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    Winter moorage in France

    Port Napoleon beside Port Saint Louis and the entrance to the Rhone (and Europe) is non-rolly, has plenty of facilities and relatively free of disagreeable insects in winter.
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    Do you run the fridge after sunset?

    Surprised: am I the only one to have installed a 12V weekly timer switch on my fridge? Chinese, of course, works perfectly. Off at 21.00 and on at 08.00. My custom fridge (handcrafted) runs at 2 or 3 ° in the Med: overnight rises to maybe 6°. But lots of bottles in it... this is important!
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    Suggestions to overwinter in Lanzorote

    Presently in Portugal (Povoa) looking at the Canaries for next winter. Moody 42, Dutch flag: grateful for any experiences!
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    Translation

    The bit behind it is called the BAGUE HYDROLUBE (cutless bearing).
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    Pressure Cookers??

    French manufacturer SEB do a range of sizes: choose the model without a handle for easy storage. I prefer the aluminium versions - the stainless seem to burn more with stews etc.
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    Winter North Spain?

    North Spain in winter is like Ireland, but can be colder! Get round the corner.
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    he Dangers of Marinas at night

    Not Mike Birch: Mike MacMullen
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    Straw in the wind

    Moody CC 42 from 1978: looking for suggestions as to who might have supplied/manufactured the original deck hatches (they are leaking!). Thanks for looking.
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    Lancing marine - great service

    +1: always had very helpful service from Lancing over the last....30+ years.
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    Very thin A4 -306 SS sheet

    A4 is 316L
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    Metal hull insulation question

    The underwater bit acts as a heat exchanger, in principle the water is cooler in (hot) summer and warmer in (cold) winter. My steel boat is insulated down to 300 mm below the waterline.
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    Where is it? 38

    South coast of Ireland, might be Baltimore.
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    Diesel bug: a European speciality?

    Just been hit with both tanks contaminated. My brother lives/sails in Connecticut asks - diesel bug, wtf is that? Is this a weapon devised by the eco-warriors to limit CO2 emissions - or is he out of touch with similar problems with septic tanks...? Just asking
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    Source of stainless steel staples needed

    Bought mine from Castorama (B&Q in Blighty).
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    Goiot headsail furler

    I have one of these and some ancient documentation - maybe in French... but if you can't get English info PM me and I'll tell you what I've got. Mine dates from the eighties and I've stripped down the bottom drum (no problems upstairs)
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