Recent content by ChrisN

Has anybody else been stymied by the Island Sailing Club when trying to ask them to review their start line timings. This years RTIR was disastrous for many Group 6, 7 and 8 boats who failed to make the Hurst narrows before the tide turned. A submission by me to the RTIR forum has not been...

Nikki. Circuit breakers are rated by current NOT voltage. Any voltage rating is the breakdown voltage of the body material i.e. the voltage at which the body becomes a conductor instead of an insulator. I work for Sunseeker as a marine electrician and we use the same breakers irrespective of...

Whatever you do, don't buy them from a marine chandler, that will just double the price. Any household breaker will do the job so you can buy from any supplier of electrical bits and pieces and make up a suitable panel from exterior grade plywood.

Jonathan Thanks for your posting. This is what the owner told me about Clarion. "Clarion is a Morgan Giles designed boat and was built by his shipyard especially for his son, for racing, and was a variation of his standard 38' sloop. The hull is of double diagonal mahogony, and is in...

I know that I shouldn't have to post on this board as well as Scuttlebut, but I really do need help :-) Help ! Does anybody out there have any infomation on a 41ft racing sloop now named "Clarion" designed by Morgan Giles for his son in the late 1950's. Alternatively can somebody point me...

Help ! Does anybody out there have any infomation on a 41ft racing sloop now named "Clarion" designed by Morgan Giles for his son in the late 1950's. Alternatively can somebody point me towards any useful web sites which may help. I have found this boat crumbling in an out of the way south...