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'It woke me up at 4am!' Take care to leave it well to landward in its current location, unless you are going up to the Ship for a pint.

Gillingham Marina for sale an "attractive redevelopment opportunity"

A few photos from the start line off Southend. Thanks to Roger for pointing out the start of this event in his NTM posts.

From the RYA pages it seems as though in the Netherlands it may be unnecessary to be too concerned about Schengen forms, but that in Belgium it may need to be done, especially more recently. What do others do when entering these two countries - is it a matter of complying with any requests...

On the beach at Margate: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/cargo-vessel-runs-aground-133333/ Trying to understand the track which led up to it: http://www.shipais.co.uk/shiptrail.php?mmsi=314265000 Looks as though it was at anchor last night, but dragged (into the wind?), and then head...

Floor boards screwed into stringers, perhaps 7ft or so long, meet amidships. Taken home for varnishing over the winter. Traditional construction. The boards creaked a bit before varnishing, but even more so now. A couple of the screws have no bite, so will probably fill and re-fix at some...

Has anyone any food recommendations? Last JAC my conclusion was that I should spend more time trying to find a variety of food that was reasonably nice (and easy). Tins worked well, but do not feel that a diet of largely curry would be the best way to go. The 'Look what we Found' range...

Installation and speed callibation went as per instructions. Speed looks good, and is more accurate over a larger range than the last log. Most of the calibrations factors are around 70 to 75 area. However, ‘driving’ at exactly 4kn for 15 minutes, the i70 shows a distance logged of 1.4...

I am going to install an STng backbone, but need to cut and splice the cable to get it through all the ducts and existing holes. The backbone will be a couple of meters longer than I need, so can chop a bit out. Near the end of the backbone will be a devicenet lead to a Garmin chartplotter...

Working order when it came off the boat. £40 pick up only from near Canterbury or possibly Gillingham.

Take care at Harty Ferry - http://www.kentonline.co.uk/faversham/news/bmw-stuck-in-the-creek-17970/

Does anyone have a guide, or can give me some hints, on how to change the internal battery in a Garmin 75?

I have some Celotex to put up on GRP, but am not sure which adhesive to go for. So far, I have looked at Evo-stik contact adhesive and something solvent free such as No More Nails. Any suggestions?

Does anybody know where I can get a new (or second hand) one from? The base looks identical to this one: http://www.norfolkmarine.co.uk/shop-online/alloy-single-buttress-stanchion-socket-25mm-p-3208.html Failing that, are there any others which have the bolt holes in the same place? What is...

Holly is giving positions, but is there any news from Jester or Gretal?

From a boat stability point of view, is it better to stow weight in the lockers low down and near the the centre line and under the berths, or in lockers that are higher up but at the beam ends? The sorts of things that come to mind are bottles of drink; tins of food etc. rather than spare...

Seen on the Medway today. Quite surprised at how close to windward she was able to sail. Anybody know anything more about her?

Judging by the excellent youtube videos, cold weather clothes look to be the most useful. So, presumably the choice of wardrobe needs to be based on several sets of warm clothes rather than just lots of T shirts and shorts? Hats, gloves, base layers and long-johns. Any other thoughts? Is...

Not a clothing thread yet. The ship's pack of flares are, as usual, well out of date, and maybe should be replaced sometime soon. I can understand a case of some pyrotechnics on board, but is there still a case for forking out on an offshore set, pretty well only for the Jester?

Is it possible to have a PSS shaft seal and a Bullflex coupling fitted, without causing any problems? There can be significant movement of the shaft due to thrust, which will either tend to open up the shaft seal, or create more tension than on the set-up. On the other hand, the tension on the...