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Lofrans

Anchor windlass (technical)

25 August 202026 May 2018 by John Passmore

The anchor windlass has now worked perfectly half a dozen times in a row. I cannot tell you what a relief this is. I may have mentioned that last autumn, on the trip round from Wales to the English East Coast, periodically it would simply refuse to move: All I got on pressing the button … Read more

Categories Uncategorized Tags A R Peachment, Anchor Windlass, Lofrans

This is what happens when you have a dream at the age of eleven, take a lifetime to achieve it - but get there in the end.

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