Recent content by FairweatherDave

With Anchor Pro on android my son has been traumatised by the alarm going off.....many details being left out, but first time this year I decided I wanted to use it and he really didn't want me too. So I didn't. Essentially I couldn't remember the tricks needed to avoid false alarms, eg the...

Thread update .....just dried out yesterday as before for a light scrub and a check of the prop anode.....so just over six months since last inspected, and there was barely anything left of the anode I had put on. Fortunately I had a spare but not in a position to experiment with mastic or...

Absolutely, the tare weight. However I'm a bit of a pedant weighing things and I think it is a bit of a faff trying to weigh on digital scales AS you are filling..... the pipe might be pushing down or lifting the cylinder etc and disconnecting it to find exactly how much you have filled is a...

I very reluctantly parted with the money having got to exactly the same stage with our Suzuki 2.2DT....yes you could keep it going but wait times for spares from far far away (if you could get them) etc etc. I bit the bullet. Quick pros and cons......the Suzuki 2 stroke is light and compact...

I've mentioned this on previous threads but no-one noticed/replied. When I used my Pela 6000 to suck up sea water from an awkward place the end result was it corroded and blocked the suction pipe (the narrow one (like a brake cable outer) that goes down the dipstick hole for oil changes. And I...

Filled 3 4.5 kg cylinders today from a 15kg. First time trying the sink in the water technique. Two points. Donor Cylinder in the sunshine and receiver in the cold water. It sunk in less than five minutes, so a lot faster than one might have expected. And that was about 80 % full. Second point...

from our Westerly Konsort opposite Snow Hill creek ..... we left about 11.30 ish, I think only the two big multihulls remaining Overnight I reckon 6 boats at anchor and 3 dried out on the beach. On the Saturday night even Pilsey was busy!

We avoid East head too if it is looking busy, like Saturday night. But returning last night I managed to persuade my wife it was quiet enough. It might have been the beer goggles after a long slow sail to Ryde and back but the sunset was spectacular....and for that it is absolutely the best spot...

Thanks for the formula. Makes sense I could see the high ground behind Brixham. But I do need Specsavers.....they do hearing too....and they are my NHS source for audiology. But I couldn't hear any big bangs yesterday, although the firing ranges were supposedly in use. Update....heard firing today

I'd read about the price hike in Langstone earlier in the year on FB. I was sceptical they would apply the fees as I have never been charged for the plenty of visits I have made in previous years. Sadly it sounds like a place to avoid now unless the Chichester bar conditions are dangerous. As a...

Hmmmmmmm...According to Guinness World Records, the answer is 275 miles. In July 2016, Mark Bret Gumá took a photo of the Alps while standing on the Pic de Finestrelles in the Pyrenees. This currently stands as the longest sightline on earth

Quite cloudy actually. But yes, cool . I get excited spotting the Isle of Wight from Brighton but this ain't my patch. Having sailed across Lyme Bay last year as my "blue water" big adventure today's view renders that less impressive. 🙄

I was a bit surprised today. On foot between Durdle door and Lulworth cove, specifically up Hambury Tout, (138m), I was looking towards Portland Bill and directly behind the middle entrance I could see land, and by my estimate it was Berry head, or the higher ground above Brixham. 47 NM. Just...

I have no knowledge of the area but I've been enjoying the thread. Looked at Windy and it does seem you are really ploughing into a headwind. I might be tempted to enjoy Padstow after the mileage you have been putting in. But obviously I don't know how hard you are trying to keep moving. I f...