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Update from this discussion earlier in the year:  Wife not enthusiastic about the pilothouse options- would prefer wind-in-the-hair sailing.  Few of these options available, especially in this area.  We were keen to get a more comfortable boat sooner rather than later (we are ageing fast)...

The neighbours that forced Leo to move away from Raoul and Darlene have gone down in my estimation.  Cheers,               W.

I'm thinking you haven't been there but don't like to assume.   How do you propose persuading the Falklanders that they should stop being British? There was a vote in 2013 (under international observation) and only three of them voted against continuing as an overseas territory.  Should...

There's not much to report from where I am... News is heavily covid focussed and there's nothing much happening politically: Scotland has voted for a future referendum but no-one really wants it right now, England is a one-party state, Wales is marking time and NI is simmering...  Everyone is...

Interesting discussion... my take from experience at sailing centres in the UK:  Wayfarer- best all round cruising dinghy but not great for rowing: wide and quite heavy. Takes a small outboard pretty well.  CL16- not seen one but if it's heavier than a proper Wayfarer then it's not going to...

Hi again,                   Update on this- hopefully the last! :-)  When I hauled-out for the winter I took the furler off so that I could work on the swivels. The top cap had come adrift and was pretty beaten up, and I noticed some odd bits of stray material at the top of the forestay- I was...

We're not taking ice floes (well, except for the guys that went down the "expedition yacht" rabbithole). We're talking distilleries, sea lochs, Irish Atlantic coast and remote Scottish Islands with harbours,  restaurants, pubs... a North Sea crossing to Norwegian fjords, the Swedish Atlantic...

Now THIS is what I was looking for!  I haven't found details of the interior layouts, yet,  but that looks like what I want.   Thanks,  Matagi. Cheers,                W.

Yeah, interesting boat: I don't think it's for me, though: the rig makes me nervous (anything unusual is usually expensive) and I'm finding the internal helm confusing... is this one of those setups where you use an autohelm remote to steer?  Again, interesting (and probably closer to what I...

 Can you justify your claim that the above is a fact?  I would have said that the centre of attention was the athletics arena but if I'm wrong then I'm open to correction. Cheers,               W.

It would pull a lot of grassroots funding, coaching and learning opportunities out from the sport.  I get that it's broken in the USA. but that doesn't mean it's broken everywhere. Maybe it would be better to fix it in the US, rather than just dumping on the event? Cheers,               W.

Sadly not... I'll keep my eyes open but they seem thin on the ground on this side of the Atlantic.  The LM motor-sailors look more plentiful, though getting long in the tooth, now, as it seems they stopped making them a while back.  I'm looking into the other suggestions, though my initial...

Think there was a thread along these lines fairly recently but I can't find it- if someone can point me back at it then thanks! Otherwise... I'm thinking on & off about The Next Boat, as one does, and looking at the possibility of some north Atlantic cruising- north-west Scotland, Norway...

No, that's not what he said.  As an aside, it seems ironic that the few (I'm approximating, it may only have been one) people I met that actually supported Brexit mostly cited farm subsidies and fishing as their reasons for doing so. oops. Cheers,              W.

You are trying to apply Logic to an insurer that makes decisions based on Actuarial Science... they are different branches of mathematics :-)  The problem with describing anything as "dangerous" is that it's a pretty useless term- "able or likely to cause death or injury"... everything is able...

I don't want to go into my personal positions, such as they are, here, nor try to speak for others, sorry.  Having did that,  the incident in Glasgow today (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-57100259) could be regarded as illustrative... it appears to many Scots as English...

 Technically, It's certainly feasible but wouldn't be easy. There was a briefing in the Economist a few weeks back that covered it in some detail. The SNP will likely spend the next few years trying to develop and sell a convincing plan to achieve it, acutely aware that the lack of compelling...

Mine definitely wouldn't: the top cap on the foil would prevent it and I doubt the swivel would pass over the T-terminal on the top of the forestay even if I could get it there. I can't see how I would be able to take the T- out of the mast fitting while supporting the weight of the foil... that...

Indeed. The Union is theirs to lose.  There's a majority for a referendum but not,  currently, for independence: no-one,  except perhaps the media, is in a hurry to hold it.  Boris wants to wait until the momentum fades and the clamour dies, Nicola until it builds enough to carry the country...

 If it's the same as the old one I got then it's not designed to be taken to bits: "sealed for life".   Having said that, I pulled the seals, rinsed it thoroughly with solvent to flush out old oil+grease residue and then lubed it with Harken one-drop. It rotates more readily now, though I...