Recent content by catmandoo

My boat is around 40 yrs old and has white formica in the galley which is looking rather tired particularly on the horizontal surfaces around the sink I have several options 1 sanding and epoxy painting with a different colour . lot of sanding and finishing plus not sure how long it...

Fuses are usually rated in amps ie amount of current they can carry until they blow regardless of voltage Panels after inverters or whatever are presumably connected to mains 240 volt system . Would suggest that fuses there to protectinverters and system should there be a short in th e line...

Fouling affects performance on heat exchangers usually on the raw water side . so remove the channels ( water boxes etc) and if only one pass there will be one at eachend so you can rod out the tubes straight through. U tubes are more tricyk to rod out . As for frequency it depends on whether...

contact Manfred Prinz at sales@west-4x4.demon.co.uk. H e marinises thes engines from refrigeration trucs etc and also keeps a set of spares As a start however you could check your oil pressure and normal working temperature . . I bought a reconditioned one in about 2008 and its still...

MY boat had a few owners before me . prior to the first UK one the last one was a French speaking Swiss who registered the boat under the Swiss Flag but kept it in France for about 5 years .. I suspect that in the 10 years before him it was French Knowing the name , the type of boat and...

when I was a lad about 60 years ago I did my practical training as an engineer in a company called Weirs and a t one point worked in the test and experimental shop . In those days steam ships were being replaced by diesel and using the synergy of distillation design they developed flash...

I am sure there emus the a spare jet engine lying around some where in. junk yard . Did Rover not make a car with one ? You could run it on Lamp oil

I have a Yeoman Plotter using paper charts and a mouse . I find it very good and have no reason to replace it . If it fails I still have the paper chart on the chart table and if I want more detail then I have my iPad with Navionics . can anybody tell me that thee is something better

Well . I have a filter funnel with water trap and I always use it when filling from cans for which I have at least 5 of 20 litre capacity . So the bowser fills the cans and I fill the tanks at my leisure through the filter funnel . . I seldom get any debris and even after 200 hours my...

Can any one explain to me why there is a need to polish fuel when the fuel rack feeds excess back to the tank on most engines . I can only surmise that its because most boats mainly use engines for manoeuvring and that after a long time in port one might have a need to filter the fuel but one...

I have used the se syphons plastic pipes with a NR all valve at. the end . To start the syphons I shoogle the pipe at the valve end . very effective however the diesel in the end hardens the plastic pipe making it less flexible

I always visualise the torquing increases the bearing pressure on the hull / keel faces so that the bolts remain only in tension ( or shear ) and that bending moments on the keel due to water pressure when sailing is reacted by deflection of the relative GRP or Steel bearing surfaces spread...

I Suppose I have one . A catfisher! The way I look at it is this . Want to go some where in the shortest time so I motor . If the wind is in the right direction I put up the sails and thus increase speed and at the same time save some fuel

I note your forward bridge deck is solid . that means you can't cut through large waves on the nose as would a monohull . Be prepared for a lot of banging and vibration as the boat rises to ride on top and slaps down in the troughs . . Better to motor at 45 degrees to the swell

bread crumbs and all ?