Some good advice in there Tommo. I think towing V mooring is big ongoing debate with boats, or so I am learning now!!! Having the boat at home is a big winner though.
great information and putting it all into perspective, a hotel for one night away could be £100 plus so you do save alot staying on board. when you do your trailer bearings can you do a vid , i collected my new boat thursday and the wheel came offf 30 miles from Bala so didnt quite make it
Sorry to hear that it didn't make it. After the bearings are done, definitely fit bearing savers to the hubs, these just fit on instead of the hub caps and keep forcing grease in under pressure, this stops water ingress and easily extends the life of my bearings by 3 years. Any luck selling Black Magic yet? I keep looking at Drascombes but then tell myself I can't have another boat 🤣
No not yet. Yeah you can I’m on 3 boats now. Lol. Black magic is a nice boat to sail. And it has a 6hp engine. If you want it. We can give you a good deal.
@@Spud63 thanks for the offer, I know it's a great boat but whilst I have the Shakespeare, I can't have anything else. If I sell mine I will definitely give a lugger a home but not before unfortunately
Some good advice in there Tommo. I think towing V mooring is big ongoing debate with boats, or so I am learning now!!! Having the boat at home is a big winner though.
Loving this Tommo
Creep creep Cliff 😂
Good info especially about doing an RYA course to learn the basics (needed for VHF operation).
Thanks Phil. I forgot about the VHF licence as it's many years since I did mine 🤦♂️
great information and putting it all into perspective, a hotel for one night away could be £100 plus so you do save alot staying on board. when you do your trailer bearings can you do a vid , i collected my new boat thursday and the wheel came offf 30 miles from Bala so didnt quite make it
Sorry to hear that it didn't make it. After the bearings are done, definitely fit bearing savers to the hubs, these just fit on instead of the hub caps and keep forcing grease in under pressure, this stops water ingress and easily extends the life of my bearings by 3 years.
Any luck selling Black Magic yet?
I keep looking at Drascombes but then tell myself I can't have another boat 🤣
No not yet. Yeah you can I’m on 3 boats now. Lol. Black magic is a nice boat to sail. And it has a 6hp engine. If you want it. We can give you a good deal.
@@Spud63 thanks for the offer, I know it's a great boat but whilst I have the Shakespeare, I can't have anything else. If I sell mine I will definitely give a lugger a home but not before unfortunately
Sold it today
@@Spud63 well done