Recent content by EuanMcKenzie

I just bought mine on Ebay!

I have it Hull was blasted October 16 then dried out over winter. Boat was out for a refit and didn’t launch in 2017. We coated it on a warm day August 2017 and Launched April 2018. Application was a diy job done outdoors but we put lots of effort into making sure we mixed it very well and...

odd one Dan you must be unlucky. Both my ospreys had chutes in front of the forestay!

Just been offered and ACR EPIRB for not much more than the service fee on my old LOKATA one on the basis of part ex from Sartech. They have quoted a 10 year battery life and the ability to replace yourself. On that basis I'm sticking with an EPIRB as, on that basis, the purchase / service...

I've just (last year) had mine blasted then went for copper coat straight onto the bare fibreglass after prep with lots of wet and dry, filling chips etc. its 1972 age. It has no osmosis so i reckoned it wasn't going to fail on me any time soon. Coppercoat is designed to go straight onto gel...

if he wants to treat himself he could consider one of these https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/Motor-sailers-for-sale/hallberg-rassy-94-kutter/201802 The indoor / outdoor cockpit is a good summer / winter compromise

Cabatach back in 2008 Can’t believe I’ve had her 10 years

Just done mine using 1000 grit wet and dry followed by G3 cutting compound then polish then sealing wax. Crrrain bad bits I used 600 grit.first All sanding by hand very wet and constantly using new sheets then I did the polishing by machine. It’s a bigger boat but it’s probably taken me 5 man...

http://onwamarine.com/kp-708a/ I saw this at the scottish boat shop at Kip A chartplotter with GPS and full class B GPS for under a grand I have a DSC VHF plus a GPS and was going to leave them be and maybe buy one of these once enough people say they are good! They have now opened the box...

My mate has a 2002 Bav 31 Sails well enough to do cruiser racing etc and very roomy certainly as much space as the storm inside You may get one around that budget

yup got one and it behaves just like the boats below One other thing momentum... if you get the bow swinging too fast as you go astern its very difficult to stop as it pivots around a point very near the stern so go astern slowly. I tend to use the technique noted below in straightening her up...

I've got an Iphone 6 running a mapping package + marine traffic app.It connects to dashboard via USB socket so always alive and always a plotter and an AIS reciever when can get network connection Also have a DSC radio which still works fine connected to my GPS Struggling to convince myself a...

Precisely why I'm in the process of doing my boat It's going to get harder and more expensive to antifoul and I suspect you will have to go on a course to prove your competency to do it yourself eventually

I'd be tempted to buy a Nic 35 and spend the change on a major refit

I have a HR Rasmus which had a MD21A I replaced it with a beta 35 rather than a 38. Having studied the literature they are both based on the same 1600cc engine and the key difference is the 38 revs higher to give the extra 3 BHP and at a level I would never really run an engine at. It may be...