Recent content by fearmhuir

I too have followed the series from the beginning and contributed in a small way. I loved Leo's craftmanship, and when the paid employees slowly took over I enjoyed their craftsmanship too. I think that Leo is a remarkable young man, who took on a huge project with trepidation, but had the skill...

If it is solid mahogany, what condition is the underside? Maybe it could be turned over?

Have been with GJW for last five years, increase on renewal, October 2023, was approx 10% up on previous.

Thanks, I have been using raster on a laptop, and vector on an android tablet, both running OpenCPN, which I find very good. Wasn't aware of Marine Navigator, but will give it a try - Thanks

What navigation app are you using for VMH raster charts on Android?

Another vote here too. We have had a Saniflo electric toilet for the last ten years. It is quieter than other makes I have heard, has not given any trouble. We run it on seawater, but have a T piece on the skin fitting so can run some bleach into the whole inlet pipe when leaving the boat for a...

Could there be a pin of some sort that holds the keel up?

Boater Sam, nigel1 and Poecheng, thanks for your replies! I was pretty sure it would be ok, but good to get confirmation. Many thanks

Recently I replaced our battery bank of 3 X 110 A/hr 12 V fla, with 4 X 6 V 225 A/hr, deep cycle fla golf, wired to give 12 V 450 A/hr. I also fitted a Victron Bluetooth shunt, and 2 X 100 Watt solar panels charging the house bank through a Victron MPPT unit. With the shunt, I can now see that...

Is that written anywhere in Selden's knowledge base?

Fitted Tides Marine track and slides to 36 footer with fully battened main in 2012. Transformed mainsail handling, especially easy to drop. Was easy to fit myself. Recommendation!

Two years ago I started building units for a large kitchen. I used melamine faced plywood, and needed a good table saw. I had an old Makita model, but it was not accurate and in particular the fence was flimsy and could deflect when sawing. After looking at various offerings, I settled on a...

I am 5' 9'', and I bump my head a little bit, so it is about 5' 7'' maybe? A hard dodger would be nice, but be careful - on the bigger HR models that were supplied with a hard dodger I have an idea there were modifications to the hatch and maybe cockpit floor level? A HR48 owner with a hard...

MALO 36, YEAR 2003, DEALING WITH WINDOW CORROSION In 2018 I tackled corrosion on the aluminium screen on my Malo. The corrosion was entirely along the bottom fixing rail, and in particular around the roots of the vertical aluminium struts. I have always had a little pool of water inside the...