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Rather you than me, I sail NW Scotland between 57 and 60 degrees North. There's no way I'm going into the water! It's far too cold!

I've just about finished antifouling my boat. The skin fittings were badly fouled with limpets, growing up the inside the pipe, distance...

It is difficult to tell from the photograph whether the diaphragm has perished or been damaged. As it isn't a weight bearing part and...

Brilliant, I'll double check the size and order tomorrow.

I would buy or borrow a RAL colour chart. You can use that to match the original gel coat, but make sure you clean the original...

Plus Gas and an 1hr for lunch, eased it enough to get undone, using a 1/4" ratchet. It obviously had thread lock, or similar, it was...

The sander failed this morning, it no longer has the orbit function, the pad spins at high speed and the extraction function seems to...

They are fairly easy to repair. It's likely to be the bearing on the pad. I removed mine and washed in a solvent, parafin or petrol as a...

I was doggedly sand away on the boat today using a 125mm Ryobi random orbital sander today, when I started to hear a squealing noise as...

Thanks for the replies. From the Karcher info' I've found online, it's a 3 cylinder bent axis pump. It uses a swash plate, sometimes...

I have an old pressure Karcher pressure washer which must be at least 20 years old. It was working OK when I used it in early October...

Of course there are sort of variablrs between using drop in replacements and DIY design and installation. In my case it was a "like for...

I'm unsure if you intended to use package LiFePO4 batteries, which include a BMS and cell balancing. Sold as, "like for like"...

That's what happened when I bought from Saturn Sails, this winter. 50% to confirm the order and get a delivery slot. The other 50%...

When I opened the instrument cluster on our boat the GPS mushroom was connected to the chart plotter via choc-block connector and the...