Recent content by BarryH

The boat started life with a sail drive and inboard. Someone, before I got my mitt's on it, took it out. The glass work to fill the hole is very good. So the surveyor chappie said.. If I'm honest I've dragged my heels over removing the anode. Also decided to replace the outboard this year. circa...

Cheers gents, I can do the prep work but I think i'll wait for the weather to warm up a bit before slathering glass and epoxy on it!

Removing an anode and need to fill the holes. Recommendations

I have been using a Clarke TE135 mig for the last couple of years. Used it for various things from motorcycle frames to car bodywork. Even used it for stainless steel making up the odd thing for the boat. For the money you really can't go wrong with it. I don't use the small bottles of gas...

Re: Nope ! I was offered my mooring ata reasonable price so I purchased it. I do get emails from the harbour authority informing me that there are moorings available, which, I understand, has not been the norm in the past. I have no idea why the decline in demand, probably the disposable income...

The sail wasn't new. It appears to have survived with no I'll effect. I had it laundered and a new sacrificial strip fitted. The sail makers checked it and said it didn't need replacing. I used a normal wallpaper stripper. Didn't iron it busts played the steam over the crease and pulled it...

I used a steamer to get the creases out of mine. I had the same problem, I solved it moving the car aft when I furled it.

A few of them dragged hen that happened. The boat, a macwester, was still in Thornham earlier this year. Luckily mine was out of the water but I'm sure it drifted a few feet across the yard! I was staying aboard it that night.

I don' t bother with all that FAFF. I got myself an accusharp for a fiver from amazon. A couple of strokes and its all done.

Chichester is a stinking overcrowded mud hole........west is best.

What is the screw screwed into?

They all go "phut phut clunk" in the end. Its just the end comes sooner for some than others...........

I did say that I would like to go and am planning on the boat being in the water by then........

I have seen foot patrols checking the boats in the yard for current "dues" plaques. Made a point of pointing out my dinghy, which is out of the water, not having a harbour dues plaque on it.....

I did think of that briefly at first. But it struck me that it sort of defeats the object of having a boat. Then there is the problem of what to do with the car and trailer whilst I amble around at my leisure. Using the inland waterways of France adds another dimention with the added bonus of...