Beneteau381

That is all true - but everything you list is carried over from other mass applications and adapted to be useful for boats. Nothing is...

Why is it impractical? - for leisure craft? First the amount of energy stored in a leisure boat's batteries is tiny and second the cost...

My Beneteau also has a thru hull with a 10mm tube allowing access by sea water at the Volvo seal, I’ve never figured out which way it...

The cutless top hat bit needs to have gap between the prop/line cutter and the top hat for water to access the flutes and lube the...

Cutless

I have more spanners and tools than l will ever wear out. I continue to buy new stuff when I need it for one job. My executors can deal...

Another good reason to build up your tool kit with separate items and not buy a 'socket set'. Add anything special or non-standard to...

A properly maintained yacht would need nothing like that & only 25% of some of the stuff mentioned above, Most of it would be...

Not many 10m inboard sailing boats have spark plugs ;)

I carried 3/8" and 1/2" square drive sockets. The former were in a boxed set, the latter comprised an assortment of those most likely to...

No. Walking away may cause the creditors to chase and it will become even more expensive and complicated than it is already. On...

Do the simple things again. How much oil does it burn in a season? It’s normal for them to smoke a little. Let it tickover and crack...

Aluminium is considerably more susceptible to fatigue than 60/40 brass, assuming the one in the OP's photo is manganese bronze. 60/40...

Couple of hammers - get it straight .... Anyone comments ... just shrug shoulders and say boat does same today as it always has ...