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Taken May 2024 from Havengore Bridge looking South-East at low water (height of tide 0.9m @ Southend) Taken May 2024 from Havengore Bridge looking North-West at low water (height of tide 0.9m @ Southend).

Link to ebay:- NASA Marine AIS receiver with integral display screen | eBay starting bid £80 plus £3.29 postage to UK mainland This is a NASA Marine AIS receiver/display that is in excellent condition. Originally marketed as an AIS RADAR, they now call it a Marine AIS SART Plotter and is...

I have just set up my new AIS receiver with a plug-in Wi-Fi transmitter. After following the NMEA to Wi-Fi configuration setup instructions I now have AIS signals displaying on the Marine Navigator app on my Android tablet. I am not suggesting this is the best piece of kit, just sharing a low...

Is that legal? Shouldn't I expect some privacy? Camera in both ladies and gents and you can't get in without codes.

Do you have any experience of what make of bowthruster is good, in terms of durability, or which is not very good? I need to replace a Vetus one that has failed after 8 years of very light use. Thanks.

Chatham Marina lock has failed. They are waiting for a part and if it does not arrive today (Saturday) it will not be fixed until Monday. The waiting pontoon outside is nearly full and those boats are now being charged. So if you are planning to sail to Chatham suggest you check before setting...

This trend may not be new but I have only just become aware. Some singlehanders who are transmitting on AIS have added, after the name of their boat, "SOLOSAILOR", or similar, so other vessels are aware. Many skippers doing this are on French boats. Obviously singlehanders don't have any...

I've just discovered we can now post photographs larger than 1Mb without having to resize them first. :D www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

Marinestore in Maldon are promoting a flare amnesty day, April 29, 2023, on their Facebook page Marinestore Chandlery www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

New piles and new pontoons! Power and water supples should be completed in the next week or so. Quite a transformation. Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

After some mentions on this forum I have been trialing Filtered Milk. I don't have a fridge, I don't want the hassle of trying to find ice to put in a cold box and I am not a fan of the taste of "long-life" milk. Last Friday July 22 at midday I opened my 1 litre bottle of semi skimmed "filtered...

Before launching I always check, while under the boat, the electrical resistance between hull anode and prop is less than 1 ohm. Now with boat in water while checking engine I measured the resistance between anode stud and propshaft at 30ohms. Not good. Suspected my "electro eliminator" MG Duff...

This was in the January 2022 Boating Business publication: - www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

Still very few boats on the water. Last night I was the only boat at anchor at the Rocks on the Deben. www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

See this appeal:- https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4075066989203085&id=283507508359071 If anyone sees this 9m red and white Sunseeker sports motorboat called Rapido please respond to the facebook page. Many Thanks. Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

The engine mounted VP quarter-turn valve shown below isolates the coolant to the calorifier (there is another on the return). I want to replace the two O-rings shown in the exploded diagram. The split-pin holds the handwheel on to the square shaft. The tag on the washer (5) runs in a slot to...

Fishing vessel with 69 migrants hidden on board is intercepted by UK Border Force off Norfolk coast www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

Once again, they gave good service. I removed my raw water pump impeller which had done 60hours (Orbitrade brand) prior to flushing my cooling system and was surprised to find one of the vanes was cracked. I had intended to refit it after the flush. It had not completely separated, luckily...

Have just heard that Heybridge Basin are not accepting any visiting boats this season. They are taking bookings for 2021 though. www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk

I have no problem fitting anode studs, the type with the welded on plate, to a grp hull, but occasionally when tightening the nuts that hold the anode on the whole stud starts to rotate risking breaking the seal to the hull. This can be prevented by grippling the square welded on plate but many...