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Forum: Classifieds Archive 18-09-2015, 20:54
Replies: 0
Views: 5,813
Posted By Normanby
Contessa 26 Junk-Rigged in the UK

It is with embarrassment and regret that I must announce that I have to sell my boat.
Even more embarrassingly, I have to sell her off cheap!

Dozens of photos available, PM me and I'll send you...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 24-05-2015, 13:49
Replies: 31
Views: 14,590
Posted By Normanby
Re: Inflatable Kayak vs SUP

Very happy with my Gumotex Palava. Kind of a tandem-kayak-canoe hybrid, French brand, Czech made:
https://www.gumotex.co.uk/inflatable-canoe-palava-1
Forum: Navigation 24-05-2015, 00:27
Replies: 35
Views: 11,210
Posted By Normanby
Re: Tablet for navigation

Same here, very happy with my iPad 2 and Lifeproof case ( without screen protector).
I switched from the Navionics to Garmin Blue Chart app, because it integrates with Active Captain. The charts for...
Forum: The Sailor's Confessional 23-05-2015, 04:38
Replies: 50
Views: 11,465
Posted By Normanby
Re: I'm Not Afraid to Say I'm Afraid

I checked her blog, and she's sailing in the Pacific with her man and their dogs.
Here's her blog:
https://sailingwriter.com/?cat=3
Sometimes being on CF and being out there living life are...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 20-05-2015, 12:25
Replies: 1,551
Views: 585,785
Posted By Normanby
Re: Make Money While Cruising - List

Yes, thanks Chris.
I've been enjoying the SailLoot podcast too, got some useful ideas.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 14-05-2015, 07:58
Replies: 37
Views: 9,116
Posted By Normanby
Re: Singlehanded Boat for the world

Just finished reading "Maiden Voyage" by Tania Aebi who did it in a Contessa 26. I bought the book because I recently bought a Contessa 26 myself.
IIRC both Jesse Martin and Jessica Watson used an...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 08-04-2015, 11:55
Replies: 97
Views: 19,524
Posted By Normanby
Re: Impressions of the Baltic

Interesting, thanks.
Given that I'm almost at the SW tip of the UK (Plymouth), and feeling a little intimidated by the Channel traffic, I have looked at possibly sailing up the Irish Sea, past the...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 07-04-2015, 12:33
Replies: 97
Views: 19,524
Posted By Normanby
Re: Impressions of the Baltic

Oooh, that IS a generous offer. I might just take you up on it. And your dates give me excellent motivation to get cracking.
Okay, that's now my new target; be at the start of the Kiel by 4th May,...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 07-04-2015, 04:04
Replies: 97
Views: 19,524
Posted By Normanby
Re: Impressions of the Baltic

Thanks Dockhead,
Regarding the shipping lanes, is it any better to sail across to France or Belgium first, then coast hop up to Holland?
Might that mean fewer crossings of shipping lanes, and fewer...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 07-04-2015, 04:03
Replies: 97
Views: 19,524
Posted By Normanby
Re: Impressions of the Baltic

Thanks Dockhead,
Regarding the shipping lanes, is it any better to sail across to France or Belgium first, then coast hop up to Holland?
Might that mean fewer crossings of shipping lanes, and fewer...
Forum: Europe & Mediterranean 07-04-2015, 00:19
Replies: 97
Views: 19,524
Posted By Normanby
Re: Impressions of the Baltic

I'm currently in the south west of the UK (near Plymouth) and have been really inspired by this thread.
I have the whole summer at my disposal and I'd like to head for the Baltic. I came here from...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 30-03-2015, 03:25
Replies: 60
Views: 9,809
Posted By Normanby
Re: Sailing books to help get through the winter

Just finished "Sea Lord" by Bernard Cornwell, mentioned in an earlier post.
Great thriller based around sailing a 38 footer, I devoured it in two sittings.
He's written four other sailing based...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 13-02-2015, 07:06
Replies: 174
Views: 29,061
Posted By Normanby
Re: Quest for the One Can Meal

Hmm, I like oats for breaky but a bowl with 50g of oats has only 5g protein - about 1/8th what's needed per meal.
I add vegetable protein powder to bring it up to my requisite 40g protein.
Plus...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 11-02-2015, 01:45
Replies: 724
Views: 141,316
Posted By Normanby
Re: What is Your Favorite Quote?

Pertinent to some of the preceding flaming:

"Better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt."
Not sure, an Aussie politician said it in Parliament,...
Forum: Boat Ownership & Making a Living 13-01-2015, 18:32
Replies: 42
Views: 5,808
Posted By Normanby
Re: Website for your boat?

Indeed there is FB, but call me a Luddite and old cynic, I always remember the old saying:
If you're not paying for it you're not the customer, you're the commodity.
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 12-01-2015, 16:09
Replies: 28
Views: 4,120
Posted By Normanby
Re: Leaving Land

One tip about money and savings, I've spent the last year minding a friend's house and her cat, while she is in India doing the eat-pray-love malarkey.
No rent, just the bills, and I've been...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 10-01-2015, 15:19
Replies: 37
Views: 3,692
Posted By Normanby
Re: Shengen Question IV

Keep us posted please.
I'm an Aussie and heading to The UK in a few weeks to buy a boat and wander around Europe.
Given that there seems to be a disconnect between the rules and their enforcement,...
Forum: The Library 09-01-2015, 11:24
Replies: 29
Views: 6,457
Posted By Normanby
Re: Cruising blog - website templates

Ah ha.
Thanks Sondor for looking I up all those terms.
Forum: The Library 08-01-2015, 12:11
Replies: 29
Views: 6,457
Posted By Normanby
Re: Cruising blog - website templates

Interesting.
If the host owns the intellectual property, might one have a copyright problem if one later chooses to cobble posts together into a book?
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 08-01-2015, 11:21
Replies: 6
Views: 2,046
Posted By Normanby
Re: CruisersForum iPhone app is awesome

I couldn't get Tapatalk to find YBW, am I doing it wrong?
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 07-01-2015, 23:24
Replies: 6
Views: 2,046
Posted By Normanby
Re: CruisersForum iPhone app is awesome

Agreed.
I wish the YBW forum was the same...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 05-01-2015, 13:48
Replies: 91
Views: 26,312
Posted By Normanby
Re: To Tack or Jibe???

I've only sailed on a couple of junks, and I'm buying one this month.
Gybing is a much simpler and less violent affair on a junk because a percentage (between 10 and 20) of the sail is forward of...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 31-12-2014, 15:20
Replies: 30
Views: 14,360
Posted By Normanby
Re: Junk rigged schooner , Pros , Cons?

As I understand it the Chinese Junks that had standing rigging left it loose; it wasn't so much for holding up the mast, merely to prevent it whipping about.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-12-2014, 18:04
Replies: 30
Views: 14,360
Posted By Normanby
Re: Junk rigged schooner , Pros , Cons ??

Also worth mentioning is how low maintenance free standings masts are.
Many of the items in the "cost of maintenance" threads here on CF are about the high cost and frequency of rigging replacement....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-12-2014, 22:20
Replies: 38
Views: 58,118
Posted By Normanby
Re: Circumnavigation Top 20 List

24: Jordan Series Drogue
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