Recent content by dralex

Second one in the space of a week- not good.

Yes- lovely day, went round to the River Dart for food and beers. nb- you can just see the weather on the horizon!!

Had a great weekend with an overnight stop in a 24 hour weather window between depessions. WHere is it?

I've used quite a few, mainly Garmins and Magellans. I love my Garmin GPS72 and find it very intuitive with a good display size and lots of display options. It also has NMEA output through the power cable. It lasts about 12 hours on a set of batteries.

The implication from this story is that disaster happened quickly and that even the skipper was not aware of where he was in relation to the charted hazards. The original pictures showed the boat on the rocks by cliffs. It really sounds like a total lack of common sense, as well as lack of...

He does seem to attract "bad luck"

The other dirty word is "multhull", but the only one we've seen that we really like is the new Gemini 105Mc Cat. It's a question of the shifting compromise and which combination is going to suit us best for the bext 5 years or so. What are you doing over here Tom? Are you a closet MOBO or is it...

Some of the prices are bit steep for me though.

THe F6-7 bit is me coming from a sailing background and being stuck with changing weather, rather than just enjoying shorter weather windows and getting there faster. I'd certainly not choose to be out in that with a young family, but it's nice to know if a boat will handle the odd weather blip...

I coiuld have sworn I didn't post this, then noticed the one letter difference. Personally, eyes and if things are a bit blurry, radar.

We are THIS close to changing to a MOBO ( 3 Hail Marys, I will go to church on Sunday and also whip myself until I bleed). Brief: One baby, one 2.5 year old, 2 adults, wanting to explore more with a shallower draft than 1.6m, getting cross channel to CIs and Brittany for holidays and doing it...

Re: Life jacket for kids Setting an example is a great idea which we were discussing yesterday- how can we expect our kids to wear them if mum and dad don't? I must say I wear mine all the time now whilst underway ( why not?) At that age of child, there are lots of options for proper auto...

Is that with the main raised or on the mooring? Why do you need to raise it? Sorry about the questions, but they'll help the answers.

That's a long slash.

How about YBW Lights and dayshapes for \"other actions\"???? Following on from a previous post, can we come up with combinations of lights and dayshapes for "other" tasks and duties aboard a boat? 1- a ring/ball over a cylinder.....having a dump 2- 2 horizontal cylinders....do not disturb...