So, did my request to the UK Glomex distributor prove fruitful? You remember, right - the VHF aerial decided to fall off and go plop just the other week, not even two years after installing it. I contacted their UK distributor to ask about a free-of-charge replacement, as this was obviously a prematurely shortened product life.
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Back in December, the somewhat infamous Schnebby of these here waters (Miley’s Eberspacher) decided to break down rather spectacularly right at the beginning of those two weeks of snow and misery.
Cue a thread on the YBW.com Practical Boat Owner forums desperately seeking help. The thread soon ran to nine pages as sailors from all over the [...]
I may not be the girliest of girls - in fact I’m probably at the exact opposite on that spectrum - but one thing I appreciate is a full-length mirror.
Not surprisingly, Miley didn’t have a full-length mirror when I bought her. What 34ft boat does? Not this one, at least.
I have wanted a full-length mirror ever since I moved aboard. How [...]
Following on from my recent post on connecting to the internet afloat, I thought it would be very useful to compile a guide stating the mobile broadband coverage in different marinas/anchorages around the UK. Using this data, you can choose which network would be best to join in your marina.
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Up until now - over a year of living aboard Miley - we have been using the marina’s BT Openzone Wi-Fi connection for all of our internet needs. Well, I say ‘have been using’ and ‘all of our internet needs’. But really, that’s lying.
It’s rubbish.
Really, really, pants. More pants than the pair of my underwear [...]
Christmas Eve: for some, the opportunity to do some hectic last-minute Christmas shopping; for others, time to go to the pub with friends; and then there are those who spend it relaxing with family. Well, and there’s James, who spent it with his head in the heads and his sight firmly on shite. Yes, the [...]
…don’t go:
And no, James, I haven’t just taken them off.
Oh well, I suppose I needed a new pair anyway… please don’t leave tips on how they can be saved, this is a brilliant excuse to go shoe shopping!
I have just updated the ‘S/Y Milestone’ page (found on the link bar at the top of this page) with a guided tour of Miley, and a list of her particulars. I enjoyed writing the tour so much that I felt it deserved a blog post of its own to try and give it some [...]
This time of year brings many changes to the lives of UK liveaboards. On the outside, these seem like bad things:
It’s below freezing most nights
It rains - or even snows - most days
It’s dark
It’s damp
The walk to the showers seems even longer than normal
We don’t go sailing as much
Electricity bills go up
But with a bit [...]
Had an interesting sail back from Cowes to Gosport this morning.
Last night, today’s forecast was predicting F4-5 occ. 6. I checked again this morning before we set out and it had gone down to a F4-5 without the 6 - perfect! Exactly what Milestone likes to stonk along in.
Poked our nose out into a steady [...]