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The United States Coastguard call it FOS (flys open syndrome) when they pull a corpse out of the water which I am told is about 60 times a year around the coast of the USA :shock:

Sounds like Cliff is a man who has a wife that is eternaly grateful for washing knickers whithout skidmarks as mine used to have to use a file. Well you know how comfortable they get after 3 weeks at sea

Hi Mike I have spent many years living on many types of boats and sal and I have been retired and living aboard for the past 8 years so if we can help you with any information please ask I was for many years a master boatbuilder and now run a marine consultancy Free to members of this site and Sal w...

2 garmin elecronic charts for sale for a garmin 182c plotter
Chart No 1/ MEU010R Sain Med coast

Chart No2/ MEU 009R Gibralter to Finnister
Interested parties please e-mail to psg1640@gmail.com

Have a look at our blog www.theguerns.blogspot.com The washing machine in one of the articles has been used for the past 3 years to wash running rigging, wooring lines, crock, deckshoes, cloths, bedding and anything else that we can get into it NO probs we even have a friend that washes all his shee...

We have a honda 1kw on board and use it alot as we have washing machine 150watts and spindryer 240watts tv dvd sterio and central heating also we use the main 240v battery charger which charges the batteries at up to 30amps. All we do is put the generater in the dingy then plug the lead into the shi...

As we live aboard all the time we have found this problem quite alot. Our way of stopping it almost completely is when filling the tanks we use a funnel (not the diesel one) which we line with about 6 layers of a fine cotton material then pass all water through this then we charge the tank with TANK...

I have just been setting up a sadler 29 for a customer for a circumnav who wanted to be independant so have fitted a D400 wind generater and on test have been very impresed with the results. All lighting is LED waco 25lt fridge freezer running at -18degs chartplotter Radar and pilot no problems only...

Hi we live aboard our Colvic Watson 32 in Morlaix Brittany at a cost of €1200 for a year that includes electric and water

If anyone would like to se a bit about our trip from Allicante to Morlaix in 2005 have a look at our blog at
www.theguerns.blogspot.com
If you would like to know more just drop us an e-mail

We have seen many boats this year using a sola garden light as an anchor light. Good news they are cheap actually NO. If you are in a collision with another yacht using one of these lights you will have no claim on your insurance or his as you will be breaking the regulations. We have an LED anchor ...

This is a no no. If you have something heavy to get on the boat by going up any ladder better to tie a rope to it go up the ladder taking the other end of the rope and then pull the item up. If its realy heavy use a 6-1 attached to the boom we do it all the time and also use the 6-1 for going up the...

I have had reason to use these on several occasions on other peoples boats when in their engine rooms but I have found a better one yet the incontinent pads for old people they are as cheap or cheaper an bigger and hold alot more. One will hold as much as 4-5lts of water and about 2 lts oil. I dont ...

We have been using the old baby wipes for years now especially when fitting new windows to get that nasty old sickaflex of the grp and hands. Now we have found the answer to a sailors prayers. Black streaks, diesel spill,oil on cloths and anywhere else, fat stains on cloths,also a very good additive...