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Navionics and I think others can collect bathymetry data from users (who presumably are able to opt in/out) which can then be used to update their database and then passed back to all users. What I find interesting is how they account for states of the tide, barometric pressure, storm surges...

Found this while browsing elsewhere...... Consultation on the safe disposal of marine flares

I found this whilst browsing elsewhere, so thought I’d share..... Consultation on the safe disposal of marine flares

Much to my surprise and delight, my wife has been bitten by the sailing bug. She has been looking at boats after admiring a Fulmar and the bug finally took hold after taking her sailing in a 20' Bay Raider. We are based in the Outer Hebrides, so are looking for a boat that will enable us to...

1. Choose whatever anchor you like, but don't tell anyone. 2. Get a degree in metalurgy and welding engineering so that you can specify exactly what you anchor should look like and how it was made. 3. Don't ask Scuttlebutt which anchor to buy unless you are a lawyer representing an anchor...

I got a strange phone call yesterday from a company looking for investors in Eco Teak plantations. The deal is that pasture land is bought up and teak sapplings are planted. You buy the investment when the trees are 4 years old. Thinning takes place at eight years and the money made from that...

Gloomy and all January outside - thoughts sliding back to a wonderful cruise last June thanks to Freestyle.....

A friend is looking at buying what I think is a Meridian 31. Anyone have any experience of them?

Much has been posted and so much made of anchoring, best anchors, best rodes, what loads and so on. So here is a list of failures and I wonder which are the most common: 1. The anchor fails to set/drags 2. The anchor breaks 3. The anchor to rode connector breaks 4. The rode breaks 5. An...

I see in this Month's Any Questions, there is a question about Anchor Loads and why the load in the rode is greater at the anchor than at the bow. I take the point that the static load of the weight of the chain is pretty much insignificant compared with the peak dynamic loads. But I still...

I am going to go and have a look at a Contessa 26 in the not too distant future and wondered what the cost of certain renovations might be. Could anyone put a ball park figure on the following: New running rigging New standing rigging Referb'd inboard Rewire conversion to newer style hatches...

This time last year the Outer Hebrides and the West coast of Scotland were battered by winds gusting upto 124 mph. Several boats in Stornoway were seriously damaged, many of which have not seen the water since. Looking at the shipping forecast, here we go again - hurricane force 12 is forecast...

Can any one remember which edition of the PBO had an article on resealing windows? Thanks BB

I read in this months PBO about the recent loss of a vessel in the Irish Sea due to the failure of the rudder stock. It was brought up on this forum (might have been Scuttlebuck). In the ariticle it was stated that the rudder stock failed where an autopilot had been retrofitted. I find this a...

I know that the answers to this question are going to be vague, but I am just trying to get some idea what a new pushpit would cost. The boat is a UFO 31 so the transom is about 5 foot wide and the pushpit will wrap around by a couple of feet each side. 4 uprights, a 25mm top rail and a 22 mm...

The storms of last week have taken their toll. Much damage has been done, not least two large holes, a winch ripped off, the pushpit trashed and the toe rail bent. So how do you go about replacing a toe rail? Are they supplied in straight lengths or do you have to tell the supplier the type...

A simple one for you. Correct me if I am wrong, but to take a sail off Rotostay genoa furling gear you unfirl the sail, attach a line to the end of the halyard (which I assume is the wire that runs down the out side of the foil and attaced to the top of the drum) and pull the sail down. What...

I apologise if this one has been covered before but if it has, I have had no luck finding it on a search. Modern mains water pipes in homes is plastic 15 or 22mm. Would this stuff (pipe and fittings) be suitable for the seawater inlet for a raw water cooled engine? Big advantage for us is...

Why is it people choose to do RYA qualifications? Are the qualifications secondary and people simply want to learn to sail and get the certificates along the way? Or is there a perceived need to get a piece of paper? I am just starting out and the only reason I am doing it is to enable me to...

Had a wonderful sail this afternoon, the sun came out and with 17kts we fairly romped along. But it made me think. We were in a UFO 31, 2 up, a slab in the main and 6 turns on the number 1 and only occassionally did the lee rail dip (it leaks so we were trying to keep it above water!) But I...