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On recollection, not one of my boats have had valves on the cockpit drains. If they had cockpit drains. The first boat that I kept on a...

Ok, thanks. I'll check what's going on.

In theory, mild steel is OK - protected by the anode. In practice, I find they rust inside the boat and get messy. I use stainless, now.

Stainless is prone to crevice corrosion where it passes through the hull. Using mild steel is OK because the first thing the anode...

This should do the job, assuming a GRP or wooden hull M G Duff M10B Anode Fixing Stud Assembly | Force 4 Chandlery

It's a long keel grp. Anode is wired to Mercedes engine which doesn't have any internal anodes

I want to fit a larger anode on the keel but the existing studs are too short, and due for resealing anyway. Should I replace with...

Looks like he a got a bicolour fitted.

Good points, I'll check back at the boat. Thanks

Can anyone suggest a reason why my Navman wind instrument nmea output is half the reading displayed on the instrument display? It was...

Do you mean a wind powered generator?

I really hope that I've just been unlucky, but in my neck of the woods the volunteer coastguard don't always cover themselves in glory...

I know it’s subjective, and all in the eye of the beholder, but IMHO it would be a kindness to issue blindfolds as well as taking the...

I have both. There are good reasons. Standard winches are faster to tack or jibe. No stripper in the way when spinning turns on or off...

I've used inflatable paint for the strip on an older sail. It worked very well. Eventually I replaced the sail, but not because the...