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Please note...None of the quotes in my signature are my own work. "If it has more than three chords, it's jazz." Correction: if it has less than four chords it's jazz. (former jazz pianist)

Need non-tidal Helmsman's Cert - but where is the nearest centre to Hampshire? How far must I travel (by public transport too.)

Any truth in the rumour that weed causes chomages near Pontivy in May/June?

Marinas asking me to choose are quite clearly putting the responsibility on MY shoulders for what could be examined by HM Customs and lead to penalties if they don't like my reasoning. Surely it's not going off at a tangent to ask what forumites have decided to state and why?

Tim - Am also Solent-based and have been racing and cruising for years - including lotsa R The Is with a Fulmar! Have enjoyed narrowboats on UK canals too. Then time came for a rethink and now I now have a seaworthy motorboat. Anything too large won't get under bridges but I found an angler which fits UK canals yet will put to sea in half a gale if I have the stomach for it! As a pensioner of course I enjoy being inside a wheelhouse wearing shorts when you sailors out there are wrapped up in thermals and oilies - but add the challenges of wind and weather, tides and bridge heights, then you do get a buzz - once you overcome that first hurdle of course: missing the wind and putting up with the smell, noise and cost of an engine. I regularly visit the River Arun up to Pulborough and have just returned from Le Havre and the Seine to Rouen including Harfleur on the Tancarville Canal, all singlehanded. Next season's plans focus on the Brittany canals: over the top from St Malo to Lorient, coming home round Ushant. After that I fancy the Thames- Kennett & Avon - Bristol Channel and the Scillies. Boring? I think not. Contact me for more CJH