Recent content by afterpegassus

When you're sizing your machine, judge it on litres per minute output at the nozzle rather than pressure and get one that can draw from a tank as well as a positive pressure supply. I made at least one of these errors.

"I thought I had used most of the Decca machines ... ever saw one with paper rolls ??" Paper was for the plotter.

I remember the mk21, only available to hire at around £1500 a year and ,of course you needed the charts with the Decca overlay to make sense of the dial readings. I still have about a dozen rolls of the plotter paper with my favourite marks on.

"One of the bigger boats in Wick went for a scanning sonar so he could monitor what was going into his net, that boat was the top earner in Wick for many years." Was that the "Boy Andrew " by any chance?

The main issue to contend with with a scaffold frame is preventing the fittings and tube ends tearing the monarflex. Monarflex is frequently used offshore over a scaffold frame to provide short term weather protection and that is exactly what it does - provides short term protection because...

Use a nickel based anti seize on your ss threads. On the basis of info gleaned from this forum, I squeezed a blob of silicone into my fittings prior to assembly. Not fallen down yet (7y).

Passive dust masks are also pointless unless you're clean shaven.

They are excellent value for money and I use one for my winter boaty activities up here. Don't expect to be doing anything too energetic in one though, they can be very sweaty.

Almost identical experience. I had to make some alterations, but I would describe it as value for the money.

Was it not a Corribee? She also went through the Caley which doesn't really count as a circumnavigation.

Used one on a 4hp Yamaha and still working fine after 3 years

Really? I've had mine (dv20) since I got the boat about 15 years ago.

Or a few more, is it "scarph" or "scarf"?

Thanks for that - I had a hunch it would be something like that but just wanted to double check with the forum before I started drilling holes.

I want to instal a winch on the coach roof adjacent to the companion way hatch. Existing winches are in place but without access to attach nuts to screws I assume they are located in tapped holes. Do I need to drill and tap to fix the new winch?