Practical_Boat_Owner_-_November_2015_
our advantage by visiting places which are inaccessible to larger boats with deeper draught. Preparing the boat Our boat, Aurora ...
and stocked up whenever we were able to do so. Meals were cooked from fresh ingredients where possible, choosing vegetables whic ...
Useful resources Q DFDS Seaways provide the last remaining North Sea crossings (http://freight. dfdsseaways.com/DFDS_ ferries/No ...
Using the trim tabs Pat Manley demonstrates how the trim tabs on semi-planing cruisers can be fine-tuned as a way to increase yo ...
Using the trim tabs ➜ ▼ TRIMMED FOR BEST BOAT SPEED ▼ TRIMMED BOW TOO HIGH ▼ TRIMMED BOW TOO LOW Tabs fully down, bows too low, ...
Seamanship – using the trim tabs Setting the trim tabs If I wish to cruise the boat at higher speed I will slowly open the throt ...
PRACTICAL A fter acquiring a Moody 33 MK1 in need of a total restoration, my friend and I needed somewhere to carry out the work ...
PRACTICAL The curtains needed to be on a track so we could open and close the sides. The curtains were 450mm longer than the leg ...
What it cost Making a polytunnel boat tent on each end. The track was fitted by simply screwing it to the underside of the beams ...
L et’s say you want to hop around the coast from Emsworth to Southampton on a Wednesday morning before the boat show – as you do ...
typical modern 7.6m (25ft) monohull. Inevitably, however, she grows longer in the process, from 25ft to just under 30ft (9m). Th ...
DRAGONFLY 25 SPORT Prices: (ex-yard) £72,755. Touring version £60,733 Length sailing: 7.65m (25ft 1in) Length folded: 8.99m (29f ...
Dragonfly 25 tested PBO verdict D espite her impressive performance, the Dragonfly 25 Sport is surprisingly easy to sail – unles ...
OSwanage Worthwhile watchkeeping Volunteer watchkeeper David Cornes describes the aims and duties of the National Coastwatch I ...
75 Volunteer watchkeeping for the NCI Monitoring and logging The function of the NCI stations is to monitor and log what is happ ...
PRACTICAL ABOUT THE AUTHOR Damian Walker is a recently retired flying instructor and aerial photographer. Having cruised for 3,0 ...
Diesel polishing hole to be cut in the top of the tank: when I inserted the standpipe it had touched the side of the tank, which ...
Gear test W e all know that the marine environment is hard on things like padlocks – that’s why we tend to look for ‘weatherproo ...
12 padlocks tested Small padlocks ➜ Yale 51mm Weatherproof padlock Y220/51 PRICE: £14.99 Attack resistance: 6 secs This weatherp ...
Gear test – 12 padlocks tested PBO verdict T his test was eye-opening in that it showed just how easy it is to break into most p ...
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