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• 2024-12-10 - Maj

  in Forums • 1 week, 4 days

  

  Sad news. Ride in peace Hayley

• Your touring/bikepacking setup

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• Puffin - a 1937 Hillyard sailing yacht

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• Puffin - a 1937 Hillyard sailing yacht

  in Current Projects (non-bike) • 1 month, 1 week

  

  All tucked up for the winter in the south of France. Added an extra bit of tarp over the foredeck to try and keep the water out as front hatch is a bit leaky. Should’ve fitted an electric bilge pump but didn’t so will probably have to go back a couple of times in the next 4 months to pump the bilges. Have booked a haul out for the end of March so I can scrub and anti foul, also have a few other jobs to do: paint deck, strip and repaint toe-rail, replace outboard bracket as it has a crack in it, get bushings made for the wobbly rudder pintles, possibly re-varnish mast. Lots to do but hopefully will manage a month or so in the summer sailing to lovely anchorages so should be worth it! Then possibly through the canal du midi in September but that might not happen til 2026…

• Lightweight tent recommendations?

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  I’ve an Alpkit something or other, copy of hubba hubba. Used it on a month trip round France and it was fine, still in good condition too

• LFGSS Camper Van owners?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Have you got a boat?! On mine I run all the above apart from an inverter from a 100w panel and a 115 amp hr leisure battery. Bought from sunstore in Worthing as a package including controller and expensive 3m tape to fix panel to cabin top. Bought a cheap switch panel from eBay that has lighter socket and 2 x USB and that serves to charge cabin light and phone/iPad for navigation. Simple set up and has lasted 3 years with no issues. There is an extra output on the controller that could charge an engine battery if required but as I have a petrol outboard I don’t need that

• That Starmer fella...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  No more £2 bus fare cap. This only affects the poor. Party of working people? Starmer, WAC.

• Sailing, Surfing and other things waterbased

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Folk boats are decent seagoing boats and lots of spares available - rig, sails etc. Small enough to sail on and off a mooring too, definitely no inboard required. I wish I’d bought a folkboat instead of my Hillyard

• Premium Bike Box Alan - used once

  in Components and clothing • 1 month, 4 weeks

  

  Is this still for sale? I am also in Cornwall

• Puffin - a 1937 Hillyard sailing yacht

  in Current Projects (non-bike) • 1 month, 4 weeks

  

  1 metre, long keel. Means I can get close in to anchor and also go up rivers and canals which is handy