Recent content by zoidberg

Managed to link up with JezR. The Hood genoa sleeve is on its way to a new home.... :)

A weather/UV protective sleeve for your genoa, by Hood. Used, but in good serviceable order. Faded blue on outside, bright on inside.... 10.5metres x 50cm open. I won't have a need for it this season, so if you do - and want to protect your shiny new headsail - £100 Inspect/collect near Bath -...

'Whatever floats your boat...' ;)

Aye. In the favourite anchorage just a mile NE of Rame Head - where it might well be blowing a hoolie - there is likely nary a whisper, and one can paddle ashore to the welcoming waterfront pub, and the even more welcoming oggie shop next door! Eat your heart out, Fishwick! West Country...

There's plenty of good advice above, especially regarding the small 'boltholes' where you could drop your hook for a break, wait for the tide, get some sleep, hide from a spell of lumpy weather. I've sailed that passage multiple times, and sectors of it even more often. My way of going about the...

Thank you - and do enjoy Dufouring around the islands.

I'm just 3 miles from Bath and could certainly use some of the stuff. And perhaps the Barton kit.... No, not 'perhaps'. I've measured now, and they'll do very well. I'll have them, please. I'll send a PM with phone number, and we can link up.

I'm tempted to mention 'the camel - a horse designed by a committee' but that would be unkind discourteous. I LIKE asking questions on here, for I frequently find slants and insights that are new to me. I'm not proud.... ;) My refurb project doesn't have a Grand Plan in mind. However, the basic...

Lots of good points above - which is what I'd hoped for. Now, 'metal primer'. Interesting, as I have some left in two pots. What happens to stainless steel if painted with primer.....?

I've removed a pair of 'OK' foredeck cleats - close to toerails about 3 m. from bow - and will mount a pair of 'much heftier' 300mm replacements onto teak pads on deck, using 4 x 10mm s/s bolts. These to take anchoring/mooring snubbing loads imparted by a ~3-ton boat kept on a trot mooring...

Huge waves filmed by cruise ship passenger Biscay, from a Saga cruiseship, recently. A reminder, perhaps, to repack the JSD....

Intriguing. I'll be more than a little interested to see what MingMing III turns out to be.

I'm fitting much stronger anchor/mooring posts, removing the one centreline 'samson post' ( for several reasons ) and looking to mount these 'bad boys' port and starboard. The intent is to mount them on 48mm teak blocks, broadly as shown. ( yes, there's more to do... ) This should raise the...

IMHO you're going about this the right way.... Asking questions, researching answers, 'diving down the rabbit holes'. There are no absolute right answers - just opinions based on experience. I've made a life-long practice of seeking to learn hard lessons from others' hard-won experience. The...