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Best way I've found is to do a capacity test with a couple of 25W car headlight bulbs and a couple of multimeters, one for volts, one...

No, I was going to anchor but we would have been so far out that the row ashore would have been a struggle. In the end we picked up one...

It would be even better if they were nibbling their way through it.

Just visiting Studland for the first time since they laid all the myriad eco-moorings... What an absolutely appalling aesthetic tragedy...

I use 8ths and 16ths when writing the log. I have to 'translate' degrees before my brain can make use of it.

As B27 said, the syphon break looks like it may be running without the piddle tube being attached.

I always use silicone grease on O rings. That includes on the Beta heat exchanger. On the bolts, I checked with Beta and they said no...

If you know the stays are of equal length what is the point of either, halyard or tape? Perhaps discontinuous rigging might introduce...

You are welcome to come and see my rigging. All pairs of stays were checked before they were installed, they were perfect. I use a...

Line from Stern to anchor rode to angle the boat into the swell.

Toggles, a la duffel coat, on bungee cord.

if you turn the blowup seat of the Redstart or Redcrest through 90 deg you get a rudimentary keel. You can also try putting an old oar...

There are sellers on ebay for bits of wood for 'projects'. There are a couple of old fashioned wood yards between Portsmouth and...

The pump is rated at 6ltr/min which is rather low. Especially if it has to lift the water to the tap.

Send us your measurements, we'll get someone in China to build your sail. If it doesn't fit...? Maybe it's your fault for measuring...