I’m in agreement with Boathook, the idea of boat size has changed over the years, back in the late 60’s early 70’s when I moved from mirror dinghy to...
Of course there are disadvantages to going for a small boat such as the L17 as a first boat, but the great thing about going down this route is that...
A Leisure 17 was our first ‘cruiser’ sailing out of Christchurch, we went as far West as Torquay and crossed the channel to Cherbourg several times....
Inclined to agree with Poignard on this, last boat had old style packing stern gland which failed, but so slowly that was able to wait for the end of...
But in what capacity? Several of my occasional crew members have made night passages, but not helmed or navigated, certainly not to an extent that I...
Not sure anyone is laying the blame on the RYA doorstep, but questioning the fact that a skipper with no record of skippering on full night passages...
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