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thank you both. I was wondering also about cable sizing and connection types when fitting a replacement/upgrade set of panels. if you are on shorepower as well, what is the best way of prioritising your solar input over shorepower input?

Hi, Any tips on doing this? What are the quick wins/max attention areas, to get this right?

Not sure I understand how, if it is connected directly to the battery it is only live if the engine is running. Please educate me….

that second half of this statement is exactly right. Alternator out is probably the right place. I have 2 alternators on one engine, is there a preference? The fisrt sentence though is a bit pedantic. I did mean starter button, eg the one that spins up the engine, but that would be wrong because...

… I am replacing some snazzy electronic controls for a bow thruster and want to take an electric positive from the engine area that is live only when the engine is running. Where would you take it from? this is not the 60amps to drive the thruster, but for a relay to ensure the engine is running...

Learn something new every day... never tried that in 40 years!

Over wintering in Norway .... be careful, I cant remember why but something is saying the Norwegian tax laws have some thing funny in them about luxury goods in the country for more than 180 days, and the winter can be long :) This is definitely different to the EU, even before B**t

Just a slight divergence, if a swell runs at an angle to your boat, rig a veering line from the quarter to the anchor rode and realign the boat to a single anchor, for overnight, this has served me well to keep bows to anything lumpy at an angle to the stream.

If they go through the MMO they can do whatever the MMO let them do. Just like anyone else

... if you have dual citizenship (UK & 1 of EU27), surely if you are resident in the EU, then return to the UK and have an address etc, you would automatically become an ordinary citizen of the UK again, and so have NHS rights. This is only an issue for UK Citizens resident abroad visiting the...

Turn her round

Tinkers Hole, then out into the Sound of Iona. Probably the most beautiful place on this Earth.

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Why is charging paddle boarders unfair? they use the slipways, or worse the natural banks which need maintaining, and last year I saw 2 being towed by harbour boats and these guys don’t charge to help. It is such a trivial amount, and it makes people think about their responsibilitIes. I...

Could I trouble you for a copy as well? I have just inherited one.....in several pieces!