Recent content by dulcibella

Yes, it is hypalon. Thanks for confirming that I was looking at the right kind of glue.

My elderly Tinker Tramp has developed a leak through a cracked floorboard. I've removed the board and cleaned up the four flaps of fabric that held it in place. Which adhesive should I use to glue the fabric to the marine ply?

Say 10 metres depth, English Channel summer, good weather, preferably today.

Not in this position, but I'm interested to know how much diver assistance with freeing a fouled yacht anchor would cost (compared with cost of maybe £1000 to replace anchor and chain.) Thanks Dulcibella

What sort of charge would a diver make for freeing a fouled yacht anchor in UK insore waters?

I keep my boat in Port Solent. It has a 20- year-old cooker gas installation; a surveyor recently recommended an armoured hose connecting copper tube to cooker. I'd like some sensible professional advice and realistically priced work to ensure that it is at a safe standard. The market appears...

I am having similar troubles over my order. No replies to emails, and phone either is not answered or gives me a recorded request to leave a message. I do this, but it doesn't get answered.

Made my own sail-tainer type cover some years ago (based on a very decayed one made by a sailmaker) for about £200 materials including UV-resistant thread. Lots of really bad sewing but it works. Easy enough to design and worth doing if you have access to a heavy duty sewing machine.

Where can I buy a simple but decently finished hardwood plaque for bulkhead-mounting a yacht clock?

Thanks, Pete- I'll try that. Tony

A kindly reader has advised me that I should use the manual for the McMurdo M10 AIS to identify the Port 1 output wires, and at the Standard Horizon CP180 plotter to identify the two input wires. No problem with the transponder, but the plotter only has a single input wire. Would some kind...

Hi pvb. That sounds reassuring. My problem that Port 1 on the AIS has grey, yellow, purple and white wires; Port 2 has brown, blue, green and orange. The NMEA cable from the chart plotter doesn't have purple or orange. Can I mix and match between the two ports (e.g. grey, yellow, green, white)?

Can I interface my old Standard Horizon 180 chart plotter with a McMurdo Smartfind M10 Class B AIS transponder? If so, which wires connect with which? (no orange or purple in the SH180 cable). Apart from saving the expense of a more modern chart plotter, the SH180 is very compact and uses little...

Does anyone know where I can find the rubber mushrooms for the inflation valves on a Tinker Tramp? Now that Henshaw no longer make the boat I don't know the best place to start. Thanks for any help.

My experience in the Solent is similar to other respondents - I get only very slight limescale fouling of the bowthruster prop, easily removed by a weak acid.