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    Laying up tip: Save your topsides in the winter gales

    • September 24, 2010

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    Laying up tip: Help the yard remove the rig

    • September 21, 2010

    How you can help the boatyard

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    Laying up tip: Turn automatic bilge pumps off before the lift

    • September 20, 2010

    Keep the yard staff dry!

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    How to clean your ropes at the end of the season

    • September 17, 2010

    Kill two birds with one stone

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    How to throw a line

    • September 14, 2010

    The trick? Two coils!

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    Never be searching for a spanner again

    • September 13, 2010

    Use tape to colour code the ones you use frequently

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    Conserve water on board

    • September 10, 2010

    Wash up in salt water

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    Shh! Hear clearly in fog

    • September 9, 2010

    All ears?

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    Disconnect your engine exhaust annually

    • September 8, 2010

    To prevent problems later

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    Steps to stop outboard motor theft

    • September 7, 2010

    Tips from Navigators and General to stop toerags making off with your engine

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    Stop split pins shaking loose

    • September 6, 2010

    With silicone!

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    The Porridge effect

    • September 3, 2010

    remove fouling ASAP!

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    What happens when you mix waves and currents?

    • September 2, 2010

    Ken Endean's Coastal Turmoil tip

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    Beware katabatic gusts

    • September 1, 2010

    ...don't try to hide from rough weather behind a mountain

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    On the Thames, carry a VHF and keep a lookout behind

    • August 27, 2010

    Port of London authority advice

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    Turning the screws the right way

    • August 26, 2010

    Use the prop-walk to your advantage

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    Choosing which side to fix lines and fenders

    • August 25, 2010

    Berthing tip - choose both

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    Which side alongside?

    • August 24, 2010

    Berthing tip

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    Is that a skyscraper I see sailing towards me?

    • August 23, 2010

    But how can that be?

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    How to keep your outboard’s water cooling channels clear for longer

    • August 20, 2010

    Paint them with a thin layer of etch-primer

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