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In total we were sailing for about thirteen weeks this summer. In all that time, we were one night alongside. All the rest at anchor...

Oiy you--- Sod off to an anchor thread & stop trying to sneak one in here :rolleyes: :D :D :D

Bought an online copy this month and to my supprise found it much easier to read. Where the online version really comes in to its own is...

I did plan to do my day skipper when I got my first boat back in 2019 but just never found the time. A couple of years later we wanted...

It might not BUT it is in a salty atmosphere. Also the heat exchanger is a big heat sink and I doubt that a diy propane gun could get...

Ive seen it done first hand, it works. To do a proper job you need to remove the manifold.

I did that test on an Eber years ago using heating oil. It does clean the combustion chambers. In fact when we were in Holyhead I used...

I know that Owen runs his test Autoterm heaters on central heating oil (kerosene) without problems. Paraffin (Esso Blue!) is a lighter...

I have sold, serviced and repaired 100s of these heaters over the years as my retirement hobby. I cant recall many that worked only at...

Fill it with paraffin and run it on full wack for a few hours.

My Planar output got progressively cooler over the course of a year. I stripped it down and found the heat exchanger well sooted up on...

Have you checked the obvious, that the ducting is firmly attached to the heater - mine sometimes work loose

Zinc rods, PBO did an article about them a few years back. Sea water and salt destroys the joint

It is possible to buy aluminium rad cap necks as others have said, P4E do one. Weld the neck to an Ali square then weld that to the ali...

Maybe leave it over the winter. I had some Gorilla brand Gaffa tape on a bumper of a car. The tape deteriorated over a summer, okay it...