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Ilen River – Eventful Cruise July 2017

July Trip First few days from memory First things first. Ilen River is not a yacht; it’s a motor boat with sails, requiring 8 knots of wind to move it, 12 knots for a lazy cruise and 15 knots before … Continue reading

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Almost Very Serious

Saturday 23rd October 2010 and Spirit was due to make her annual trip to Rhyl Yacht Club, about 20 miles down the coast, to be lifted out for the winter. The cruising club were due to do a re-enactment of … Continue reading

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Cradles

The first and second years that we (Alan and Carole Ellicott) owned Barbary Spirit we couldn’t really afford a cradle so I asked a long time structural engineer friend of mine (Andrew Allan) to design an economical alternative. You can … Continue reading

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Cruising Chutes

We (Alan and John, Barbary Spirit) have been having a go at using the cruising chute that came with our Barbary. Once we had got it the right way up !! we had a bit of success on our last … Continue reading

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Shaft-lock/Aquadrive

Adrian Espin has sent a few photographs of his modifications to the propshaft area of Barbary Rose. He has installed a ShaftLock along with a PSS Shaft Seal and an Aquadrive to enable him to fit a very flexible engine … Continue reading

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Helmsman’s Seat

David Coxon has kindly sent photos of his helmsman seat arrangement. I (Alan Ellicott) have a similar seat but it cantilevers off the side of the cockpit and is supported by the end of a walking stick. Not very elegant. … Continue reading

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Holding Tank

The Barbary head lends itself to a very sensible solution to adding a holding tank. Adrian Espin has kindly supplied the following photographs to demonstrate the fact. Whilst originally published in the PBW forum, I hope they give other owners … Continue reading

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