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For our kind of sailing, it's more than that. The on watch crew can swap headsails in the night without going on the foredeck. Flying a...

I have the same view on living on land. I have spent 8 out of the last 10 years living aboard a 44ft ketch. We are now back in the UK...

Dunedin - all good points. I have that older style with 135% masthead genoa on a roller, fairly fresh and with foam luff, and the roller...

Wichard mast fitting This fitting comes in two parts which can be slid into a slot and then bolted together entirely from outside the...

We have the cutting attachment but couldn't get on with it. It seem to need more heat than the knife could generate to cut. It could be...

I can't give you an academic response, I can only tell, you that my rudder shaft has been encased in epoxy and is corrosion free after...

I am in the process of doing that. I have 16 breakers, DIN rail mounted to replace my Merlin Gerin breakers that predate DIN rail. It's...

As Roger has indicated, the DIN rail circuit breakers are a good option. They are very easily replaceable (important if you are using...

It was the welds I was looking at specifically. They are perfect

Just bought a proper hot knife (hsgm) having had poor results from cheaper alliexpress models. More expensive though 150e versus 40e...

I have just drilled an exploratory hole on my rudder to check the tangs for corrosion. Although there is moisture in the rudder and...

Thr point about the semi industrial title isn't strength, it's durability since it was used every day in a commercial application. Our...

The hot knife we use is as fast as scissors as we cut along a straight edge for accuracy. It will stay hot enough without stopping.

No. They were described as semi industrial. They were used by Rolls Royce to sew the leather seats in their factory. It's way more...

We keep an old wooden cutting board specifically for this job. We often cut acrylic canvas with the hot knife as it seals the edges as...