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Hi. Could be interested in the traveller part only (not the track). What's width of the track (so I can check the traveller will match)?

When my wife jumped on board the other day and said "it smells a bit diesel-ey" down here, for no good reason, my immediate response was to dismiss it. Anyway, it turns out, after starting high and working low, eliminating all other possible sources, our 210 litre mild steel diesel tank was...

Thanks for all the responses. It does appear to be an Easyreef as Tranona suggested. The only marking on it are Steady Launch, but I believe that may have had something to do with the distributor. I still have the old main (and vertical battens), so at some point will put it back up just for a...

Does anyone have any information on the Steady Launch vertical mainsail furling system I have on our boat? It's fitted to our new-to-us Moody 37. It's an aftermarket thing that's riveted onto the aft face of the mast, covering the mast track. I'd be particularly interested if any one has any...

Now sold.

Vetus Traveller VB200T 2.0m inflatable dinghy with inflatable keel and air deck. It was included witht he purchase of my new-to-me boat, but I already have a slightly larger dinghy that I plan to keep. It's very high quality and well made. According to the nameplate, it's good for 2 adults and...

Just over 25m length. 8mm calibrated short links so works on a windlass. A few rusty links but still very serviceable, and obviously could be re-galvanised. Photo here: PXL-20220802-180335539-exported-1660254014627 Collection from Eastleigh.

Thanks all for the input so far. It's all really helpful I had thought about the fact that the centre of the output flange may no longer be central to the shadt coupler, but was operating on a 'no problem is so bad you can't make it worse' principle, so didn't try this. It seems like a fairly...

Good point. Didn't think about drying out. Quite sure it's not the cutless bearing as it was replaced at the start of the year.

Funnily enough, we do have a spurs rope cutter, but it's not currently fitted, so can't be that. I'm guessing the only wa tto check the shaft is centred in the tube is to remove the stern gland = boat out the water.

We were heading into Newton Creek a couple of weekends ago. With full revs near the entrance (it was a spring tide and we were heading in on the ebb) I noticed the engine tone drop barely perceptably and a short while after a horrible noise. It was a sort of periodic squealing / screaching...

Oh, and they have water and lecky on their pontoons, too.

Oops. Didn't mean to delete. You could try Quayside Marina (next to kemps) I think they still may have space as it's just been taken over by the guys at Southampton Dry Stack and they've added a new bit of outer pontoon. On one of their drying moorings I think you'd get in under budget fairly...

We have the cheapest DAB radio we could buy at the time from Currys (it's a 'Logik' and cost £17.99 if memory serves). Sound quality is appalling, but that's OK, and at that price, it doesn't matter if it gets drenched and stops working. We get about 10 hours of runtime from a set of four of...