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It seems the subject of remote monitoring comes up almost every year, a few years ago I installed a Raspberry Pi/Arduino based system from Skippersmate. That system worked very well and I was pleased with it. A few minor niggles, the comms from the Arduino sensors was via bluetooth which...

Just topped off the tanks, probably won't get much more time on board now. 150 litres was all it took, that's for the full year. Super depressing how little use we got this year.

Interested in your examples of how you have mounted an anchor ball on your motor boats? Most balls I see for sale are designed around sail boats, I was thinking I would need to support one from a post on the pull pit.

I'm interested in options before I end up having a diesel generator fitted. I currently have approx 440ah of battery bank so about 200ah of usable capacity. I have a 3kw victron quatro inverter/charger for our 240v needs. In normal use not trying to conserve power we could burn through the 200ah...

I know the terms quiet spot and the Solent don't always go together and probably even more so now everyone is staying on the south coast but I'm looking for some suggested locations within around 20 miles of Lymington. We love Newtown and I'm hoping there maybe more similar quiet spots to pick...

It's been many years since I was last in St Peter Port or St Helier on my dad's sailing boat but visiting both places is on the list of things to do in my own boat. A couple of questions for those who visit regularly: 1. Would be a weeks holiday and was thinking to maybe go direct to St Helier...

Looking to head west at the weekend, continually checking different forecasts but looks like some westerly winds next week so looking to get to Falmouth as quickly as possible. Considering Lymington to Brixham on Saturday, early morning to have slack tide at Portland. Then Brixham to Falmouth...

I purchased a remote monitoring system from Skippers Mate last winter and considering others may be thinking about remote monitoring now for the impending winter I thought I would post a little information and my thoughts. We live about a 4 hour drive away from the boat so it’s not possible...

Looking for either a Ray230E with at least one handset in good condition or a Ray240E with 2 handsets in very good condition.

Following on from this thread, http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?478675-Teak-Veneer-repair-possible&highlight= The time is fast approaching for the bathing platform teak to be replaced on my Phantom 43. Wattsons have quoted £1060 +vat for the platform teak but were unable to give a...

Just visited the boat today and in the last two weeks a piece of teak veneer on the bathing platform has lifted and started to split slightly, circled red in below photo: I wasn't planning to re-teak the platform this year, I guess I have nothing to lose but wondered if I could re-glue this...

I guess I'm a little behind the times, found out today that Burton Waters is no longer a Fairline dealer. That didn't last long. Wonder what happened?

Found the galley fridge wasn't running from the 240v few weeks ago. It had a waeco mps-50 rectifier that wasn't giving any DC output. Bought new mps-50 online and worked fine for 2 weekends of use, now the compressor tries to kick in but stops and then just keeps trying, switched over to the...

http://explorermotoryachts.com/our-yachts/explorer-58-ph/ Having a Friday dream search and found the above, really quite like the look of that. Do I buy a lottery ticket and keep dreaming or just face the fact I'll never afford it..............oh well! Has a British yard ever built this style...

Hoping someone can help me identify the small downlights that Fairline used in the triangular pods as below photo's, I have one missing in the drinks cabinet of a Phantom, would have been sourced around 2003 if that makes a difference.

I was just reading the new article posted here. I found the following excerpt a little confusing: "The company’s chief executive, Phil Popham, said his company was making one of the boat models every week. “We’re building round about 40-42 a year. We sold all we built last year and we’ve got...

I see Haven Knox-Johnston have created a short video series on wintering in the sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8IQx4zMC0 Somewhat interesting but would be great with a bit more information especially regarding typical winter weather at these locations. Does anyone on the forum...

I'm interested in the Squadron 52 and have been looking for as much information as possible about these boats, unfortunately you don't always find things that are nice to see. Best fast forward to about the 6 minute mark on the first video, second video is series of stills. I'm guessing they...

I'm having a nostalgic youtube session, found the below Cowes to Torquay video from 1974. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHuQlm2hFhY I was 5 at the time and I remember having a toy model of the Miss Embassy boat, I think it was a truck and trailer with the boat. I will have to go back to our...

I've just started looking to purchase a used motor boat. The short list currently has boats with mostly volvo diesels ranging from around 400 hrs up to 1200 hrs. Is there minor and major servicing recommend on these at certain operating hrs and is there a resource to look up requirements for...