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I wondered about a ladder when I realised I might need to get up the mast without help owing to the mate needing to concentrate on childcare. I wasn't convinced that it would be that easy - rungs swinging around and it's hard to operate a safety line on your own. I now use a climbing harness and a c...

Both the Lord of the Isles at Craobh and the Galley of Lorn at Ardfern offer good real ales. Neither is great for anchoring particularly nearby however, but if you can put up with a walk or paying to park... As you note, decent hand pulled pints are a rarity in the west.

There was something in the local paper a few months ago about a dispute with the marina over a rent review, so my assumption is that it relates to that. The notice (in the gents) on Saturday said that they were closing down with effect from 6 April, so it does seem permanent. It seems that the shop ...

Thanks all for the helpful advice. Looking forwards to wondering what all the fuss was about and now hoping for good weather.

Hello All Despite having read the pilots and various threads here and on TOP, I have a query concerning our planned first trip round the Mull in a couple of weeks time. Assuming the weather's favourable we'd rather go round the Mull than through the canal, not least because we're short handed. We wi...

I've not used any of them, but what about: http://www.jgtech.com/Elecconect.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (site is a pain to navigate though) and http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/cgi-bin/megastore/commerce.cgi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; a...

Troon Prices here http://www.yachthavens.com/site/site_rates.aspx?i=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; See what you mean about Vat, not very clear. I would hope those prices would include VAT, if not they're having a laugh The Troon rates include VAT (that's where Afrita liv...

His words about “cartographic input” are flawed, because the vector cartography (which underlies all modern charting) is carried out by cartographers. I think I failed to explain my self properly. I don't doubt that Vector charts are accurate, but what I was trying to say is that in my experience a...

Welcome aboard David. Although it's early days yet, I can confirm that your post has earned a place on the short list for the coveted Most Informative First Post of 2010 award. Thanks Silkie, my own research last year took a while so I might as well share some of the findings. More batteries probab...

First post for me on here, but as a fellow CO32 owner and seeing as you haven't had a reply let I thought I'd chip in. Reason for the ARCS is that they can be updated (unlike some of the plotter stuff) and they show all the detail at whatever zoom level - I don't like the suddenly appearing/disappea...