Practical Boat Owner - February 2016

and reached more open sea, these sheets of spray became waves which came crashing over the bow and into the cockpit. Much time w ...

and above. Although the sea was rough, the swell remained long and generally consistent under the Atlantic rhythm, and Lughnasa ...

no possibility of turning back, even if we had wanted to. Slightly shaken, and glad to be on flat water for a change, we tried t ...

A cure for leaky chainplates Douglas Brooker breaks out the Bakelite – and swears by the use of butyl mastic Great ideas and tip ...

HELPING HANDS (OF TIME) How many times have you been frustrated by the well-intentioned but often unhelpful cry of: ‘It’s over t ...

86 T he seas around the South Cornish coast are treacherous in the extreme, with reefs littering the waters off Land’s End and t ...

➜ The Guy And Clare Hunter lifeboat control (which still enabled a +/- 3° of manual change), full manual override, or enabled st ...

Boats the familiar Watson-type hull shape included recesses to protect the blades of vulnerable propellers as well as providing ...

Our thanks go to the daughter of Matt Lethbridge, Lucy Wilkins, and the owner of Guy And Clare Hunter, Quinton Nelson, for their ...

Learning from experience ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chris Binks has been a keen sailor since Scouting showed him the joy of the water. He ...

Chain of events *Send us your boating experience story and if it’s published you’ll receive the original Dick Everitt-signed wat ...

I t’s hot, and you’ve only got a few weeks to enjoy your boat in the beautiful Greek islands. You’ve been to the shops, unpacked ...

winding roads of Lefkas, working alone long into the night. He told me: ‘People who ring up often think they’re the only people ...





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