Recent content by mrangry

Polycarbonate offers far less uv resistance than acrylic and as you say scratches a lot easier too

Unlikely as there will be dirt and contaminants within the cracks

He sails a Bongo 8.7. Having watched all of his videos I dont think it does anything like 10 knots though

So some positive replies which is good ..... I will give it a go this weekend. The only bummer is that I will need to remove the sail stack bag as I have just noticed that there is a slider on the clew of the sail and will have to be slid into the boom from the mast end as at the moment all I...

The main sail on my Beneteau Oceanis 440 has a boltrope on the foot, however since fitting my new to me sail bag I can no longer accommodate the sail boltrope in the boom. Am I right in thinking the only issue I will have in using it loose footed is that the sail shape at the foot may be poor...

I have this same dilemma on a beneteau 440 and am just going to try running with the main loose footed to see how it goes. As I understand it the fact that the main is cut to run in the slot the sail shape may be poor

Ah np I have a vulcan

You are correct as Navico replied to me confirming what you say and recommend an update

Like you I polished the fuel in my tank, but unfortunately after a rough sail from Gigha back to Ardrossan the filters blocked repeatedly. Polishing fuel is fine but it will not remove the debris coating the bottom of the tank, this will only dislodge and be drawn up the fuel supply pipe in...

We did Cowes to Ardrossan in 5 days continuous apart from a six hour stop in Salcombe to address fuel contamination. There were three of us each doing 3 hour watches which seemed to work well.

I have just fitted A B&G v60b which I bought boxed and sealed for a very good price on eBay. It is the vhf/ais transceiver model and all seemed well until I noticed that when tied up alongside in the marina it shows me moving at 0.7 knots. This in itself wouldn't be a major issue if it weren't...

Have you seen these? Raymarine Q047 Ersatz

I just fitted a wireless unit :cool:

Sorry I cant help with overnight stops but I sailed from Cowes to Ardrossan in February this year bringing a friends boat up with no planned stops. Due to fuel contamination we did however stop briefly in Salcombe to clean the fuel tank and change filters. The tidal gates have already been...

For the sake of a few hundred quid a calorifier is a no brainer for me. A fairly simple set up consisting of a calorifier, pump, accumulator and some pipe work. Getting hot water from motoring for a while is a godsend after a days sailing.