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Well done, sorry my post was a bit late to be of any use.

I have a Southerly 46RS, which has a similar lifting keel arrangement. The Hydraulics lift the keel, and gravity lowers it. Lowering is...

I have heard back from Darren, the developer, it is an admin issue with Google and should be back up in a few days.

I'm also very interested in this post! The 60m of 10mm chain on my boat and, coincidentally, my brother's boat's 60m of 10mm chain both...

Looks to me like a compression fitting was there but olive/ pipe slipped when tightening

It looks like an olive crimped to the very end of a copper pipe with the nut on the pipe . It would mate with a compression fitting but...

When I enquired about re-galvanized 80m of 10mm chain, I was told that the cost of galvanizing components had gone up significantly, and...

I find buying "boxed sets" of spanners and sockets a good way of keeping track of them. I try and ensure that they are all present and...

Not much traction on this idea, I thought someone would have had a look at this (or similar) before. After some Googling, not easy when...

My boat is fitted with a Wisper Power Piccolo 4 diesel generator. It’s rated at 3.8kW continuous, driven by a single cylinder diesel...

I wouldn't try to run a bow thruster from a Lithium bank.

You can buy plastic Top Hat Bushes, which will insulate a SS bolt from aluminum - Nylon Plastic Top Hat Flanged Bushes Insulation...

I used Duralac on all my mast stainless steel fittings

Thanks everyone, I took a look at one of the top parts of the screws, it’s only about 3mm and definitely a very corroded mild steel self...

Like Vyv, I've cut prop shafts with a hacksaw, the last one 1 1/2", when I fitted a python drive. But I'm under the impression that SS...