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Depends indeed where you cruise. In Finland they nowadays recommend just using your mobile phone (with the 112 app) in case of distress... -
Bilgediver replied to the thread VHF splltter recommendation..Beware...Many splitters will protect your AIS from VHF transmissions however very few will also protect your VHF. from AIS transmissions...
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Digital Yacht splitter on my boat. It failed . £250 .00. Replaced with a basic budget vhf antenna dedicated to AIS , worked just as...
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Bilgediver reacted to lustyd's post in the thread Do insurance companies accept Dyneema standing rigging? with
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As a general rule if it's something standard and fitted by a professional then they would accept it, but as Sandy says ask them the... -
I don't understand the need to make connections in the damp environment of an anchor locker. I don't know your windlass model but the...
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Bilgediver reacted to Metalicmike's post in the thread Rust on newly replaced standing rigging with Like.
The cable is faulty, it looks like the cable manufacturer has fitted the wrong grade of material to one of the spools on the winding...
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Bilgediver replied to the thread Another Tourist Boat Catastrophe.Surmising what can be built on the banks of the Nile out of timber.. Our Egyprion manager in Egypt had a Trader look alike gin palace...
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" You'd expect a 34M yacht to be able to handle those conditions. " Without prejudging, I would say that depends on the standard of...
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Bilgediver replied to the thread Citizen science request – UK watercraft duty cycles survey.While China and India carry on mining and consuming coal in vast quantities. ??
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Bilgediver reacted to Trundlebug's post in the thread Real Self Amalgamating Tape - THE ANSWER ! with Like.
I just bought some self amalgamating tape from Screwfix, it sealed instantly and was a big success. Very satisfactory for something so...
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Bilgediver reacted to STATUE's post in the thread Real Self Amalgamating Tape - THE ANSWER ! with Like.
The answer to my original question Self Amalgamating Tape WHERE ? Well here's the answer: RUBBAWELD ... and despite today's name...
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If absolutely nothing is working it sounds like battery connections. Unless your van has a 1-2-Both switch😉
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Bilgediver replied to the thread Need help identifying the boats in the photo. Taken near King Farouk's rest house in Hurghada, Egypt in 1940s..I first visited Hurgharda in the mlate 80s and it was just a wee town starting to get noticed by the sub aqua folk There was no obvious...
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Bilgediver replied to the thread Need help identifying the boats in the photo. Taken near King Farouk's rest house in Hurghada, Egypt in 1940s..I used to be involved with an oilfield drilling company in Egypt and the manager there operated several dive boats as well as his own...
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Bilgediver replied to the thread Real Self Amalgamating Tape ! WHERE ?.Our chandlery stocks it here on the Forth. Does yours or maybe the electronics store.?