Congrats IN, yes, Charlestown. Hoyt, yes, absolutely, and St Ives is better known as a Smeaton work - the Victorians named the pier/breakwater...
In your first photo, Wayne, the 'water bob stay' on the 'whisker pole' would make a tack or a gybe an awful faff, surely?
The county's metals have been mined since the bronze age, and the harbour began exporting these, but then it was taken over by a very different...
Ok, this small harbour was enlarged from a natural cove in the cliff, by a famous lighthouse engineer. Originally a fishing village, once the...
They look like bird flights in a flock/murmuration to me.
As I recall, Rick W and others always reckoned the Mitrpak boxes were the best bet for getting the 90 degree change of direction. They improved...
This reminds me of an exhibit at the Oban Sea Life centre before it closed. The herring ring. It was a doughnut shaped tank maybe 5 metres in...
Thanks - those do look interesting, and *much* cheaper than seacycle. - they are currently offering a 'kit' including the yoke, beam and seat,...
Do you have a link for the manufacturer of the ones you show? If they are a fraction of the cost of the seacycle units, I could potentially be...
I imported reconditioned sea cycle units quite a few years ago. They weren't particularly cheap, but they have been good, as long as you don't...
According to the update, he is having to sit out an approaching storm that has him boxed in Official website of the Vendée Globe - Vendée Globe -...
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Seems to me that the ball chain solution would be the easiest, and lowest friction, but is problematic because the maximum size of ball chain...
Likely not connected, but you never know: a couple of the AC videos use footage which shows a relatively large piece of debris in the water...