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OP is asking a question to solve a problem. It's pretty obvious he doesn't need a supererogatory question .

Not always. On some cruise ships the muster point is not on "the" upper deck, but lower down. And in the interests of understanding emergency instructions, it is very very rare nowadays to see the word "don" used.

Since Seasnake is incapable of doing his own homework, here's the MSDS for Touch-Less. https://www.theultimatefinish.co.uk/documents/MSDS/BiltHamber-Touch-Less.pdf Looks pretty good and Whopper has hands on experience.

Once again, there's a moral imperative being trampled on. Do tell us, Plums, do you/have you wilfully bought a 2 stroke outboard in the last 18 months ?

OG I know you are rightfully keen to see a successful conclusion to the Upnor problem in your link, but can we keep this thread to the Trotman slumboats please ? It looks as if Trotman's appeal has been thrown out and h's left with no further places to hide, plus a £22k costs. High Court...

Oh dear me. That's what anodes are designed to do when there is electrolysis. So the answer to your question is "electrolysis". A prudent man would now look for evidence of galvanic corrosion on other parts of the boat in case the components fail and cause the boat to sink.

Any big outboard supplier I've been into has a tank, and a crane system for testing rebuilt o/bs. Hand your Yam over to a professional; they know what to do and how to do in half the time, and almost certainly in a lot safer fashion than you tying up a RIB to a pontoon and going WOT. Thses...

If you can't do it, then get an engineering professional in.

Not every chemical is made from "stuff from the planet". Some advanced compounds and materials are made from mixtures of natural and man-made "stuff", think of socks for an example. And as for "most of the planet is above sea level", you could check on BBC BiteSize (TV school for children) to...

Momac You are prevaricating. Sodium hydroxide is not made from seawater. There are several industrial methods, but principally the process involves brine (an aqueous solution of NaCl) and lots of electricity. You seem to be associating industrial brine with sea water. Well, I suppose that...

I think the forum would find it very useful to have greater understanding of why you think the sea water would have no issues. There are a number of other chemicals in sea water which render it quite different from the electrolytic process used to make sodium hydroxide. The Wessex cleaner...

I wasn’t asking about chemicals ,it was sea water, I understand instructions , I have asked you before ,if you have nothing positive to say ,don’t . It would be very very hard to interpret your post in any other way than asking if you can use Wessex (a compound chemical) with sea water. I...

You have been here before in a previous thread and it's good to see that you are asking about the environment before using the chemicals. The Materials Safety Data Sheet is here https://www.wessexboatstore.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Wessex-Teak-Cleaner-Part-1-WP-0422.pdf In summary...

A quick note about your strategic objectives - "in the future we would love to do some charity work, to help improve other people’s lives, whether it be mental health, working with children, or assisting disabled people get to sea." There are many sailing schools, charities and other...

They must be reading these posts ! Now the RYA wants to know what you think of them. RYA membership survey Go on, let them have both barrels !