Recent content by glynsue

It must have been a wrench to sell such a cracking boat

I had heard that oak, stainless and seawater were not a good combination, but if I can use A4 stainless it solves some supply problems. I am trying for originality but not at the expense of safety, us cowards live longer

Hello, I am gratefulfor your helpful info, I am lifting each ply panel and inspecting it and the timber beneath currently the support timbers are painted in natural linseed oil which appears to be working so I will continue that avenue. I am now looking for a trusty supplier who can sell me...

Hello, that is a photo of the boat I have bought, I examined this boat while it was out of the water The larch stringers on an oak frame were all in good condition and the oak keels were sound. To a wooden boat novice the ply decking looked out of place, I only had two pieces that have...

We have fitted a Clipper Depth units and Thru hull transducer, no leaks so far, currently fitting and fixing a VHF unit, slowly but safely we are heading for trip round the estuary soon. A question , my boat was built in the 1960's and was built using plywood for the decking, original...

I am trying to restore the above and I am wondering if anyone has any information or photo's of or references to the above boat. I have the original drawings Design 340 Specification 69 Early 1960's Currently called Skye

on reflection you are right, I have over thought it, perhaps a new and reliable modern unit is the way I should go as I am led to believe the bronze hull fitting is a modern unit, and it is capped at present, back to the paper and pencil with perhaps a tablet as back up

Its of a great deal of interest ,thanks. I should be able to test the unit, if its works brilliant, if not at least we tried. I am not computer literate so when you need address etc. let me know

Thankyou for your help, boat is coming out of water this week and, bad back permitting, I will investigate further. I cant discover what was its original equipment as a lot of the original documents are missing I am going to try and restore my Alan Buchanan 24ft Motor Sailer to as near as to its...

Sorry everybody, the number on the actual unit is 901 but i think its only the range that is different from the 501, its looks good on the boat, now to get it to work Glyn

Seafarer 501 Echo Sounder: I want to install the above in my Buchanan 24ft.Wooden Boat and I would like to find a copy of the Installation And Operating Instructions - will the transducer supplied work with the through hull bronze fitting currently the fitting appears to be capped off. Has...