Recent content by daveheaddon

:-) Thank SO much for that.....very clear and I will follow it up and check tomorrow. Thanks again....

OK, found the year and model....as follows; 05/2003 J50PLSTD ...does that help?

Folks, I have a 50HP Johnson outboard which is losing most of its paint on the whole leg....I understand this is a fairly common problem with some models/years but I was actually wondering whether it might be to do with a missing anode? On the back of the horizontal fin there's a round fixing...

Hi there.....is there a new thermostat? I had something similar to this on my old MD1B a few years back and it went away when I: 1) Removed the thermostat entirely 2) Replaced the engine with a home-built Perkins/Volvo 2010 (!) ....the latter being to save my teeth fillings as the single...

Er, try thus URL for the photo.... http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg318/Steamboat_Willy/Malina/MalinaOverStern.jpg

Hi Warren, Here (hopefully) is a shot of the main sheet carrier on Malina. Dave http:// //desktop/malina.jpg

Actually, I do have some cut-offs from a sheet of good 25mm marine ply!

Greenheart.....that's new to me. I'll have a hunt around. We have quite a good wood supplier in Falmouth. Thanks Cliff.

Hi David, I look after a committee boat and some support RIBs for a sailing club and we fit Rule Automatic 500GPH bilge pumps to manage water the day to day water levels. These are 12v and are fused at 2.5A so they draw much less than this under normal operations. They only run for 4-5...

Do you have a SeaMaster Warren? I've seen some rot on the top of the 'cheeks' so I imagine it's a regular failure (fresh/salt water ingress). How is the top half of the rudder/stock finished? Mine is varnished and I wonder whether the varnish takes well to the wood as it always seemed to...

Thanks Puff & Warren.....I'll hunt down some Iroko or Mahogany. I have already had difficulty finding anything with the right dimensions so I guess I'll be joining two bits as well ! Thanks for the comment on glue....that was going to be a follow-up question !

Folks, My rudder took a battering a while back while I was moored (and away!) alongside a pontoon in Falmouth. The collision wrecked the top of the rudder stock and I'm replacing it now. The stock is made up of three 'layers' of wood bonded vertically. The middle section extends down to the...

Having sailed last year up around Ft William and Mull it was amazing (and, to be honest, pleasing) to see so many boats flying the Scottish flag. I sail in Cornwall and I might 'start' a fashion of flying the Cornish flag in similar fashion....however, I'm not sure I can stand the onslaught...

Thanks! There is no part number I can find....it seems to be a fairly (thin) standard alternator supplied with the non-marinised Perkins 102-04. The wiring diagram in the workshop manual shows the regulator separately (guess it would on a wiring diagram?) and the output as 14 amps at 14V. The...

I have a home-built Perkins 102-04 (aka Volvo 2010) with the standard Perkins alternator. The latter is ** tiny ** but then I have little need of much charging so I've stuck with it. Question is, the alternator is sooooooo small that it doesn't appear to have a regulator. Is this likley? If...