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by Jeff
Thu Dec 04, 2014 7:17 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Well, it's all very quiet............
Replies: 15
Views: 40425

:)

He was good wasn't he (Roland).
by Jeff
Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:37 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Well, it's all very quiet............
Replies: 15
Views: 40425

Yeah everyone keeps suggesting Peanut Butter. Will try it if it returns... but I think it's gone next door now. Lunar was left alone on watch in the kitchen for a few nights so 'Roland' I suspect got hungry.

FSDSMAN - nice one!!
by Jeff
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Well, it's all very quiet............
Replies: 15
Views: 40425

Is your boat on land now? Or are you taking advantage of the inevitable good weather now and then, combined with nobody else out on the water?
by Jeff
Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:56 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

I guess it varies massively. But the thought of buying something so far away would never appeal to me. Chances of being ripped off increase exponentially I suspect., before you even begin to consider the cost of relocation of the boat after purchase. But then again, that very reasoning from a lot of...
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:21 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

Discus wrote:Are you secretly a frustrated scientist/inventor/magician/hippy?
Nail on head! :)
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:26 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

That cheered me up that did! :) As is my homebrew cider (made with asda's best (cheapest) apple juice from concentrate) which has somehow ended up being about 10% ABV instead of the intended 5% (discovered in a hilarious way I won't recount because I can't entirely remember) and of which I have slig...
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:47 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

Now _that_ is a nice looking boat!
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

The aft double cabin on the Victor has a nice big double bed, but the floor is at a heck of an angle I think - you can't wander aimlessly up the sides like it looks in that picture.
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 7:15 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

Insurers sometimes require a re-rig every 10 years regardless so you might need to factor that in. Maybe you could fashion something cunning for the cockpit - maybe in practice it wouldn't be too bad - but you'd not want to have to lug large additional items around with you considering space is goin...
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Stuart 37?
Replies: 14
Views: 33912

FWIW, my thoughts... Stuart 37 Big old boat that. No skeg for the rudder which is something a lot of people told me is important. One hit to the rudder by something in the water, on its leading edge, and your rudder shaft is bent and you can't steer. A full length skeg stops that. Two sets of spread...
by Jeff
Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:41 am
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Lift out
Replies: 19
Views: 45644

Well I feel a bit better then. It's not _super_ brown. Some people do go diving here so it can't be _that_ bad I suppose. Unless they're doing it just so they can simulate the feeling of an isolation tank. I think it more likely she's a relative of a breeding mishap involving a rat and a pig to be h...
by Jeff
Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:36 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Lift out
Replies: 19
Views: 45644

Vlad Dracule landed in Whitby as a dog from a ship wrecked on a beach within the harbour (Tate Hill Beach). Author I believe stayed in Whitby while authoring. As did Alice in Wonderland's author IIRC. It's nice. But the cliffs are made of mud and that literally makes the sea brown and the houses on ...
by Jeff
Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:26 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Lift out
Replies: 19
Views: 45644

Cheers Catayans :) Rob - weren't you going to take a sabbatical and spend a long time afloat for a while? Things changed? That's Robin Hoods Bay btw. Near Whitby. Unfortunately no harbour so no decent sized boat can be kept here. But Whitby is only about 5 miles away so something for the future maybe.
by Jeff
Tue Nov 04, 2014 1:33 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Lift out
Replies: 19
Views: 45644

It was awesome living on the boat but it did have its drawbacks and relief from those is pleasant. I also knew it couldn't last forever. And realistically a lot of things were on hold to some extent while we were afloat. Life was too hard for instance to crack on with any other large plan or project...
by Jeff
Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:43 pm
Forum: Safety, Technical, Engineering & General Yacht Banter
Topic: Lift out
Replies: 19
Views: 45644

It has its benefits.