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A boat that is comfortable enough to press on in rougher weather, or enjoyable enough to spend a few days at anchor becalmed or waiting...

Are you sure? The RYA "leaflet" for the DS Motor Cruising course says 2 days + Theory at DS Level. Those sound like the DS sail...

Are you looking for petrol?

Except that is not actually its statutory obligation: The Transport Act 1962 (which created the British Waterways Board) did do as...

I'm struggling to imagine any land owner being content with someone (even their employee's wife) keeping farm animals on their land...

She appears to have confused the crinan canal with a boat transit. It’s quite clear (and as a Scottish tax payer subsidising the canals...

Maybe I need to try that - I’ve got sufficient headroom below but keep whacking it on the sprayhood frame!

This is oft quoted advice. Not everything you learn is actually going to be that useful… eg if you are racing round the cans you may...

With great respect - I have never seen the point of such setup ... especially now that Navionics is available on a phone / tablet ...

Why would nobody nick your 20yr old engine? I’m sure e-outboards are quite nickable given they weight less but I have wondered if they...

Raster charts are for dinosaurs.

Blimey ... I read replies and think some have lost the plot !! (forgive the joke !!) As I understand it - the 2010C plotter is not a...

I think half the time I’ve set it, I’ve forgotten to cancel it in the morning and then soon after we’ve hauled the anchor in I hear a...

After a couple fo hours working I'd forgotten that I was testing something and had used the phone for several other things. Even on a...

That was my guy feel on reading the OP's post. I'm guessing he's ruled out Spot (which looks at a glance to be cheaper?)