Practical Boat Owner - January 2016

Letters

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■ Kielder Water on our 14ft Lune Pilot. We were cold and wet, but not miserable; This photo was taken at

however, given a little more time, our Yorkies Megan and Teddy might have been!Ian Garner

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Location location location...■ I’m trying to obtain the location
of (or any information about) a fi n-keeled 10.7m (35ft) George Whistock-designed motor-sailer my dad, Michael Turner, was
building before he died in 2005. He worked on the boat at a berth in Farndon Marina near Newark, from where it was sold a few years
after he died. Unfortunately we no longer have any contact details for the person who bought it, but I seem to remember he was from
the Derby area and had watched it ‘growing’ as my dad worked on it. I would love to know if the boat was ever completed and if it is
being enjoyed the way we hoped it would be: to see it fi nished would be a wonderful tribute to my amazing dad.
Zoe NoonBy email

A Westerly graveyard?■ I spotted six or seven very

sad-looking yacht moulds in an industrial estate just outside Stirling. They had obviously been lying there a long time,

and some have ‘Riviera’, ‘Fulmar’ and ‘Falcon’ written on them: can anyone confiif they are the actual moulds rm

for these and other Westerly yachts? Stuart Macdonald By email

John Ruskin of the Westerly Owners’ Association replies:After Westerly sank for the last time in 2000, these moulds

were sold by the receiver to a company based in Bridge of Allan near Stirling. They produced one boat of

apparently dubious quality that was displayed at Southampton Boat Show and then they themselves went

under. The council foreclosed on their rented factory and

Does anyone know where this 10.7m (35ft) motor-sailer is today?

If one of your crew sustains a large open wound, which of the following should you NOT do in your attempts to control the bleeding and help the casualty?

A. B. C. a pad and bandage Apply a tourniquet Elevate the limb Apply pressure using

D. E. Call for help if possible Try to stitch it up

F. G H. Clean the woundTreat for shockSpray with cold water

■bottom of page 106 Find the solution at the

Well chuffedin Dartmouth■ In the otherwise very good

article on Dartmouth (PBO December), the station in Dartmouth ‘which has never seen a train’ was mentioned but not the

one at Kingswear, belonging to the Dartmouth Steam Railway. This is adjacent to the Darthaven Marina, which makes it a good

option for a crew change in the summer. While the line there (with

disposed of nearly everything that was on the site. In the opinion of some, what remains is only fiscrap: a sad way for these items t for

to end their days, and a stark contrast to the success and continued popularity of the 12,000-plus boats Westerly built.

Knocked for a loop■the I had the pleasure of purchasing PBO Project Boat Handbook

recently for a little light reading while on a trip. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it even though sailing and sailboats are not my thing, but I

was a little disappointed that we were not able to assist you in the toilet department!One thing I would like to highlight

regards the toilet hoses: in the handbook, you suggest that you formed loops in the hoses above the waterline to create anti-syphon

loops. This is a common mistake made by many boatbuilders and boat owners. Regardless of how high above the waterline the loop

is created, it will not make an anti-syphon device: this can only be afforded by a vented loop valve. This valve will allow air into the

hose to equalise the pressure in the line and prevent flthe boat via the toilet bowl. The fact is, if there’s a differential in ooding of

pressures from one end of the hose to the other, water can flAdmittedly, the forming of a loop will make syphoning diffi cult, but ow.

not impossible.have security on the system you have installed because you have a On the PBO Project Boat you do

hole in the inlet pipe which will do the job of an anti-syphon valve: you

steam-hauled trains) is mainly advertised as a tourist attraction, in summer there is a reasonably frequent daily service between

Kingswear and Paignton, where the station is adjacent to the Great Western station with a good service to/from Exeter St Davids

and so to/from the rest of the country. Unlike some much bigger places, the stations at Paignton are also close to the main shopping

street in case anyone needs to do some last-minute shopping.Peter Jones, Woodbridge, Suffolk

also have valves in the discharge pump which will prevent back-flbut other systems are not so secure!Gary Sutcliffe, operations ow,

director, Lee Sanitation Ltd,Warwickshire

One of the abandoned yacht moulds on an industrial estate near Stirling. INSET ‘Fulmar’ is daubed on the right-hand mould