Borrowed a camera to try and show a friend why I enjoy sailing and the East Coast and discovered...
It ain't as easy as it be lookin'
Lessons learnt:
1 Look at lens first, if it be covered int' mud wipe it wi' T shirt
2 Just 'cos it got zoom. you dont need to use it
3 When videoing don't...
Late May morning 2009 in Pyefleet so much more comfy than the wind over tide at the weekend.
The other way was good too...
For windfarm fans..
For mobos a wake shot..
For non mobos a sweep shot
Could not resist sharing these.
Seagull century with clutch drive was working when put in garage now no spark but otherwise seems ok.
engine number WSCL ** DD8
Open to offers, collect only from Essex, Colchester area
The childhood game, write a bit and pass it on to make the story.....
Having now spent two weekends having a deep and meaningful relationship with the back end of the boat. Barked knuckles, new prop pullers, homemade bearing puller and blue air I now have the worn shaft, tired stuffing box and...
Where\'s it to?
Having left an old Medusa Buoy to stb the tom tom was probably not the best way to navigate to her mooring. Mudplugger was in the escort vehicle.
Where is it?
The various posts have got me thinking, which is a dangerous occupation at best.
Given the cost, limited lifespan & difficulty of disposing of flares. Modern electronics being available etc. What does the team think of the merits or otherwise of relying on dsc &/or epirb.
I currently have dsc...
New images for google around river Colne, much higher resolution. Look like about 14 months old. About 1/2 flood tide. Pertwee and acboa miscreants inside buoy 17 clearly visible. Joann still on mooring in the creek must have been a weekend I was trying to avoid the hangover.
About to service the donk and have a natural aversion to paying main agent prices for spares. Local motor factors has full range of crosland filters. Does anyone know the matching reference codes, oil, fuel & air. (Away from boat at moment so cannot check existing numbers, but they do sale or...
SH plotter 175c (Jan 2007) moving from present boat to new which has M601 (Jan 2005) fitted. Worked fine with SH3500E but does not appear to give position or time to icom 601 DSC, Rather defeats purpose of 'Oh shoot!' button.
I have found out so far, not from icom handbook!:
Red phono plug is...
Fallen for one of these, drool factor 10. I know about their interesting downwind tactics, reversing and all the work attached to varnish and teak etc. any other points to look out for before I open the wallet and let the moths out.
I am trying to help an elderly friend who is about to try and haul his boat
out the winter. In order to prepare his trailer he needs underwater drawings
or dimensions.
The boat is a steel "Ostend 22" sailing yacht designed by the late Denis H Ganley, Auckland NZ. He has drawing #4 which is the...