PaulRainbow

Bring the buoy alongside and attach the line.

Reverse up to it, attach a long rope led from the bow, haul in.

Hook and Moor pole. Loads of moorings in Scotland have no pick up rope, just a shackle on top. Regularly pick up solo. Never lassoed...

Could not agree more. Some friends had a SO with the linear galley, what an uncomfortable thing to try and relax in, they hadn't thought...

Definitely in a small cruiser two berths were one can recline or read are essential unfortunately many designs had one side fitted as a...

A multimeter is such high input impedance you will get stray voltages. Far better to use a test lamp which will load the circuit, I...

Hi All, Many thanks for the helpful responses - clearly toast is a topic of vital importance (as I suspected it would be) - we're...

You only get the total charging amps, not each bank.

Thanks for making that abundantly clear Roger. So effectively it's been in force for some years, during which we've all happily crossed...

Not at all. I suspect that you are expressing most people’s feelings. Given that our small craft have to obey collision regulations...

If you are reading that directly at the battery terminals there are are only two possibilities. Either the meter is reading incorrectly...

Stb alternator does look suspect with the Emg switch on, but something is odd with the Emg switch off, looks like no charging unless...

I can't see any reason to swap from the VSR - its a good piece of kit, works well and the B2B will not add anything and may do less -...

How will a 18a or 25a B2B charge the batteries faster than a 40a alternator ? If you charge LA batteries at 15+ volts they aren't going...

You will not get more ah in, it will likely be less, the B2B will be limited to 18a or 25a, whereas the alternator is 40a. Plus, the...