Recent content by ChasB

Excellent advice. And as it happens, that's exactly the problem a previous owner left me with: a poor gas fitting seal leading to a large chunk of virtually inaccesible rotten balsa core which I then had to remove. Really difficult messy job. I dried it out (over several hot summer days and...

That sounds like a good idea for the gas locker. ?

I like your thinking. ;)

Hi, I need to route a gas pipe out of a box (where the gas bottle sits) down through the GRP double-thickness deck. The deck is 40 - 50mm thick. That's two layers of GRP with balsa between. Really hard to tell exactly how thick this is in total until a hole is made , but it seems to be too...

Thanks!

I've got a ten year old tarp that's gone a bit crispy in the sun. It still folds OK, but I'm worried it may crack. Is there anything I can apply that will soak in and make it more flexible? It's only job is to cover windows. Many thanks.

OK, so can anyone recommend a place close by to me (London) where I can get these lines made up cheap by reusing my old fittings with new crimps on the outside? Many thanks. ;)

Dino, how much did this cost you?

So without some proof of provenance (like e receipt?) there's really no way of knowing how many times a hose has been used elewhere on another boat...

The boat and these particular lines are from 1981. But that's not the stated reason for the lines failing the BSS. And thanks for the tip Dino.

His report says 2.10. 2R Are all fuel feed, return and on‐engine hoses suitable for the fuel used and fire resistant? Fuel feed, return and on‐engine hoses must be marked, to denote both suitability for the fuel used and fire resistance, to BS EN ISO 7840 or an equivalent standard. I looked...

They're not hydraulic. They're petrol lines. Is that the same thing? For one thing petrol sucks, hydraulics blow.

I've got four of these. Boxed and unused, and the wrong sort for my engine. Shame to just throw them away. Available for £20 (for all 4) to cover my trouble and postage. May take a week or two to get posted as it will have to wait until a suitable unwanted box turns up (like a used Amazon box).

I've been told by my BSS surveyor that I need to replace the fuel lines that run from the cutoff / tank selector switch to the engine fuel filters. It's the gray braided thing. I've no idea what size / thread these might be, though the inner dia seems to about 15mm. I have a pair of Volvo V8...

I need a hole punching in the aft deck to connect a tank of butane currently sitting in a box down to gas piping that's already there from a prevoius install. Plus all the necessary fittings. Pretty starightforward to anyone who knows what they're doing. Which is not me. The previous gas was...