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Cheers mark very nice of you to check. Thanks very much mike 👍

Welcome onboard Paul, why not check out some of my previous stuff? Regards mike

Hi Richard, cos you got the same bug!

Just luck I’m sure 😂

I have no plan 🫢

But I’ve always been sailing her so there must be some difference I’m sure. She just feels slippery now, doesn’t have a max anymore. Can be pushed a little harder and so on. You’re probably right about the grin though I’m sure it helps. 😁 Nice to hear from you mike

A face lift, how nice 👌

@@sailingcosiloveit getting jobs done we can’t get anyone to do in Ireland for a reasonable price. Yachts are like cars in France and they look after boats so much better. Arzal has a collection of workers eg sail makers, painters, fitters of tanks etc. We plan on sailing Atlantic Coast of France next season so need upgrades

I’d take a spare rudder in case you meet an orca 🤣

@@sailingcosiloveit yeah. We were only home when that attack happened right in the area we had sailed through the previous week. Put the wind up us I’ll tell you. We’re hugging the coast next year 🤣

Brilliant 🤩

It’s nice just to something right for a change 😂

Fishing net is work in progress 😆 Thanks for the advice. Will keep my passage plans of old and hopefully get a smile as I realise I’m going to beat it, hopefully 🤞

Sounds brilliant, happy sailing ⛵️

😳 poop me secrets out 🫢 🤣😂🥲😂

Cheers Derek, not getting the sea miles in this year 🙃

Welcome 👍

Brilliant! 🤩

Hi Malc, things definitely looking better through the water 😁 All the best mike

Cheers my mate 👍

I I’ve been responsible for all kinds of stuff going wrong all over the place. Hold my hands up it was me. I’m playing with the weather now 🤣

Thanks for the hope, mike

Agreed and I do so quite a lot 👍

Very cool! 😎 love it mike

Thanks for watching! 👀

The anchorage you’re thinking of is Porth Dinllaen. Not too good if north in forest but you can pull up the beach. Wouldn’t do Bardsey sound in a f5 in a drascombe. I’ve sailed drascombes and found they can swamp quite quick in any type of overfall. F4 or less I’d say and yes neaps of course. Regards mike

Cheers Mike. Yes, the swamping does worry me a bit. I think I will be trading up next season!! ​@sailingcosiloveit

Your welcome, hope you got home safe 👍

​@@sailingcosiloveit yeah just 🫣 wasnt without challenges thats for sure!!

That’s why it’s so much fun 😁

It’s higher on all the MK4’s over the MK3’s only. You must be looking at MK3’s

I agree and you most certainly do 🤣

Nobody’s ever racing 🤭

Well designed little crabber, I’ve had one in the past and found it well balanced with a decent amount of ballast making her well stable in a dinghy gale. Enjoy mike

One day I may put the storm jib up and see what happens 😳

Going to be a late night then 🤣

@@sailingcosiloveit I'm used to them having a boat! 🤣🤣🤣

Cheers I hope you find it useful 👍

Wind can do all kinds when it blows hard. Many years ago I had a mast fitted while on the hard. That night it blew. I was driving passed the next day with the wind still blowing hard and seen from the road a halyard in the air. I decided to go and sort it, just in case like you it came out the mast. What shocked me when I got on deck was it was not a halyard but a rigging wire. All three leeward wires had undone in the winds with the bottle screws completely detached. I quickly put them all back together and this time fitted the split pins. It was just wind pressure that kept the mast up and if it had backed or veered I would have lost the mast for sure. A lucky day for sure ✔️

Glad you liked it!👍

Sure you could find a way if you put your mind to it 👍😁

@@sailingcosiloveit if you know anyone who needs crew let me know.. Based in Birkenhead and got experience... Hoping to do ym this year.... Love the way you explain stuff taught me a thing or two

I also normally like to let the weather decide where we are going but even it doesn’t know this year, it’ll be an adventure for sure 👌

Hiya Sandy, ginger beer gets me at the back of my throat, refreshing but couldn’t do more than one unlike the hen 🤪

Are there any sailors that follow ST (Solar Time)? If I had a sailboat, I think I would, at least for long passages crossing time zones. I might give my boat its own time zone anyway, just for the fun of it. Solar Time simply means that noon is when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, wherever you are on the globe (except at the poles, but I wouldn't sail there). You'd need a special clock that does the calculations based on your GPS position, but that sounds like a fun project for someone who knows how to code (I happen to do). Everybody's got GPS onboard these days, so if there ever was a time for Solar Time it's now! UTC is simply Solar Time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. But that's not my boat! (Which reminds me, I need to buy a boat first.)

​@@ximono It is is up to each skipper to work out what they want to do on their boat. This is just my practice. Solar time is used for a Local Apparent Noon sight with a sextant. For every other sun/plant sight you need to know UTC to start working out where you are hence I just keep all my clocks on UTC. UK high and low water times are always published in UTC. On long passages you view time as either on/off watch and have several watches in 24 hours, hence time zones become irrelevant. As long as you are awake and ready for hand over X hours since you were last on watch. Also sunrise/set changes as you move north, south, east or west. There can be a lot of fun had when you land in different countries and crew try and work out local time zone. I just look at my wrist watch and know that UTC is then add or subtract the difference. When you get your boat you might enjoy astronavigation.

@@sailingaphrodite4189 Your practice makes good sense to me. Even though crew shifts make time zones irrelevant, I think it's useful to know your current time in relation to local apparent noon. Sunrise/sunset always change anyway. At least they would change the slowest if your clock is on Solar Time. Not that it matters much when being sleep deprived and tired.. I definitely want to learn astronavigation! I think it's useful to know anyway, in case of tech failure.

One of the more lucky ones I’d say 😁

Welcome 👍

Looks like she’s doing as she is told very well and feels slippery in the water. Got no plans to change her now I’ve blanked the thruster she is a different boat!

Think I’m going to do a camp at some point in the future there, great place and re worth visiting. Coffee shop is a good find👍

Cheers ye been missing for a bit! 👍

Trying to puss myself to use better gear. My camera is really old and gives me loads of jip! I purchased a go-pro but I can never get the content off the dam thing. Really just need a lesson from someone in the know 🤣 regards mike

Hard dodgers are easier to make than you think 🤔 make it out of the thinnest plywood you can get then overcoat with glass. Light strong and up to the job 👍

Ye the long ones take a little off the end of your life I’m sure could feel it draining away 🤣