Recent content by barnaclephill

Mounting issues easy-peasy as in the previous post or 2. 2nd paragraph: if the a/p you use isn't up to the job, you can attach it to a trim tab as in a previous PBO article (with user feedback): http://s1064.photobucket.com/albums/u367/boatscans/#!cpZZ2QQtppZZ24 It's the article on page 2...

Seems to be an issue with the position of the radar reflector. Moving it to the backstays will help the light problem, and be more of an advantage than a disadvantage there. I have one of these all-round lamps, generic type with an LED bulb fitted. It has some scattering of light I can see...

Now uploaded, fitting vanes to various boats: http://s1064.photobucket.com/albums/u367/boatscans/ on the bottom of page one, but also similar mechanical diagrams on the second page. Uploading is slow tonight, maybe I'll add more later, even to put into sub-folders. Which 2 lines? From the top...

Here Dylan: http://s1064.photobucket.com/albums/u367/boatscans/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ24 and I'll continue the rest of the 45 scans I have of sails the rest of this evening. Not all on gaffs though. I got a whole lot of back issues lately, and scanned the most relevant (to me) bits. Enjoy.

metho consumption Ethanol (90% of metho) is C2 H5 OH, thus the products of combustion will be oxides of carbon (i.e. carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide if there's insufficient oxygen), plus the oxide of hydrogen, water vapor. Water vapor will also arise from the hot water. The only way around...

Quote: V05 "The stars are in the heavens all the time...we cannot see them in daylight because of the sun's presence and glare...but when the glare is removed...they become visible. That far is obvious." Unquote. The moon is rotates on its axis at about the same number of days as the lunar...

What a strange system to pay for a time of anchoring! Here it's all FREE. I've anchored in various places - Hastings one month free; Port Welshpool 3 months free; Newlands Arm 23 months for free, etc. Eden 2 months for free. Now I have a mooring - $70 (45 pounds) per year for the licence. Win...

$40 will be about 25 pounds plus freight. Whitworths at that link will do overseas freight, or you can also try Bias: http://www.biasboating.com.au/product_p/b5441b.htm Take 10% GST/VAT off, then add freight. Email them both for a qote, it costs nothing to ask. I imported a dinghy from...

Yes, lots of boats around here have them, they've been around for about 8 years now. I think they're rated at one mile (maybe 2, but don't quote me on that) visibility, which seems accurate. They are as bright as an incandescent, and light up the whole sea in that area - I normally can sea all...

yes they're called bayonette lamps because of the shape - for car indicator lights as well as boats (bunk lights, nav lights, etc). You can get white LED replacement "globes" in 'warm' white and 'cool' white to suit your fancy. Eg. http://www.ledshoponline.com/BA_15_D_LED_masthead_bulb.htm You...

My experience is that I can get 1 1/2 years out of an antifoul. Here in a mud berth that was with a hard a/f. In a non-tidal area, that same period applied to soft a/f. This year in the tidal berth with soft for some reason, I've gone 6 months and scraped off my first barnies last weekend, at...

I think so. I think that is easiest, as the rubber backing grips. On my boat I have carpet affixed to the sole with Liquid Nails spread all underneath the carpet. It lasts for years. The edges can slowly peel away. If I ever want to change the carpet, I might have to use the angle grinder and...

I read and scanned an article about this only 2 weeks ago. Computer printed font & style pasted on timber, then routed out of the timber. 2 side timbers (folds of a ribbon) added. I make it to be from PBO 351 of March 1996. For your benefit here uploaded...

Uploaded what I have: page 2 here: http://s1136.photobucket.com/albums/n491/barnaclephill/#!cpZZ2QQtppZZ24

could you be a fair bit more specific: there have been several articles about turning rigid or inflatable dinghies into liferafts. Also is the example of a Tinker inflatable, which came with a rig and inflatable canopy. I could dig up a scan if you're specific.