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Gardenshed wrote:A man in a van can get to Sandpoint more easily and safely and between Rhu, Helensburgh, Dumbarton not to mention heading in towards Glasgow, there must be a decent diesel mechanic who can fix the engine.

I recommend Niall Falconer of Quay Marine Fairlie, 07787 803409 or 01475 568624.

Not quite on your route but, I always enjoyed a trip to Constantine Stores near Falmouth, I notice they now have a web site which may be worth a look. here:http://www.drinkfinder.co.uk/whisky.htm ... ur=101-102

Falkirkdan wrote:Bit of you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours here.

Ash vote for me as Commodore (is that not a new fangled computer thing) and you will have my vote for admiral.

I think you mean Comode Door do you not?

Thanks chaps. I guess I will be qualifying for one of these soon :goatd As I recall, no where is quiet when Danny is around, even Rothsay! Looking forward to getting BBH back in full commission over the next week or two, for what we hope will be a long and warm season with plenty of sunshine and fai...

Oi Cooper, if you stayd away from the extreme edges, I can't see why you would need one? :tiphat: Go easy, too far the other way & you'll fall off the edge. Anyway, it's no problem even without an E/S, just tack IMMEDIATELY you touch. :D Tacking when you can see the seagulls knees works well fo...

They used to say that about Fire and the wheel, then it was the infernal combustion engine, electricity and flight!

[quote="ParaHandyThe cost per KWhr of domestic electricity is getting ludicrous; typically electricity is 3.5 times the cost of gas and that's just to pay for what's going on now: There's an arbritrage opportunity here and some smart git is going to make a fortune converting gas at 3p a KWhr in...

Don't get me wrong, I'm proud to be a Luddite. Sometimes I can see the advantage in addopting these new fangled ideas though. DaveS, with an MMSI number you can call someone on VHF and the message only goes to them from you. When they answer you can chat without anyone else listening in. The set wi...

Silkie wrote:Having said all that I've just heard that Silkie's cover was last seen heading for Oban airport.

Not to worry, with the wind SSW, it won't be able to land or take off from there!
Reassuringly, they would be able to extinguish it if it catches fire!

Thanks and, reefed appropriately!

Happy Birthday to Steve and also to Falkirk Dan

My Garmin 4008 gets its heading info from the Raymarine heading sensor (fluxgate) via the autopilot course computer, Marpa etc works fine on the Garmin Radar and overlays, I guess the appropriate sentence must be available on seatalk.

Done

Happy Birthday

To

Lady S

Bob

Funnily enough Nick, the 34 in Troon is unusual in that it has tiller steering and no Teak in the cockpit. Following the development of the 34P, the later 34C's also had the balast further forward, this is said to improve sailing performance