Currently in Elkins boatyard Christchurch, cleaning and getting ready to anti foul.
We are also members of Christchurch SC. which does lovely snack meals and a bar for your drinks,
Drop in some time ! Bob & Ann
Hi Dagnal, I did try to join you on zoom but could not seem to get the link, I pasted in ok but possibly the password needed updating, it was showing the 13th April for some reason..Bob
Hi Kieth, sorry I have not replied to your message,I have put the charts on Think Again, but will go through them to work out postage, I hope to go down later this week, which ones were you interested in ?
I would think postage would be between £5 a…
Hi Dagnal, the first thing to confirm is what type of rig has the boat got, if the stays come right down to the deck, they would have to be modified to add the extra rig support so as to be able to add the asymmetrical frame, if that’s the right wor…
Hi Aleck, one of the easiest is a handful of pasta into some boiling water, open a tin of sweet & sour, heat all up for about 5 mins. A curry & rice can be cooked similarly, if you have some pulses and dried fruit there are a lot of variatio…
Message and Pictures passed on from Margaret & John, Rumpleteaser, Cruising in Greece.
Pictures showing ampetheater at Epidhavros & approaching and in the Corinth Canal.
They are planing on making there way along the Gulf of Patras from Kiat…
I have been using the we aerial this week at the Folly and Newport and it works extremely well and interference
Free, certainly the best that I have tried..Bob
The Aerial is approx 5 1/2 inches tall and works better on a good ground plain, probably even better if you connect Ground plain to a through hull below water level metal fitting.
Hi Simon, sorry can not help with replacement rudders, my comment is that they seem a bit short in the length ?
Have you ever compared them with another 8m. Bob "Think Again"
Hi Dagnal, I wonder what differance the new prop made to the fuel consumption on the 20 HP. I can get just over a litre an hour at 4000 revs on the 9.9. Bob
Hi Cy, There does not seem to be any other takers on your problems ! I have sailed a 9m that had a holding tank, the other side of the bulkhead to the forward of the loo. I just thought it would be nice if you could put 2 tanks in the transom locker…
Hi Doris, sorry I was thinking of the wrong tanks. With grey water from sinks, it could gravitate into a container which could be carried ashore. Shower water could be manual pumped into a container,
Black water can be something else, easy to drain …
Hi Doris, are we talking about a fresh water tank in each hold that you want to common up ?
Have not come across any one with a wet heater system, prefer warm air ! Bob
Hello again Doris, it's difficult to say what you may find, as each boat might vary slightly from the next but we did find a gap from the rear port locker into the steering locker and then a small gap that went under the door to the starboard side. …
Hi Doris, the frame work doesn't necessarily need to be to elaborate, it depends how long the mast is going to be down, a lot of boats that go through the Med, do a tempory job with the mast and possibly carry a few tyres as fenders, but then dump i…
Hi Adam, look at Isotherm, they also do compressors that you can fit separately, we fitted one, supported by a good solar panel and it really works well, as long as you are not looking to make ice for the G & T they can run very efficiently for …
Hi Doris, We made wooden supports Fore and Aft, which were more suitable to our needs.
One mod i thought about was when the mast has been lowered, to fit a roller, probably above the Mast Bolt to enable the mast to be moved a bit easier, allowing it…
Hi just come across your comment on mast lowering, we have used it on the 8m but having had in mast reeling fitted felt it was to heavy to lower myself, I have an article at home and will look it out for you, and always willing to discuss it with yo…
Hi Aleck, we hope to be on the boat at the weekend, if the person requiring a crew needs help, they could stop of at Christchurch and I would help them on to Shorham ! Bob
Hi Alex & Alison, would love to meet up at the boat show, we usually take the boat up to Newport IOW and catch the ferry across, please email bobatlongleaze@aol.com
Hi Adam, yes welcome, have a relation comes from Whitehaven but never been there, we also had a bobcat for a couple of years but have had Think Again for about 28 years now, cheers & good sailing ....Bob
