at 13:30
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Small boat in locks - best approach?
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but probably. If one can really only get a single warp attached, as has happened one has to guess the probable boat movement on operation
7 May 2024
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Also if going up put the boat as sensibly close as possible the downstream end of the lock as there will be less turbulence
7 May 2024
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Small boat in locks - best approach?
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When the water come into the lock to raise the level it will push the boat along. Main warp in direction of water into. When water is...
7 May 2024
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A National Campaign to Encourage Architects to Provide Decent Marina Facilities
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I however wonder at the weather naivety of western atlantic seaboard sailors who favour boats without roofs above a steering position...
7 May 2024
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Engine wont start!
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Quick start gives the engine a jolt - so does the starter really but without the heat burst on the piston- but the real issue is lack of...
5 May 2024
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Engine wont start!
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After turning over a few times to get oil onto bearings, I would squirt quick start (not WD40 which is a lubricant and freeing agent)...
5 May 2024
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First boat, never sailed and needing advice please
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That rudder is almost certainly not correct, and being so small risks having all the poor steering and possible weather helm associated...
5 May 2024
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oldmanofthehills
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Bristol
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I will amend my post, though liveaboard and other boater opinions are very strong on the issue.
30 Apr 2024
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Crinan Canal 2024
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She is open right through from today, the locks are all manned by SC and three boats have gone west in the rain this morning.
30 Apr 2024
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Switching from marina to mooring
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Always always have two penants to a mooring buoy. In plymouth sound about two boats a year are washed ashore and wrecked by single warp...
30 Apr 2024
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Bristol
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They mostly steal bicycles not boats. Safest from theft is a busy spot, safest from litter or yobs crawling on boat is a quieter spot...
30 Apr 2024
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Padstow to Milford Haven in a Northerly
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We pay lots of money for that good modern iron topsail for a reason. Sailing close hauled into chop is tiring and slow, and sometimes...
30 Apr 2024
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